Documenting classic auto ownership is nothing new to me. I’ve been doing it since I was in my mid-twenties. I’ll list all of my archived auto sites at the end of this post, but I no longer have the physical vehicles (still mourning the 912). As with many journeys, it starts with an ad.
I had recently lost a bidding war on bringatrailer.com for a 1962 Skylark which I had seen in person over in Kansas. I was pissed, but so it goes. I immediately jumped onto Hemmings and started searching for Skylarks. Sure as shit found one in WI about two hours away from where I’d be the following week for business. After my meetings I jumped into my rental and headed over to Madison, WI. Spoke with the owner, answered a few questions, drove the 63 around the block and pulled out cash. I then drove a couple hours down into Iowa. Classic cars aren’t typically “fun” to drive in the dark, so I actually got a room for the night. Up at the crack of dawn the next day I hopped in, dropped the top and headed South-West to Missouri. This is one boring story, because there were no issues. At all. One of my favorite roadtrips in recent memory.
So Missouri requires an inspection, and since I wanted to get her tagged as soon as possible I cheated a little. While at the inspection station where I trust my other Buick (yes, I now own two Buicks; never in a million years would I ever think THAT would happen) I’m having them do a few things “I” could do, but it’s fine. There was a horn issue, so they swapped out the original steering wheel for the wooden one I saw in pictures (but was not on the car when I bought it), they’re looking into the AC and I had some sticky vents. Worry not, I’ll have plenty of greasy hands photos during the winter when I will not drive her too much (none of my vehicles are garage queens, she WILL see winter).
I will do an official photo shoot with her next week when I get her back.
Now Sold Vehicles:
1966 Porsche 912
1989 Porsche 964 C4
1979 Jeep CJ7