Submitted by Erin:
A Fake Tax Rattles Classic Car Buffs
by Michael Barbaro
The New York Times
April 7, 2011
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As April Fool”™s gags go, the Shelby American Automobile Club”™s 2011 spoof did not seem especially convincing. Until, that is, hundreds of classic car lovers across the country were duped, became enraged and started to organize against a nonexistent threat.
A few days ago, the Connecticut club printed a fake front page of The New York Times that included what purported to be a major scoop: to close the federal deficit, Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York was proposing a federal tax on specialty automobiles. Continue reading “Classic Car Club Quickly Reverses Over Prank”