I think George Burns did the same thing in "Just You and Me, Kid".

Saw one in Seattle down at Pike Place market and got to hear it fire up and drive off. Ooomph. Want.

Or it ran out of gas... man those things only get like 20 miles a tank.

There's a "weekly motel" about s mile from where I live which is basically a flop house. There's one parked at door number one, and it's been there for about two years. I sometimes see it covered, other times it's not. No cones, though. I can't imagine it being the real McCoy, but one never knows.