It must be hard to be a reporter, always on the lookout for the next big story and it must be the most satisfying feeling when it suddenly drops in your lap, even if the the subject matter is a little bizarre.
There is one such story in this morning's news. It's about Tim Goodwin who runs the post office in Peak Hill in Central NSW. He's a Pom but that's alright. As a child in England, in the early 70s, he played with Matchbox toys and had a favourite car: a pink Ford Capri. He had it for a while and modified it a bit and painted it red when it started to show signs of wear.
One day, it went missing; apparently, a boy from down the street had pinched a number of cars from the garden shed, including the Ford Capri. Such is life!
Fast forward to the current time and Tim is now settled in Peak Hill with his wife. One day, he is idly browsing eBay and he starts to think about Ford Capris. Are they still popular and how much might they be worth? He does a search and on the fourth page of the results he sees his car - mostly red but chipped to reveal the original pink paint, and Tim was absolutely sure.
The seller was in Doncaster, UK and was happy to sell the car for $34.62, including postage. It's now sitting happily on the mantelpiece of Tim's home in Peak Hill.
It doesn't take much to make some people happy, does it?
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