Coupeville Sports

This could be all yours. The car, that is. The driver and Homecoming royalty are not included in the purchase price. (Shelli Trumbull photo)

Things just got serious. Big time serious.

Former Coupeville High School track coach Larrie Ford— who is related to half the town and coached the other half — has upped the ante big-time in the “let’s donate to the Coupeville Booster Club Crab Feed Dinner and Auction” game.

The car you see in the photo above, in which Ford drives seniors Haley Marx and Luke Pelant in the Homecoming parade, is going up for bids Saturday night during the annual shindig at the Crockett Barn.

It’s a 1957 Porsche (kit) and minimum bid is $10,000. May I be the first to suggest that Crockett Barn owner Paula Spina would look snazzy driving around town in this automobile.

If the minimum can’t be met, the Booster Club will look for other creative ways to sell the car, but either way, it’s a huge boost to CHS sports and the booster club’s fund-raising efforts.

Ford is the father of Tony and David Ford. David Ford is married to Barbie Messner (who is Aimee Bishop and Christy Marti’s sister). Their parents are Paul (“Santa”) and Marilyn Messner.

So, they know a few people in town…