Photo: change.org
As historic landmarks go, we’ve seen bigger and better. One used Lincoln Navigator may not be able to hold a candle to the Big Ben, the Statue of Liberty or the Eiffel Tower, but it’s still a landmark for the good people of South Carolina.
At least, that’s what one change.org petition argues. Launched at the end of the week, it already has the number of signatures it was gunning for, and it will now be forwarded to the city council in the city of Aiken, South Carolina. It suggests considering a used, for-sale Lincoln as a potential landmark since it spent the past decade or so sitting by the side of the road, in the hope of catching the eye of a new owner.
Hilariously, right after the petition reached its goal, the Navigator was sold. It had been sitting for 10 years on the side of the Jefferson Davis Highway between South Carolina and Georgia, with an asking price of $2,000 and a new owner showed up, no doubt intrigued by the sudden interest in the car.
“Like a lot of people who travel between Aiken and Augusta this is a pivotal landmark and acts almost like a halfway point,” the resident who started the petition writes. “While it has not sold yet I fear that recent influx of attention it is getting will help sell it and thus taking away our unofficial Landmark. I am using this petition to hopefully help pressure City Council to not only buy the Navigator but to keep it there as an Official Aiken County Landmark.”
City council didn’t get to buy the Navigator: another firm did, WRDW reports. The good news is that, while the car may have switched hands, it will remain where it’s been for the past decade, by the side of the road.
Simp’ly Clean Car Care, who now owns it, says they will leave it as-is, because they know the car is part of the scenery around there. The only times when it will be moved, it will be so it can make promotional appearances or take part in local parades.
While this isn’t an official statement declaring the $2K Lincoln Navigator a landmark, it’s the closest thing.
Hilariously, right after the petition reached its goal, the Navigator was sold. It had been sitting for 10 years on the side of the Jefferson Davis Highway between South Carolina and Georgia, with an asking price of $2,000 and a new owner showed up, no doubt intrigued by the sudden interest in the car.
“Like a lot of people who travel between Aiken and Augusta this is a pivotal landmark and acts almost like a halfway point,” the resident who started the petition writes. “While it has not sold yet I fear that recent influx of attention it is getting will help sell it and thus taking away our unofficial Landmark. I am using this petition to hopefully help pressure City Council to not only buy the Navigator but to keep it there as an Official Aiken County Landmark.”
City council didn’t get to buy the Navigator: another firm did, WRDW reports. The good news is that, while the car may have switched hands, it will remain where it’s been for the past decade, by the side of the road.
Simp’ly Clean Car Care, who now owns it, says they will leave it as-is, because they know the car is part of the scenery around there. The only times when it will be moved, it will be so it can make promotional appearances or take part in local parades.
While this isn’t an official statement declaring the $2K Lincoln Navigator a landmark, it’s the closest thing.
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