The meet and greet

One of the greatest aspects of buying and selling old cars and parts is meeting folks that are into old cars and parts as well. Twice in the past 6 months or so I've made 1-3 hour drives to scrounge parts from folks, a T10 and Y-block in PA and a Y-block intake with 3 strombergs in northern MD. Both times the sellers had the parts I wanted, as described and the deal could have been done in 5 minutes. But I ended up at both places for 2+ hours.

Why?

Because car folks are nice (generally), love to chat cars, and love to show off their stuff. In PA I got to see a 67 chevelle, 25k ORIGINAL miles, tri-power, 4-speed. Beautiful. In MD there was a 41 ford pick-up, a M-37 dodge and a pile of Y-blocks that I copied the numbers off of for him. He was selling out of Fords, hmmm wonder if that 41 truck is still there.

Those 2 experiences are exactly whats missing when you buy your parts from a catalog or from the 'bay. Instead of a nice hour or 2 of chatting you get a bill, tracking # and another $200 on the old credit card.

I'll take the cash buy, BS session any day of the week, thank you.