You’ve heard the familiar story about the guy who found the car of his dreams sitting neglected in a garage/barn/backyard, where it had languished for decades. He inquires about the car’s availability, only to hear the standard response, “No, I’m going to restore that car one day.”
Week after week, month after month, our protagonist returns to try again, and each time he is turned away. Then, just as all hope of acquiring the dream car seems lost, persistence pays off and the owner relents. But what if that story were to play out the other way around?
Eastham, Massachusetts, resident Larry Perry was going about his day when a gentleman he knew called to say he had an old car that needed to be sold. The seller, who was 90 years old at the time, said it was a four-door Buick sedan and was adamant that Larry should drive to nearby Mashpee to look it over.
“I asked him to describe the car to me, and he kept saying it was a four-door
