Recent content by 68BabyBlue

Pennsylvania makes it simple. You can't transfer ownership until you fill in the purchaser's name, and have it notarized. Seller keeps a copy as evidence of the transfer. The fact the system is this strict works well when selling, but can be tough when trying to bring a car in from out of...

Back in the day, the guy who sold me my second GTX used the butyl under the stainless, and also blew the corners out with a hair dryer. Never had rot, and still had a perfect original trunk floor. Original corners were still rust free when this picture was taken in 2013, with 113,000 miles on...

I have generation skipping provisions in mine, which complicates the process, and raises the upfront cost. Pays off with tax advantages for the grand kids.

A warning here. This stuff can be expensive. I just had a consultation a few weeks ago. I always meet with the senior partner, and she never bills me. Her rate would be over $500 per hour. She brought me up to speed on some tax advantaged moves I could employ for paying the fees when my wife...

I had a somewhat similar career evolution, working 42 years in the tank truck business. Like RC, my crossroads was in 1997, when I became a corporate general counsel. Never boring, but stress would probably have killed me if I hadn't bailed out. I switched gears, and followed the path of...

A generation after I graduated from high school, I was doing my corporate general counsel gig, and my wife was director of marketing for a community college. Not rich, but high income. I set my daughter up with a 1991 twin turbo Dodge Stealth R/T, after she built her accident free driving...

Sadly, we’ve all seen this mindset at work with the guys who let the car rot away outside, and refuse to sell it.

Guy who used to own a survivor Charger Daytona in my town had a Miracle Ear franchise.

I drove this one until it was 22 years old, 1.7 million miles. Never needed new and shiny.

Same here. Wife's 2007 Lexus bit the dust last week, so I took the opportunity to go backwards, with a 2001 Honda Civic, old lady car with 47,000 miles. My 2002 Lexus ES300, which has 237,000 miles after 14 years of ownership is going to my granddaughter for her first car, and I needed a...

Original owners of three of my GTXs made it even worse by replacing the original 70 series bias plies with 78 series white walls. In each case, I remedied the problem quickly.

Most people will not confront end of career, much less end of life, until they have no choice. You've had a mixed blessing, Ed, in having the health problems thrust on you early on. As Hawk stated above, just putting the issues out here in front of us is a huge contribution. You are helping...

Baby Blue was neve restored, just cleaned up and maintained since 1968. Other owners did the expensive stuff, like a new interior, during the 22 years between my two periods of ownership. When I owned the car in the 80s, I had lower quarter panel rust and a couple pinholes in the driver's side...

For one evening every summer. We do annual reunions now that everybody is dying off. Class of '71. My friend had a brand new hyper performance Jag this year, but the GTX got more attention.

I have a high school classmate who has five vintage Jaguars. He's well versed in that process.