October 22, 1998: My friend Tony gave me a lift after work to Tacoma so I could meet the previous owner, pay for the car, and pay Cheap Tow to haul it to Rich Restorations.

Traffic that evening was terrible so we were 45 minutes late, but seeing the car made those problems unimportant—the sign of a true Corvair nut I guess!

(I decided not to try to start it and drive it home since the car had not been run in three years.)