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Man retires with car he drove on 1st day

BECCLES, England, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A British retiree who drove to his last day on the job Friday in the same '36 Ford he drove on his first day 48 years ago says it was "almost like it was fate."

Graham Rudd, who turns 65 Monday, retired from the William Clowes Ltd. printing factory in Beccles, Suffolk, where he had worked since 1961, the Daily Mail reported. He bought the 1936 Ford Popular a few months before going to work at Clowes.

Rudd did not own the car continuously through the years. He and his wife sold it when they started a family because it was not big enough to hold a child's stroller.

In the 1990s, Rudd met a man at a vintage car rally who talked about his Ford and its aluminum roof. Rudd realized it was his old car.

"It was almost like it was fate," he said. "It took me about three years of working on the new owner to buy it back. Considering he knew I was desperate to get it, he was very fair."

Rudd used the car on his last day "to give her a run out." The car, nicknamed Henry after Henry Ford, has traveled 149,000 miles, just over 2,000 miles a year.

Long-hidden Bugatti sells for $4.5 million

PARIS, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A 1937 Bugatti that sat in an English doctor's garage for almost half a century without being driven has sold at auction in Paris for almost $4.5 million.

The 1937 Type 57S was one of 17 built. Dr. Harold Carr of Newcastle bought it in 1955 and drove it for a few years before moving it into his garage in 1960.

Carr's heirs did not realize he owned the car and other vintage automobiles until after his death two years ago, the BBC reported.

The original owner was Earl Howe, founder of the British Racing Drivers Club. He sold it in 1945.

For a 72-year-old vehicle, the Bugatti has remarkably low mileage, with only 26,284 miles on the odometer. Carr apparently never started the engine after 1960.

In the Bonhams catalogue, buyers were told they would have the thrill of "hearing that turbine-like sound that so excited Earl Howe when he collected this car from Sorel in 1937."

Official's cast auctioned off for $9,300

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The cast worn by New Zealand Prime Minister John Key after he broke his arm has been sold at auction for more than $9,300, a company says.

The New Zealand Web site TradeMe, which was behind the charity auction, said Key's cast sold for $9,362 and was the focus of more than 180 auction questions, CNN reported.

Proceeds from the sale will help blindness prevention programs through the Fred Hollows Foundation.

Key broke his arm Jan. 17 during a Chinese New Year celebration in Auckland.

The cast was signed by several international dignitaries, including Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, during a Pacific Islands Forum meeting.

The questions posed to TradeMe regarding the unusual item varied in their focus, CNN reported.

"If I was successful with this auction do I also have ownership and rights to any genetic material that may (have been) left inside the cast and the right to clone it if I choose to?" one unidentified person asked.

Lemonade shortage prompts 911 call

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla., Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A 66-year-old man faces charges for calling 911 to complain that a Florida fast-food restaurant was out of lemonade, police say.

Boynton Beach police charged Jean Fortune with misusing emergency services for his alleged phone call Saturday, the Palm Beach Post reported.

An arrest report alleges Fortune became upset upon learning the Burger King was out of lemonade. After a drive-through employee failed to respond to Fortune's threat of contacting the police, Fortune called 911, the report alleges.

The Post said a responding police officer heard both sides in the dispute and then issued Fortune a notice for to appear in court.