We Found One

Going home that night with our tails between our legs I started scouring The Samba, Craigslist, KSL, Classic Cars, and any other website I could find that is related to Ghias. I found one on Autotrader in Mission Viejo, CA that night. What a gorgeous car. I called the owner, Mike first thing in the morning and told him we would be interested in buying it but we were from out of state and we would have to fly in to LAX. He assured me that it was no problem. So once again we were flying high I made all of the travel arrangements, scheduled the sitter and took the next day off AGAIN!

We flew out on Monday morning at the ungodly hour of 6 a.m. I know its really not that early for some of you but for me it just sucks. Called Mike again to make sure that he wasn't going to sell it out from under us and he again assured us that he wouldn't. We made it into Mission Viejo by 9 and had our first real glimpse of our new obsession.

I must say that Mike was amazing, he took us through every inch of that car. He went over how each nick got there as well as what still needed to be done. He recommended a local mechanic that would look at the car to make sure everything was okay and to make sure the brakes were bled. Thank god because when we went there they found a gas leak which they coulnd't fix but recommended us to another shop, Unique Imports.

We pulled into this other shop and the owner, Chip came out and lifted the bonnet and proceeded to rip out hoses and fittings and threw them on the ground saying we didn't need them. You all know Chris, walking right behind him picking up all the pieces he threw on the ground. The gas leak was fixed by just replacing a hose. When we walked into the front door he literally had cages of reptiles surrounding his office. He had an iguana, a snake, chameleon, frogs, lizards, and other creepy slimy creatures. Kinda creeped me out. He was quite entertaining and we ended up leaving the car with him for about 4 hours. We finally left at around 6 pm. Just in time for rush hour traffic back up to LA to return the rental car.

Finally, alone with our new obsession at last , we instantly fell in love.

Now about those fittings we supposedly didn't need. Yep Chris was right, we needed them. We just fixed our canisters last week to help reduce the smell of fuel in the car. Who knew? Of course Chris.