free roadster
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 4:39 pm
Gotta share an amazing thing that happened a few years ago. I was out garage sailing and turned down a cul de sac road (wrong road) garage sale was up another street but I started doing the loop around to go back to the main street, I noticed what looked like a Datsun roadster relatively covered by sticker bushes out in front of a house, parked on the side but right on the road where anyone could see it, really.
You could tell it had been sitting there a long time, probably years. The homeowner noticed I had stopped and was looking at it and came out. He told me a friend of his had parked the car there about two decades earlier and never came back to get it. it had a tarp over most of the car, the front end being visible only and the bramble had grown over the tarp.
Car was totally complete, no dents, straight, and the last time the tabs had been done was 1980! it was a 1968 2000 so in essence only 12 miles of driving done on the car. I immediately started wondering how much he might want for it, and figured too much and that is why it sat so long.
I asked him what his plans were and he said nothing, that he had not heard from his buddy since he parked it. Then he said.....if you want to tow it out of there I could have it! my jaw dropped! I forget about garage sales and had a tow truck there within an hour! no keys and no title but no problem. I still haven't opened the trunk, maybe there is a stash of cash in there my wife keeps saying, lol.
The tow cost me 50 dollars. So an entire 1968 Datsun 2000 last tabbed in 1980 for 50 bucks. Original paint even.
One of the better experiences in the roadster world worth sharing. You never know what you might find when going to garage sales.
You could tell it had been sitting there a long time, probably years. The homeowner noticed I had stopped and was looking at it and came out. He told me a friend of his had parked the car there about two decades earlier and never came back to get it. it had a tarp over most of the car, the front end being visible only and the bramble had grown over the tarp.
Car was totally complete, no dents, straight, and the last time the tabs had been done was 1980! it was a 1968 2000 so in essence only 12 miles of driving done on the car. I immediately started wondering how much he might want for it, and figured too much and that is why it sat so long.
I asked him what his plans were and he said nothing, that he had not heard from his buddy since he parked it. Then he said.....if you want to tow it out of there I could have it! my jaw dropped! I forget about garage sales and had a tow truck there within an hour! no keys and no title but no problem. I still haven't opened the trunk, maybe there is a stash of cash in there my wife keeps saying, lol.
The tow cost me 50 dollars. So an entire 1968 Datsun 2000 last tabbed in 1980 for 50 bucks. Original paint even.
One of the better experiences in the roadster world worth sharing. You never know what you might find when going to garage sales.
