I know what you are thinking–”How come I never find garage sales like that?” Well don’t feel bad. Finding this car at a garge sale was alot like that story where the elderly lady advertised the “old car for sale” and what she had in the barn was a mint condition T-bird that had belonged to her son.
People who know my husband, Mark, are likely not surprised. His favorite haunts are garage sales, auctions and the occasional dumpster (bleah!) But this find was the find of a century, even for him. A few weeks ago, our neighborhood was participating in the community-wide garage sale. As I arrived home from work, my husband called me. “Can you meet me on the cul-de-sac? A guy is having a garage sale, and he has a car I want to buy.” I envisioned a rusted heap of metal. What other type of car can you purchase at a garage sale? I was willing to go see it, becuase I was sure it would be a disaster that I could easily persuade my husband not to buy. Instead, when I arrived at the house, I was escorted to the basement and was very surprised to see this:
It was light-years better than I had anticipated. However, we already had two cars and only two garages, we didn’t need another car. On top of that, I was sure the owner would want far more than we would be willing to pay. Mark talked to the owner for a few minutes, exchanged business cards, then we walked home. I told him I liked the car, but that it was obviously worth more than we needed to spend for a project car. Mark asked me how much I thought the car was worth. I gave him my estimate. “He wants HALF of that. Can you believe it?”
After doing a little research, talking to his father and looking at the car again, Mark became the proud owner of a 1931 Ford Model A coupe. And then the real work began–because the Model A is not in driveable condition.
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