We could not have asked for a nicer couple to buy the car. Dave and Janis plan on sending updates of the car as it finishes getting restored. Dave came with his friend Jeff last week to look it over and spent 2 hours crawling through, around, and under the car to decide whether or not he wanted it. He fell in love and came over on Wednesday to show his wife the car. He had been looking for a mustang for 5 years that he wanted to buy and fix up. It is hard to express how cool these people are...just down to earth good people. They left after giving us a partial payment, got the paper work notarized the next day and picked it up (and all the parts) on Saturday.
Some may say we are crazy, but at this time in our lives it just felt like the right thing to do. Whenever Mike gets his next job it will get a little more crazy in his life and he will have even less time to spend on the car. It takes up a massive amount of space and is heavy to move when we need to go to our next location. Selling the car was a really hard thing to do, for both of us. Katie has fond "memories" of riding in car. The car hasn't been as mobile since Christian was born. In Idaho there was a registration nazi and she wouldn't register it unless Mike took off the dash and proved that the VIN numbers matched. Christian was actually glad to see it go, but I think he will eat his word in about, say, 9 years. The kids got pictures taken with Dad about a month before this when we thought we had another buyer for it. They each wanted to go around the block with dad on their own before it was gone.
Mike was really trying to be cheerful in the pictures. It is a happy/sad time.
Going around the block with Katie, listen to how good it sounds...
Christian was just a little bit excited about having the opportunity of going with his dad around the block.
4 comments:
I am happy and sad for you
at the same time. It was a
beautiful car. How nice to
know someone will enjoy it
as much as you have.
It's hard to part with an old Mustang. They truly become a part of the family. We are now on our third old Mustang. Charly had a Mach I he sold when he went on his mission. We then bought another Mach I early in our marriage and kept it about 18 years, then sold it when we came here. We bought the convertible in '96. Charly still regrets selling both of his Machs. We've listed the convertible on Craig's List a couple of times but can't really bring ourselves to let it go. I hope we will have the time and money to get and restore another Mach I someday. Mustangs rock.
So now it's found a good home and will get the last few things done. Actually, even better this way because when you become super rich and buy it back it will be 100% complete and then you can just enjoy it! That's it, good plan...let someone else do the rest of the work and come in at the last moment and get it back! Why didn't I think if that? I hope to get a sweet car for Statt...and have HIM fix it up! hahaha
WOW! Glad to hear that it went to a good home. I remember the Mustang when it was green, or was it yellow? Or a hue of one of those - anyway, with parts all over the place. Mike has done a lot of work on it since the Eugene days.
It just opens up the door for other hobbies down the road and perhaps a motorcycle to fix up? Those take up a lot less room. LOL
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