hey how can i help you i have a
limousine that was owned by the great
one
the great one the great one can you pull
it around back to my parking lot back
here
okay okay come on chum let's check this
out there's actually a few people
nicknamed the great one maybe he's
talking about jackie gleason or maybe
he's talking about the hockey player
wayne gretzky
either way he's got my attention
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all right so what do we got here this is
a 1978
lincoln continental special ordered for
jackie gleason the great one
who the hell's jackie gleason you don't
watch old movies or old tv do you
i'm not old i came down to the pawn shop
to sell my 1978
lincoln continental limousine i could
just really use the money right now
i'm looking to get 35 000 and that's
pretty much my bottom line
so where in the world did you get this
thing i got it from an uncle
you got paperwork proving it was jackie
gleason's yeah traced it back to jackie
gleason through the florida dmv
okay we do have uh video footage of
gleason getting out of this car
oh cool jackie gleason he was such a big
star in the 50s and the 60s
the honeymooners was one of the greatest
sitcoms of all time
you watch a few episodes you really will
sit there back there and laugh
and laugh and laugh i remember one
episode they borrowed the neighbors
frigidaire so they looked like they
actually had a refrigerator in their
apartment
jackie gleason started off as a movie
actor in the early 40s
but his role as ralph cramden on the tv
show the honeymooners
made him a hollywood legend this was
the premier limousine to have everything
state-of-the-art
top-of-the-line fit for any movie star
we've had it at car shows and people
just gravitate to this vehicle
the body's in great shape there's some
little issues uh yeah we have had it
repainted a couple of times
okay um yeah this is
classic 1970s right here it doesn't
smell like cigars
he seemed like he always had one in his
mouth there's actually cigar burns on
the armrest of the other door
all right yeah i can see him sitting in
here with the glass of whiskey and
uh smoking a cigar i like the tv
we do have the original television
antenna from back in the day this thing
is definitely cool
vehicles owned by celebrities can be
worth a ton of cash but to be honest
i'm not gonna get my hopes up on this
one because i just don't know how much
it's worth
the headlight covers work i miss stuff
like that on cars
i mean you know i thought it was pretty
cool myself
so what do you want to do with it i want
to sell it how much you want for it
35 000. you know what i just don't know
um you got a cool ride here i'm just in
a real quandary on what it would be
worth
it's neat that jackie gleason owned it
steve mcqueen's porsche
it went for over a million dollars let
me get my buddy down here who knows
everything there is to know about cars
maybe we can figure something out okay
the expert's opinion
really doesn't matter that much to me
because the cart was owned by jackie
gleason
and you can't really put a price on that
what a cool car you know i love this
kind of stuff rick i'm glad you called
me down take a look at this man
the guys usually call me down when they
want me to inspect a car
a truck a motorcycle anything with an
engine and wheels
this would have been your top of the
line limo as far as american
luxury limousine this was the deal back
in the late 70s it's like driving your
sofa down the street
i love it man the 78 continental stretch
it said pimp written all over it
what's your thoughts on this rick i mean
i'm just in a quandary of what the
thing's worth
let me check this thing out give it to
once over
we've got some rust bubbles here where
it's been holding water this one has
been
body worked and painted yes there's
stuff hiding in here there's all kinds
of uh
little bubbles and cracks and things
like that we've got some trim that's a
little beat up around here we've got
some more rust you know back in there
can we roll it down the road a little
bit yeah absolutely jackie gleason could
be one of the biggest deals that there
ever was and it was jackie gleason's car
so this is a big deal for me how you
feeling back there
chumley like a king nice so what do you
think about this thing man
worth anything personally rick i love
the car
engine feels real good tran is shifting
real good steers real good the brakes
feel real good
this thing is pretty sweet this car is
like a cloud man it just floats down the
road
drove great stopped great handled really
well for
the big giant titanic ship that it is
so what'd you think man it's a nice
driving car
i don't really see any real mechanical
issues with the car
so what do you think what do you think
it's worth
brother i'm gonna say pass
seriously you're gonna pass yeah that's
what i would recommend
because there are things hiding
underneath of it that are trying to get
out
if you were just gonna paint this car
and paint it properly
you're easily in the 10 000 range but
this car has hidden issues underneath of
it the
the rust issues coming out here on both
sides the things going on the top
so until you strip it down and discover
how bad it is
there's an unknown i think the major
issues with this car are strictly on a
cosmetic level
but there's a lot of it okay i can't
believe i'm saying pass because i love
the car
all right well thanks danny absolutely
rick any time the guy said he loved the
car it was so cool
and then he says you should pass i'm
buying it and i didn't really understand
well what do you think if he's telling
me to pass i'm gonna pass i mean if it's
gonna cost a fortune and i'm not gonna
get my money back it's not worth it for
me
if there's a buyer out there i hope you
get it but this is a risk and reward
business
i see too much risk for the possible
reward
all right sorry man it would have been
really cool to buy a car owned by jackie
gleason
but i really trust danny's opinion