My first project. My dad found this as a pile of pieces when I was 15. By the time I was 17 and a senior in high school we had it back together, painted, upholstered in good running order. It was my only transportation and I used it as such, after all it was just a 35 year old used car. I learned much and had a lot of fun with my dad restoring it. Washington Blue, black fenders and Tacoma Cream wheels.

The family had relocated from Kentucky to Fremont and I needed a second car. In my mind it would be either a 912 or a BMW Bavaria (more on the Bavaria later). I found this 912 in the Sacramento area. Nice paint and interior. I discovered later that it was pretty rusty and that the engine smoked with a trailing throttle. I sold it a year or so after i bought it.

My buddy Dave Burton had found this roadster body near Goldendale in Eastern Washington. He collected a frame, engine and various other parts but lost interest in it. He gave the pile of parts to me. Zack, Mark Kaufmann and I rented a trailer. drove to Seattle and picked up the pieces. For a few years after that I always had plenty to look for at the local swap meets. It resembled a car and ran and drove when I sold it.

I've lusted after the 53-54 Studebaker coupes and hardtops since highschool. Tom and I found this one at the Turlock Swap meet in the late 1990's. I built it exactly as I had envisioned it for the last 30 years. 60's style semi custom. 365 HP 327, 4 speed. It took about 3 years to finish. I drove it 30,000 miles in the next 10 years. It went to the Grand National Roadster Show, Rod and Custom magazine one of the top 100 hot rods in 2001, won 2 GoodGuys Trophies. I should have kept this one.

Bob Kabchef found this GT and the next one at the same seller. We partnered on them. I fronted the money and Bob retrieved them, got them running and driving and detailed them. We sold them on eBay. This one was a 4 speed.

The airport biz was slow and i started looking for projects that I could do just a little work to and then flip for a profit. This Packard was an abandonded father/son project. It was taken apart and that's as far as the duo got. They essentially gave it to me. I got it running and driving and sold it on eBay.

This is the wagon I bought with the Land Cruiser. The guy that bought it was going to restore it for his teenage daughter.

I found this on CraigsList in the east bay. Another one the seller just wanted gone. I came with a bunch of extra parts. I just love how "over the top" these 58 big Studes were...especially the wagons. I got it running and driving. Bob Kapchef just HAD to have this one. His all time favorite Stude. I sold it to him for what I paid for it. This was a rust free, complete car. I should have kept it.

This Volvo was in a garage in a house that was on a steep hill in San Francisco. It hadn't moved in years. It was essentially given to me if I could get it out of the garage. It had no brakes, so it was super tricky to work it out of the garage and on to my trailer without having it get away and start down the hill (yikes!). I got it home, got it running and stopping and sold it on eBay.

I bought this truck from John Wilson who owns Wilson Furniture here in Bellingham. It was parked behind his store on Meridian which is now The ReStore. It had a 305 Chevy V8 and Chevy truck synchro 4 speed. I always liked these cartoon looking M model Studebakers. This one was an M15. It mainly needed the brakes gone through and some cosmetic detailing. The motor and transmission were just about perfect in this truck. I don't know how it got by with the original little Champion 6. I used it as a truck. It was pictured on the back cover of an issue of the Studebaker Driver's Club magazine.

This Starliner was part of a package deal with the 1961 E13-131 below. A friend of a friend just wanted these two cars gone. I knew the Starliner would do fine. I was a little concerned about the truck...but I was wrong. The Starliner sold almost immediately with only word of mouth advertising.

I got this wagon also from Peterson. Original paint. The interior was fried. It had a V8 OD. I got it running and driving and polished the paint and sold it on eBay. It went to New York.

This was a real rusty car, but a rare bullet nose business coupe so I took a chance on it. I hauled it back from California. It was a PITA loading it on the trailer since the brakes were locked, but I got it loaded and got it back to Bellingham. I never took it off the trailer. I washed it, advertised it on eBay, sold it for multiples of what I paid for it, and delivered it to the new ownner less than 50 miles from where I bought it in California

I think this was a 6 cylinder stick. I cleaned it up and put it on eBay. A guy from Canada bought it. He came down to Bellingham and paid me, then we took it to a barn out in the county for storage.

Brian Curtis turned me on to this car that was made in Hamilton, Ontario, and had been a Canadian car it's whole life. It had been restored years ago by the Canadian I bought it from...the 2nd owner. 289 with a 4 speed and disc brakes. The paint job was just OK so Jon and I ended up painting it. I sold it to a museum in Winnipeg. They came here and brought it to Winnipeg in a one car enclosed trailer. One I should have kept.

