Before the Internet this was the thing to do! I used to get the auto trader,and the want ad magazine as soon as they hit the stand. By the time I got out of work, I was always on the road to go buy a car or parts! Usually there were four or five guys in the area that bought up all the Mopar stuff, so the competition was fierce! One time my friend and I were looking at a 71 Charger R / T, and the competition arrived, I told him go to the door and pay the seller now,before the bidding war insues! Sometimes we got the deals,sometimes we were too late! The same guy beat us out of a 340 70 Cuda, shaker car a week later! Those were great times,and the road trips were part of the fun!