When Mr. Wolf finds a transport vehicle the Land Rover will be heading West for a little spruce-up and a new home. I’m feeling good about the decision to sell but get the occasional bout of nostalgia when I come across something like this timeline.
- 5/1/17 – Emailed Cool & Vintage
- 5/5/17 – Phone call with Ricardo (Cool & Vintage)
- 5/17/17 – Phone call with Arkonik
- 5/19/17 – 1st call with Grayson Wolf
- 5/21/17 – Transferred $ to checking acct.
- 5/28/17 – D90 in Carmel, CA
- 6/22/17 – Mr. Wolf contacts Lucra Cars
- 6/23/17 – Wired $ to Lucra – 1st deposit
- 8/8/17 – Visit Lucra Cars in San Diego
- 9/30/17 – Mr. Wolf has truck – PROBLEMS!
- 10/12/17 – Checklist to Lucra
- 11/1/17 – $1,609 to Lucra Cars
- 11/11/17 – Mr. Wolf on-site inspection
- 11/15/17 – $608 to Lucra
- 11/28/17 – $2,231 to Mr. Wolf
- 12/6/17 – Truck back to Mr. Wolf
Turns out we still had miles to go. Mr. Wolf discovered a problem with the little 4-cylinder engine which necessitated finding a source for a rebuilt engine which was shipped to SF where Philippe spent a few months shoe-horning it into the Rover. All of which took another 8 months! So about a year-and-a-half from beginning to end.
“Philippe – Originally from the beautiful South of France, The Provence, he was originally a Rolls Royce, Bentley technician. He added Land Rover to his knowledge and specialty and is very fortunate to be one of the first technicians to be certified at Land Rover in Solihull, England.”