This isn't really a "build thread", more of a "getting it back on the road" thread. I have a feeling that over time there will be some scope creep and figured I'd start a thread to track it. It was last driven around 5-7 years ago.
The car belonged to a friend of mine that I've known for 20-ish years. He's owned it since high school, roughly 25 years or a little more. Over the last 15-ish years he's hardly driven it and I've tried to buy it from him several times. He's also offered to sell it to me a few times and couldn't follow through. He's pretty emotionally attached to the car.
A couple months ago he saw me walking through town, pulled over and said "still want to buy it?". I said of course, are you actually going to sell it?
He told me a price and I said when can I come get it. That ended up being a bit of a process. Partially due to our schedules, and I'm pretty sure partially because he wasn't 100% onboard with letting it go. I have a text message from almost exactly two years ago of him asking the same thing...
Long story short, I pushed a little harder this time, got him to commit, and showed up at his place with $1k more than he told me. It was a done deal.
This car is a bit of a local celebrity and he's had a lot of guys trying to buy it over the years. It's fast. Well, was fast for it's time anyway. Combine that with being a 41yo car in the rust belt that is very clean (not perfect by any means) and has been well taken care of, and it's a unicorn around here. It probably has never seen snow or salt since new, and has hardly even been out in the rain.
Last Saturday I grabbed a car trailer from my BIL, and headed over in the afternoon to pick it up. Originally I asked about getting it started at his place and trying to drive it home. He said "if I hear it run I'm backing out of the deal". Fair.
We got it out of his shed and on the trailer, and I headed home with a big smile on my face. I wouldn't be surprised if there were tears on his end as I pulled out of his driveway.
The car belonged to a friend of mine that I've known for 20-ish years. He's owned it since high school, roughly 25 years or a little more. Over the last 15-ish years he's hardly driven it and I've tried to buy it from him several times. He's also offered to sell it to me a few times and couldn't follow through. He's pretty emotionally attached to the car.
A couple months ago he saw me walking through town, pulled over and said "still want to buy it?". I said of course, are you actually going to sell it?
He told me a price and I said when can I come get it. That ended up being a bit of a process. Partially due to our schedules, and I'm pretty sure partially because he wasn't 100% onboard with letting it go. I have a text message from almost exactly two years ago of him asking the same thing... Long story short, I pushed a little harder this time, got him to commit, and showed up at his place with $1k more than he told me. It was a done deal.
This car is a bit of a local celebrity and he's had a lot of guys trying to buy it over the years. It's fast. Well, was fast for it's time anyway. Combine that with being a 41yo car in the rust belt that is very clean (not perfect by any means) and has been well taken care of, and it's a unicorn around here. It probably has never seen snow or salt since new, and has hardly even been out in the rain.
Last Saturday I grabbed a car trailer from my BIL, and headed over in the afternoon to pick it up. Originally I asked about getting it started at his place and trying to drive it home. He said "if I hear it run I'm backing out of the deal". Fair.
We got it out of his shed and on the trailer, and I headed home with a big smile on my face. I wouldn't be surprised if there were tears on his end as I pulled out of his driveway.
