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Since the founder of Papa John's found his old '71 gold and black Camaro (he sold it to keep the family business afloat in '83, and has been looking for it since getting rich), he's giving all Camaro owners free pizza tomorrow (8/26).

Sadly my Prius isn't cool enough for him.

And he also shelled out a $250,000 reward to the guy who had the car. According to AP.

KillerTomato wrote:Since the founder of Papa John's found his old '71 gold and black Camaro (he sold it to keep the family business afloat in '83, and has been looking for it since getting rich), he's giving all Camaro owners free pizza tomorrow (8/26).

Sadly my Prius isn't cool enough for him.

And he also shelled out a $250,000 reward to the guy who had the car. According to AP.

I will have to check this out. Papa John's makes my favorite pizza and the very best pizza bones, according to Annie and Lizbit.

Thanks.

KillerTomato wrote:Since the founder of Papa John's found his old '71 gold and black Camaro (he sold it to keep the family business afloat in '83, and has been looking for it since getting rich), he's giving all Camaro owners free pizza tomorrow (8/26).

Sadly my Prius isn't cool enough for him.

And he also shelled out a $250,000 reward to the guy who had the car. According to AP.

Let's all head to Judy's house!

Free Pizza!

christie1111 wrote:

KillerTomato wrote:Since the founder of Papa John's found his old '71 gold and black Camaro (he sold it to keep the family business afloat in '83, and has been looking for it since getting rich), he's giving all Camaro owners free pizza tomorrow (8/26).

Sadly my Prius isn't cool enough for him.

And he also shelled out a $250,000 reward to the guy who had the car. According to AP.

Let's all head to Judy's house!

Free Pizza!

Woohoo!

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:

christie1111 wrote: Let's all head to Judy's house!

Free Pizza!

Woohoo!

and Yoo-Hoo!!11

Big story in Louisville, Papa John's headquarters:

From the Courier Journal:

The founder of Papa John's International pizza chain has finally reunited with the muscle car he sold years ago to help keep his family's business afloat.

John Schnatter sold the gold-and-black 1971 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 for $2,800 in 1983. The money helped save his father's tavern in Jeffersonville, Ind., and he used the rest to start what would become a worldwide pizza business.

But he still missed his beloved Camaro and spent years searching for it. He created a Web site on the search, held promotional appearances and eventually offered $250,000 to whoever found it.

It turns out he didn't have to leave Kentucky. The car only changed hands twice from the original buyers, ending up with Jeffery Robinson in Flatwoods, Ky., about 165 miles east of the company's Louisville headquarters.

“When I first saw it I still wanted to look it over to make sure it was the car even though I knew it,” Schnatter told The Associated Press. “That kind of hit me emotionally. I was kind of numb.”

The original buyers of Schnatter's car heard about the search when he appeared in a TV interview before an NFL game this month. An online search led them to the car blog Jalopnik, which has followed the search and tipped off Papa John's.

Robinson, who bought the car about five years ago for $4,000, recently delivered the Camaro to Schnatter, earning the $250,000 reward. The original buyers will get $25,000 for their help tracking it down.

Schnatter says it looks very much the same as it did when he sold it in 1983, but with a larger motor and fatter tires for drag racing.

The car will be displayed at the company headquarters in Louisville, replacing a replica Schnatter commissioned while he searched for his original car.

In honor of the reunion, Papa John's planned to offer all Camaro owners a free pizza at stores on Wednesday.





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