this story and video originally were made in 2011 for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, http://archive.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/103836464.html
In the summer of 1957 Grace was in need of a new car because her trusted mechanic told her that the differential on her 1950 Chevy was making strange noises and would probably fail soon.
Once, in 1967, Braeger suspects parking valets abused it, because the transmission promptly failed on the way out of the parking lot.
In the late '70s on Christmas Eve, she scared off a thief who was seconds away from stealing the car.
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