are you here because of my old Plymouth

are you here because of my old Plymouth yes ma'am your granddaughter asked me to help the city says I have only 3 days left did someone really offer 18 dollars offer 1800 dollars for this Plymouth yes I cannot over this car then let me car and your home this 1970 Plymouth this 1970 Plymouth Duster had been sitting in Clara Bennett's front yard for more than 15 years slowly disappearing beneath tall weeds while most people saw nothing more car when I arrived 85 year old Clara was standing with one hand resting on the and the other gripping her wooden the oxygen tubing across her face gently moved to catch each breath see she was far more worried than she wanted earlier that week the city had delivered a 72 hour notice ordering her to remove or repair or face a $2,500 fine she simply could not $1,800 if she Clara admitted she nearly accepted because she believed selling the car was the only way to protect her home walked around the Duster story didn't match the car beneath the dirt remarkably straight original trim remained and it still had the bones of a valuable classic waiting to I asked Clara to give me making any decision together we began clearing the weeds side and brushing away from the faded then something unexpected caught my attention door under the hand painted marking that didn't belong there Clara suddenly stopped breathing for a covered her mouth with trembling hands and her eyes in a barely audible voice she whispered my husband promised me nobody would ever she refused to explain another word at the Plymouth and realized this forgotten car might be hiding a far more important than its value with the city's deadline approaching and the dishonest return the next morning had only one chance to uncover before Clara lost both her car and the memories protected for decades Clara recognized before anyone else did