Day 646, 53 Lincon Capri

1953 Lincoln Capri

I had a surprise visit from a good friend Peter, who had just driven up from California in his 53 Lincoln Capri.  It's a beautiful car and Peter has spent a lot of time re-doing the engine, which looked spectacular.  Pete has an amazing collection of cars and what I like best, is he drives all of them!  He finds great cars all over the country and then flies to where they are and drives them home.  He has no problem driving across country in whatever he buys.  He is also, gifted enough to know how to fix anything that breaks and his sense of adventure is as endless as his love for cars.

Pete's Lincoln at the house.

Pete's latest purchase is a 56 Desoto in Detroit, Michigan and he is fly out Sunday to look it over, buy it and then drive it home.  I can only imagine  how fun that would be to drive across country in a vintage car and it is definitely something that is on my bucket list to do.  I did have to ask Pete how his wife felt  about him buying another car and flying out on Mothers Day.  His look was half oops, mothers day, and a slight grin. 

At 5:37 pm, Pete and I were both invited to a rather unusual event for a mutual friend of ours.  It was kind of a ceremony to let go of the past and to welcome in a new beginning.  Afterwords, Pete came out to the house in his Lincoln to see the Traveleze and to see the Packard.  The last time he had seen the Traveleze was at Flyte Camp and it just had the walls and no interior.  He really liked the way the trailer turned out and I think he liked the Packard too.

It's always fun to see Pete and to learn about his latest new purchase or quest.  The big news for Pete, is he will be showing his 1954 Chrysler Ghia at Pebble Beach this year  This is a huge honor as Pebble Beach only accepts 200 cars and your car must be unique and absolutely perfect.  

I could talk cars with Pete for days, he is an amazing man.  I wished him the best of luck on his driving adventure with the Desoto, and with that he drove off.