While I had the Buick I learned many things about the car and it's design. It was very interesting to try to figure out how things worked on it. I met my neighbor down the road who witnessed to me about how the Lord had helped him over the years. I also learned the stress of driving something so large realizing that if I had wrecked it, parts would be difficult to find. Now I never meant to keep the car, just fix it up and sell it to make some side money for our family. I learned how "crazy" some people can be when you are trying to sell an old car. I had one guy drive from Ohio to buy it and backed out when he saw how the tail lights were designed. Now I am sure this information could have been found somewhere in Ohio. Another fellow wanted to drive it, so we did, and he scared me. He tried to drive that 1951 Buick like a 2000 model and complained about it's performance. He also poked a hole in the quarter panel with his pocket knife while "inspecting paint flaws". I kept my mouth tight because we needed the money to help pay for my soon to be arriving baby girl. He decided not to buy it when I refused to take the car and have the grease fittings checked upon his request. He thought I was rude and I thought he was, well ... a challenge to my Christianity. I dropped the price and set it out down town for about 2 hours with a for sale sign on the bumper.
The next day I had a man out to the house wanting to buy it. He did not even want to test drive it. He told me that he had loved the car since a small boy - he lived in the same town as the car.
He came back with money and paid in cash. We now had plenty of money to cover the expense of the birth and decorate the nursery.
While I did not know at the time, my wife had arranged the purchase of my friends late wife's 1969 Chevelle. He sold the Chevelle, 64k original miles, to my wife for $1500.00 because he said he knew I would take good care of it. So now, thanks to God's unbelievable grace, I drive a 1969 Chevy Chevelle every day to work. God has taught me He really is King, and will allow His children to have things they don't deserve nor have earned. It is very humbling to look back over the years and see what He has done. This is the same God many men avoid so they can fish or watch NASCAR. If they only knew. :) Perhaps that is "our" job. To spread the word about a loving Heavenly Father that desperately wants to know His children.