Another True Survivor

This week I will tell you a little about a true survivor we have in our lineup. Back around 2010, my uncle had one of his cars at the ADAMM New Car Auto Show in Milwaukee. He was part of a display with a local car club. A gentleman name Jim Meyers came up to my uncle and said "I have one of these in my garage." After some brief conversation about it, we learned that he bought and drove a modified in 1971 and after the season, it was parked in a garage and left there since then. Jim had no interest in selling it at that time but my uncle gave him his number in case he changed his mind. The one thing we try to do is pay respect to a dying sport and preserve what is left to preserve. We don't do it to make money and I think our devotion to this proves that. After a few months, Jim called and said he would like to talk to us about selling and we set up a day to meet. When we went to look at the car, it was parked in the back corner of a garage. It had years of dust on it along with the clay from the last time it was on the track. We agreed on a price and loaded it up. I took it home and had it running that afternoon. First time it breathed life in many, many years.

This was a very unique looking car and Jim knew who originally built it. We were able to come up with a few pictures from the original owner's family.

The following year, we were able to get the car moving enough to be able to take it to the very show that started it all for us on the acquisition of this car.

We changed it back to the original look from when it was built. All that took was a new set of numbers painted on it. The Buick Nailhead motor still runs and once things slow down, we hope to have it at more shows and perhaps a few laps on a track again. This car is the most original one we have and we look forward to what the future holds for this one.

Until next time,
Darrin