Picking up the car was quite the story. I had contacted the owner on Sunday morning, he said that he would have it all ready to go. So I picked up a friend and met him at his condo at 2:30pm. We went down to see the car, my friend and I peaked around, crawled under the car, poked, prodded, ya know the normal inspection stuff. He then went to start it up and with the turn of the key...a big fat nothing. I noticed that the battery cables were loose and the clamps were way beyond the end of their lives. He offered to jump it with his other car, we consented. After it had charged for a minute or two he attempted to start it. This time it cranked over but would not fire. Noticing the gas gauge was empty we recommended getting some gas. We rode with the owner down to the gas station, picked up a gallon of fuel and came back. Low and behold it started. Took it for a test drive and was impressed with it's handling and acceleration, even with all the cobwebs still nesting inside it was pretty quick. (side note I'm used to air cooled volkswagens, snails are quick to me). I offered him $1400 he said yes and I became the proud owner.
I drove it home last night and to work this morning. It was a cold drive, here in Wisconsin it's still be low freezing out, but so much fun.
Anyways enough with words what you probably really want to see is some pics. So here they are.



