Never in my life was there ever a harder deal to put together! I drove up there a couple weeks ago with Rocky's cash in-hand because we already knew the bottom dollar on the coach. A friend of mine (who lives like 5 minutes from the coaches' location) offered to "go talk to the guy" since he knew the owner, but that never happened. After getting the guy to come to the door, I inquired about the coach & said I had the cash with me to make a purchase. After some discussion & sharing my passion for procars he knew I was serious & gave me a price after he had to "make a phone call". I offered the envelope at that moment (with the exact amount enclosed!) and it was another 2 hours plus of waiting for him to commit. He finally agreed ONLY if he could keep the hubcaps & air cleaner. As you all know the coach was stacked to the ceiling with car parts, so he said he'd get it cleaned out that weekend.
Well, then it was a "cat 'n mouse" game getting the tow arranged. I contracted with Ronk's towing to haul it for a set price, we just needed a date & time. After being postponed several times for a variety of reasons on the seller's end... I was getting NERVOUS! I'd spent Rocky's money, got a bill-of-sale, but no coach OR title. Finally D-day came... and while the rollback was coming to get me (in a snowstorm) the guy calls to postpone everything yet again. He was informed the rollback was in-route & coming home with the coach loaded by 1:30pm as promised, no matter what. After hearing about his GUN, his neighbor's GUN, etc., I quickly programmed Sandusky county's Sheriff # into my phone just in case (for REAL).
An hour trip one-way took over 2 hours, busting through drifted 2 lane highway @ 30mph the whole way! The seller was however very nice upon arrival & had the title as promised! We winched it out of the yard & headed home without incident. On the way home we were flagged down twice by people stranded in ditches, on their side, rolled over, we saw countless accidents but had excellent traction now that we were loaded!
His 22 foot rollback bed was FULL of coach... i'd told him to "bring the BIG rollback" because when they hauled my '51 Superior they didn't bring enough truck the 1st time. As soon as we were moving, the driver said "Dwayne, that guy DID NOT want to sell that coach!" We made it home just fine... and now this coach haunts my shop until Rocky can come get it. Sorry if i've bored you to tears, but this deal gave "the thrill of the chase" a whole NEW meaning!!! Rocky is a great guy & we've spent countless time on the phone filling him in on this guy's reluctance & all the obstacles I had to overcome to get the Olds. Congrats Rocky, you deserve it for being so patient.