Somewhere in New Jersey, there’s probably a guy who remembers driving along the turnpike one day about 15 years ago and seeing a 1939 Ford pickup parked by two trailers behind their tow vehicles at the Thomas Edison Service Area and wondering what was happening.
Had he been a car guy, he would’ve known exactly what he was seeing, even without Peggy Krieger’s explanation that it all began when she saw an ad that the truck was for sale. The apparent catch, she said, was that the Ford was in New Hampshire and she was in New Jersey, but that catch vanished when she called the owner.
“He said, ‘Well, I’ve got it loaded on the trailer. I’m taking it
