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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

A great tribute to Newman from David Letterman, especially for us gearheads. I followed the exploits of the Newman/Haas team closely during the glory days of the CART series and it was a first class operation.

The whole thing's worth watching, but at around 3:45 in, Dave gets to the story about when Newman called him up one day and talked him into buying a custom Volvo wagon (a 960) with a supercharged Ford V8 underhood. You see, Newman was having one made and was very pumped up about it, so he asked if Dave wanted one, too. And you know, how do you say no to Paul Newman? Dave recounts the whole affair beautifully, and of course, it's also funny

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/05/l...eir-v8-volvos/

Thank you for posting that ... that's a hilarious story.