Ron Devies
PCS Ohio Chapter President PCS Past Vice President
This is all Mike Stevens fault, it is like asking an alcoholic if he wants to go grab a beer with you. A couple days ago, my buddy Mike emailed me and asked me, "are you one of those two guys from northern Ohio going to look at that 64?" Well I wasn't but needed to know more, the proverbial curiousity and the cat analogy kind of comes into play here.
Mike told me there was a 1964 Caddy M-M combo in Galion, Ohio and from what he could see looked pretty nice. He had called the gentleman who stated he had been in the PCS years ago and has not drove the car in five years, the car has sat in his heated garage all of this time. We both lamented how we wished we had the extra cash to go look at this car. Well..............
I called the guy yesterday and he told me a fellow had looked at it and made an offer but he had told him there were others coming to see it. Of course I went today and well..........wow! This car is in really good shape despite it's sitting there and well...............I paid the asking price and now own another car. I have asked Paul to post some pictures. As some of you know, I owned a 64 before that I bought off of Doug Kelley and I loved that car but was talked into selling it by, well I won't mention any names but they live in my house. I sold it to a guy who got bored with it and sold it for a pile of money more than what I sold to him for. The point is since that time I really missed that car and now I got another 64.
And it is all Mike Stevens fault. (Mike has also placed dibs on it if I ever decide to sell it)
I almost forgot the best part! This man Jim Tighe was PCS before most of us here and brought out an album of cars I had never seen except two Dave McCamey's (Richard Vyse's) Lifeliner Dan Brittlinger's volunteer before the fancy paint job. Also there were pictures of Joe Ross who I never met and the late great Bernie DeWinter and a very young looking George Hamlin. Even more he gave me a STACK of Professional Car Magazines dating back to 1985. I will spend the weekend reading the Professional Car from long long ago.
Mike told me there was a 1964 Caddy M-M combo in Galion, Ohio and from what he could see looked pretty nice. He had called the gentleman who stated he had been in the PCS years ago and has not drove the car in five years, the car has sat in his heated garage all of this time. We both lamented how we wished we had the extra cash to go look at this car. Well..............
I called the guy yesterday and he told me a fellow had looked at it and made an offer but he had told him there were others coming to see it. Of course I went today and well..........wow! This car is in really good shape despite it's sitting there and well...............I paid the asking price and now own another car. I have asked Paul to post some pictures. As some of you know, I owned a 64 before that I bought off of Doug Kelley and I loved that car but was talked into selling it by, well I won't mention any names but they live in my house. I sold it to a guy who got bored with it and sold it for a pile of money more than what I sold to him for. The point is since that time I really missed that car and now I got another 64.And it is all Mike Stevens fault. (Mike has also placed dibs on it if I ever decide to sell it)I almost forgot the best part! This man Jim Tighe was PCS before most of us here and brought out an album of cars I had never seen except two Dave McCamey's (Richard Vyse's) Lifeliner Dan Brittlinger's volunteer before the fancy paint job. Also there were pictures of Joe Ross who I never met and the late great Bernie DeWinter and a very young looking George Hamlin. Even more he gave me a STACK of Professional Car Magazines dating back to 1985. I will spend the weekend reading the Professional Car from long long ago.
I was forced to sell two. This is just replenishing the flock. I find though what I have remaining I would have a hard time parting with. Exception would be maybe the van however Kyle would never part with. The only sensible thing was to find bigger storage, which one of my officers just bought a warehouse near me.
