Wayne Jesel only meant to help a friend prepare his cars for an auction — he didn’t intend to buy one of those cars, but that’s exactly what happened.
“I bought it at the Mecum auction in January 2020,” said Jesel of his “Big T” T-bucket roadster.
“My friend, Don Wallace, had agreed to sell some of the special cars from his collection as a main feature during the Kissimmee auction, and he asked if I’d come down to help with prepping the 1974 ‘Grumpy’s Toy XI’ Chevrolet Vega. I’d been involved in the restoration process of the car, and Don wanted me there to help with the process of preparing the Grumpy Jenkins pro-stock Vega for the auction.
“Don had several vehicles staged and going through the auction,” Jesel continued. “The T-bucket pulls up the hammer comes down and it’s mine. Later, Don Wallace walks up to me and says, ‘I’m glad you ended up with the car.’”
