August 6, 2007
Brandon Roy's Custom Dodge Charger on eBay
It's got Pirelli tires, modified exhaust, custom paint, and the driver's side once held the actual ass of an NBA player.
Starting bid is $30,000 for Brandon Roy's custom-built Dodge Charger in Trailblazer colors.
It's pictured above outside Bellevue's CarNutz Customz (where the "z" stands for "zavings").
Unless Jimi Hendrix had some tricked-out psychedelic van that sprayed acid in gas form, this has to be the dopest car ever owned by a Garfield High grad attendee.
Although not the coolest a Garfield attendee's ever ridden in. Back in February, Quincy Jones rode along with a Fortune mag writer in an $8 million Maybach Exelero.
Jones has to be the coolest guy in history who never learned to drive. As he told Fortune, "When I was 14, I was a passenger in a terrible accident. After that, it never held any appeal."
No worries, Q, I'm sure whatever B-Roy's in now, he'd be happy to give you a lift. Hey, we're a Garfield alum, maybe we could ride around too! Guys? Guys????
Hat tip to Bob Condotta's Husky Basketball blog, which may be the only blog worth reading in the world.
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Did hendrix graduate from Garfield? I thought he went to an alternative high school near Garfield.
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No, he definitely attended Garfield. I've seen the attendance sheets--also the SPL library has a copy of the yearbook.
Charles Cross's biography of Hendrix has a bunch of great info about his adolescence.
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Ah--but you're right in that he didn't graduate from Garfield--dropped out and I don't think ever got his degree--I'll change that in the post.