KISS bassist Gene Simmons is making a unique donation to the fundraiser helping build the provincial children's hospital in Saskatoon, where his wife Shannon Tweed grew up.
He's donating his custom built 1956 Ford F-100 pickup, called Snakebit:
It'll be sold through the Barrett-Jackson auction later this year in Arizona.
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, himself a car nut, says the highest a '56 Ford F-100 went for was 180 thousand dollars. But with the fact it's been heavily customised, and owned by Gene Simmons, Wall is hoping it will fetch much more.
As mentioned, the premier himself is a bit of a car buff, and owns a 1967 Dodge Coronet.
Even I had a muscle car back in the day. Mine was a silver 1967 Mercury Cougar:
And it was a long way from being a stock model. Mine had a 391 engine with a racing cam and crank. A Holley 750 Double Pumper carb, headers and a C-6 racing automatic. Fuel consumption was laughable, probably in the range of 12 to 15 mpg, depending how often and how heavy the foot got. Which was very heavy, very often.
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