My all time best deal took about 27 years to bear fruit. In about 71 ,I was walking down to a family friends commercial fishing shanty on the Fox River. The walk went be what was an old bus garage. The overhead door was open. I barely knew the owner, my dad did and my younger bros. hung arount his main shop. I'd seen the car inside once or twice walking home from school. I walked in and gazed at the really neet old car. Twas an old Auburn had 2/suicide doors and a sedanish body painted a blue suede. I called around in the shop for the owner, no answer. I went over to the car opened the hood WOW , when your a teen it looks real neet. It had some sort of flat headed motor in it.That was it, I didn't see the car up close until about 27 years later. The old guy had passed away. I kept calling Tom, he had built the car. His Dad was up until the mid 80's one of the oldest Auburn dealers. He had kept the old lics. His dad sold the car to a man in Milwaukee.He gave it to hes daughter, she was a school teacher.Some time in its life it died. The father gave it back to the dealer,Tom and his sister were to get it going and use it as their school car. They did getthe old six going for a while,it died for good. Tom frabricated a steel adaptor plate to mate a flat head ford /new Monkey Ward rebuilt motor to the Auburn 3 speed wich went to the columbia 2 speed rear he also installed. After all the waiting and the I'm going to restore it when I get time calls. Tom calls in the fall, This is Tom if you want the car I'll be at the beach house. Tom lives in a chicago burb. Turns out the car never left Green Bay. If you want the car its $1500.00 I'll be there tomorrow.Do you want the car? Instant reply YES I drained and cleaned the tank, blew out the feul line, the inside of the tank was shiney galv. added gas put in a battery and away we go PURR!! An old unrestored original hotrod . Not to shabby of a find !