I got this one from Peterson. I loved the color combo...so 1955. V8 Auto. I got it running, but it wouldn't go into gear. The trans was shot. I sold it to a guy in Washington that had the identical car when he was first married. I delivered it to him. He was so excited to get the car.

The only car I bought from a Hemmings listing. It was in the Gig Harbor area being sold by the son of the original owner who had recently died. 250 HP 327, Powerglide. The son's dad bought it new in the Sacramento area when he was in the military. He retired in the Spokane area. 60,000 original miles. No rust anywhere. The seats and panels were like new. I did some mechanical fixits, tires, brakes, etc, painted it, new carpet. It ran and drove like a new car. I should have kept this one.

A rust free, complete, running and driving V8 Auto. It really didn't need anything and would be an easy restoration. Just paint and interior. I had too many projects waiting in the wings and sold this one just to reduce inventory.

I bought this one from the son of the original owner. It had been sitting in his garage for decades. He delighted in telling me many stories about the car and trips he took in it as a kid. It cleaned up nicely (perfect interior) and ran and drove well after a little work. I sold it to a guy on Vancouver Island.

This one from Bob Kabchef. It was a project he started and lost interest in. He had the body and paint work done first class and the seats upholstered in wild colors that went with the car color. I found a low mileage Chevy 305 and TH350 for it and finished putting it back together.

This was owned by and architect in Seattle. Nice guy. He had this Avanti for several years and could never get it running right. I trailered it home and quickly found out that a needle and seat in one float bowl was adjusted all the way closed. It was running on 4 cylinders. Paul Dart replaced the left side hog trough. I sold it to a friend of Fred Cook and trailered it to him in Redding

A nice, rust free GT. Bought it with the motor and trans out of it. Got it running and driving quickly. I decided to change it from wire wheels to Panasports. I found a set of Panasports in California and broght them home on one of my trips along with some parts to convert the hubs from wires to bot ons. I installed a roll bar ad decaled the car to look like a faux race car. I later installed the OD trans from the 70 GT below. Sold it to Evan Wert.

I bought this one from Pat Drnec who was selling everything and moving to Thailand. I sold a couple of his other cars for him also. This one he was building for his girlfriend. He had the body and paint professionally done. It was perfect. It arrived here from LA disassembled with all the parts inside. I had the chrome redone and the seats reupholstered. Peterson supplied like new panels. 259, auto. It turned out beautiful and I should have kept it.

I found this at the ABFM in Bothel. I was talking to a brother/sister about LBCs and she mentioned she had a bug eye sprite that had just been sitting in the garage for decades. I told her I was interested and checked it out at her house on the way home. Complete and straight. She wanted $1500 for it. I came back later that week and took it home. It didn't take much to get it running well, but I had to put a clutch in it. It had a 1275 in it to replace the 948, wire wheels, and disc brakes. A fun little car! I sold it back to her for what I had into it.

One of the few cars I bought off of eBay. It was in Wisconsin and had been its whole life. I think I was the 3rd owner. Complet, rust free. I had lots of fun fixing a bunch of little things. It ran and drove good by the end of my ownership. I planned a trip to California with it to duplicate the one I did with Jerry in 1965 with my 30 coupe, but it never happene. I sold it to fund another project. Another should have been keeper.

This was my first MGB but I owned it the longest of any of them. It was Teal Blue. I painted it Flame Red when I restored it. I had the engine rebuilt. It was a beautiful and detailed car. I sold it on BaT.

Bought off of eBay in Southern California. A very rare rust free, one owner car. I put an LB9 305 in it with a kit from Renegade. Neat little car. I had tons of challenges both with the conversion and with the "good used" 305 that ended up getting rebuilt a few times. Made a killing on BaT when I sold it, however.

I lusted after one of these when they came out in the late 60's, early 70's. Jon's friend Blake had this car for a few years and had the body work done by a moonlighting pro. It was completely torn apart when I bought it. The seller was not a car guy and figured out he'd have way too much money in the car by the time he finished. I bought it for the next to nothing price he offered it to me for. It ran and drove well, but needed a lot of cosmetic help. Paul Dart painted it. When finished, I drove it to Monterey, CA, for the Legends of the Autobahn show in conjunction with Pebble Beach.

I had wanted one of these when I was 18 and had been looking for the right one for several years. This one came up on eBay. I was the high bidder at about $3k. The seller told me he only wanted out of it what he had into it and sold it to me for $1300. Dave and I went to Idaho to pick it up. It need only a few mechanical fixes. I cleaned it up. Paul painted it. And I had the chrome redone. I ride it around the neighborhood just to listen to its unique sound.