Little red Corvair
David Cole | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 12 years, 1 month AGO
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Kathy B. Eachon takes ownership of the 1962 Chevy Corvair convertible Friday she won after her single raffle ticket she purchased for the Lake City Center raffle was selected for the classic car with 92,000 original miles.</p>
COEUR d'ALENE - Don't look for Kathy B. Eachon to go racing out of the parking lot of the Lake City Center, roasting the tires of her hot little red convertible.
On Friday, Eachon, of Coeur d'Alene, got the keys to her prize, but wasn't sure what to do next. Certainly not take a road-trip, she said. But maybe take it for a ride around town.
"I have no idea," she said.
Still, it's exciting to win it, she said.
She bought one raffle ticket from the Lake City Center for a 1962 Chevy Corvair, and she found out Wednesday night she was the winner.
"You try and try to win things," Eachon said Friday. "This is the first time in my life I've won anything."
But as it turns out, she might give it back to the center to raise a bit more money for the place she calls her second home.
"Oh, isn't it pretty," she said as she climbed into the car for the first time. "First of all it's a Chevy. And it's a convertible."
The car has 92,000 original miles, with a rebuilt engine.
She got married a few months ago.
"It's been a good year," she said. "I got me a good man, (and) got me a great car. What can I say, life is good."
The Lake City Center sold 1,089 tickets for the car, at $10 each.
There was some cost involved in providing the classic car raffle, so about $6,000 will go into the center's coffers, said Rick Currie, the center's administrative director.
The center bought the car from a Post Falls resident, and Currie said the center received a good deal.
"It's just a fun little car to drive," he said.
While selling tickets for the raffle, Currie said a reoccurring theme developed.
"Everybody, and I mean everybody, has a story about a Corvair," said Currie. "Whether it was their own, their mother's or their brother's, it doesn't matter. It's just amazing."
It was a successful fundraiser for the center, and the first car raffle, he said.
Eachon and Currie will discuss what to do next, but Currie said the center might sell the car for her to raise more money.
"She wants to do as much for the center as possible," Currie said.