make it by Tom Huddleston Jr. 12/1/2019
Couple paid $100 for abandoned car they found in a storage unit—Elon Musk bought it from them for nearly $1 million
In 1989, a couple from Long Island, New York paid roughly $100 for an unclaimed storage unit. It was a blind auction, meaning neither they nor the seller had any idea what was inside.
When the couple opened the unit, they were in for what would likely be the surprise of their lives: Buried under some old blankets sat a 1976 Lotus Esprit sports car used in the filming of the 1977 James Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me.†In the movie, the sports car famously transforms into a submarine and fires missiles while underwater.
Years later, none other than Elon Musk bought their find for nearly $1 million.
They’d never seen a Bond filmThe sports car — one of eight used in the filming of the Roger Moore Bond movie, but the only one that operated in underwater scenes — had been put in the storage unit after filming and remained there, forgotten for more than a decade until the New York couple (who have remained anonymous) came along.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/01/couple-paid-100-for-car-elon-musk-bought-it-from-them-for-6-figures.html
