Our New Classic 1938 Pontiac

 

As we were driving down the road last Friday on the way to the cabin, one never knows what they may see.  You can be going along, and all of a sudden you see something that you were looking for.  I had no idea whatsoever that it would “pop” up right before our eyes.  As Mary and I were driving down the road, we were not expecting that someone would be eating in a restaurant, leaving their car in the parking lot with a “For Sale” sign in the window for us to spot.  For some reason we were both looking at the parking lot at the same time (maybe because were are “Widetrackers” and we all know that we love to drive and eat.)  Well, Mary said, “Look at that old car”, and I said, “Is that a Pontiac?”  Well, a quick u-turn, and we were pulling up to it, Mary said, “It is a Pontiac!”  As we were drooling at it, a guy came out of the restaurant and said, “Go ahead and open the doors.”  We did and it looked as good inside to us, as the outside.  It had a radio, heater, a fan to cool the driver, and windshield washers. These had to have been added by someone as I don’t think they were available in 1938.  Who ever did it though, did a good job.  The added options looked as if they belonged on the car.

 

Not wanting to appear too anxious, we looked it all over and told the guy we were going “north” to the cabin for a few days and took his name and phone number and that we would think it over.  I’m not sure what Mary was thinking about, but I was thinking, “This is the one we have been looking for.”  We measured it for length, and at 16 feet, I knew it would fit in the garage.  We cut our trip to the cabin short, and I called him Monday morning, to see if he still had the car.  We made an appointment with him for that afternoon, and got ready to come back.  After a quick two hour inspection and test drive, we struck a deal.

 

After the deal was made, my next thought was how to get it home.  I thought, who else but the guy who got me into this predicament; my friend John Calianno.  After all, he is the one who got us to go to our first meeting with the Widetrackers, and we ended up joining.  Well, one call to John, and I think he was more excited to go after it than I was.  He had to reschedule some appointment he had, but we went and got it the next  Wednesday.  The 1938 Pontiac 2 door Touring Sedan is now parked in the garage here.  Mary’s 2004 Grand Prix had to move outside for now.

 

Charlie and Mary Ann Long