This is the story of how a DPB Marauder (#254 of 328) made it's way across the US from rainy Northern California to snowy, cold sub-freezing Virginia!
First of all, I must confess. I mentioned in the For Sale thread that this was a gift for my dad. He actually bought it, it's his money. I can't afford another car right now! lol, but when I said it was a gift, it still is. I did all the legwork for the car. I contacted Paul (natacop), who's one hell of a guy! Kudos for his patience and his follow up. If I ever get out to NorCal, I'll buy you a beer!
Anyways, yeah I pretty much talked with Paul, "kicked the tires" from 3,000 miles away, got the transport company lined up, sent the express mail certified check and contacted Paul with little questions here and there.
The car arrived yesterday (Friday Feb 1). It kind of threw a wrench in my schedule. It was picked up in California last Saturday and the transport company gave me a 7 day window for it to travel across country. This would have worked out perfectly, as today (Saturday) would have been great because we don't have work.
But I called the guy on Thursday and he said yeah I am in NC and I will be in VA by 10 am. Sure enough 10 am we met up and got the car unloaded. Drove it back to dad's house and then we both had to go to work.
here's the truck
coming off the truck
There was a lot of road dust on the car. It needs to be washed bad! unfortunately, it's freezing here and we both had to go to work.
I'll admit, I'm a tad jealous. This is a beautiful, well maintained DPB. It came with all the original maintance records, the Marauder DVD, poster, window sticker, leather jacket and even the key fob is from the original Lincoln-Mercury dealer it was delivered to in Las Vegas, NV back in 2003
We drove it home and it was a short distance (maybe a half mile) but I can tell it's a well-oiled machine. Shifts great, handling is smooth and the ride (even though no upgrade suspension) feels terrific
Dad is ecstatic. It fits in his garage with more than enough room to spare. Not like my mickey-mouse garage! I'm looking forward to working with him on it. It will be his "baby", his project, but I will be there for guidance and to let him know about all the "quirks" of the car that I've learned over the years from this site. He's looking forward to the CAM meet ups here (Carlisle, Berts, Capt'n Dans, ABC Brewery, etc)
My dad is not a computer guy so i doubt he will join the MM.net forum, but trust me his adventure will live through me. I can't wait to get my black and his blue together from some photo shoots!
~Ryan
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congrats to your dad
to your Dad, and let him know he's now officially a member of the BLUES BROTHERS!
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