The Purchase

The following day I called Lee and told him I wanted it. We arranged to meet, Lee wanted to sit down with me over dinner, go through with me everything he'd done, what needed doing, pass on numbers of contacts to me. We got the paperwork out of the way, did the deal and I planned to pick up the car the following Saturday. I had to hire a trailer due to the engine not being hooked up and running. I'd have to come back the following week with a box trailer to pick up the rest of the car. One problem I had was storage. We don't have a garage, our basement is unfinished and full of clutter. My other concern was I had promised my wife we would have a new bathroom by the time her parents came to visit mid October. She told me I could buy the car on one condition.. the bathroom came first! I ordered a canvas garage online and started the nightmare task of clearing room in the basement, throwing out crap, boxing up things to be kept, piling them neatly in one corner. Basement finally straight, the garage arrived. I put it together, it was huge! The car and some other stuff was going to fit perfectly in here. The day arrived. I went and picked up the beast! Typically it poured from the time I got up til the time I pulled in the driveway. By the time I got home with it on the trailer, the neighbors were out, the family were there, everyone wanted to see it! After a thorough wipe down with a chamois, she was back to her gleaming best. We unloaded it and pushed it into the new garage. Where I promised my wife it would sit until the bathroom was done! The following week I hired the box trailer and drove back up to Lee's. As the doors, trunk lid, fenders and hood need painting, I spoke to Ron, the guy who'd done the awesome paint job on the rest of the car. I left the trunk lid with him to work on at his leisure. I'm in no rush, it's not like I don't have anything else to do on it! Plus I know his work will be worth the wait.