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Klinger wins Kinstle car

Klinger winner of Kinstle car 3-2014

It took nearly a month, but all four wheels of a Chevrolet Lumina placed on a 5-foot snow bank in front of Lee Kinstle’s GM Sales & Service’s showroom, 650 W. Ervin Road in Van Wert, finally touched solid ground. The car was placed on the snow in late February and area residents asked to submit guesses on what day all four wheels would again touch the ground. Five people guessed the correct date – March 21 – and the winner of the car, Sandy Klinger of Convoy, was drawn by a customer waiting in Kinstle’s Service Department. Here, Klinger receives the keys to the Lumina from Kinstle salesman Jason High on Monday. Lee Kinstle’s can be found online at www.leekinstle.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/leekinstle and Twitter @LeeKinstleGM. (photo submitted)

POSTED: 03/26/14 at 7:04 am. FILED UNDER: News