Bring A Trailer

Posted on March 12, 2026 by Steve Mays

Mr. Wolf will be using the Bring A Trailer website to find a new home for the Land Rover. Scheduled to leave Jefferson City on March 18. Mr. Wolf will then do his magic and list the truck along with lots of photos, videos (see comment below) and information that will get the best price possible. I’ll wager nobody does this better than Mr. Wolf. By way of example, this Rally-Style, 390 FE-Powered 1949 Lincoln 9EL Club Coupe 5-Speed. I first saw this car while visiting Mr. Wolf in 2018. Continue reading →

Land Rover: Looking Back

Posted on March 4, 2026 by Steve Mays

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.

Ford Bronco

Posted on February 10, 2026 by Steve Mays

Six weeks ago I ready to buy a 2003 Honda Element. I was pretty jazzed up about this 23 year old car. On the day I was supposed write the check, the seller called to say he couldn’t find the title and it might take months to get a duplicate (?!) Hmm.

I dropped by the local Honda dealership to see if they could find one. Nothing int he dealer network for Honda Elements (they stopped making them in 2011) but the salesman found one on Facebook Marketplace. I don’t do FB but friends messaged the seller asking him to get in touch. Nothing.

This was my Fuck It moment. The Universe was clearly telling me it was time to turn the page on old, used vehicles. I decided to do the unthinkable. Buy a new car.

To make a long post a little shorter I decided to buy a Ford Bronco and my buddy Paul Bandelier offered to introduce me to Judy, his favorite sales person at the local Ford dealership.

They didn’t have any two-door Broncos (my only must-have) but a nearby dealer had one in a color that Paul loved so we did the deal. It has some off-road features I didn’t think I needed (huge tires) but Paul and Mr. Wolf insisted on.

As I write this, I’ve had the Bronco for less than 48 hours. Can only describe this as a “life changing” experience. As I’ve done with my other vehicles, I’ll share this adventure here in coming months. But this is clearly a turning of the page in my automotive life. I’m selling the Land Rover but keeping the pickup and the Jeep. But the Bronco will be my daily driver, leaving the pickup for hauling big stuff and the Jeep for warm weather fun.

My last new vehicle was the Mini Cooper in 2011. Twenty-five years ago. So I’ll be in ATS (automotive technology shock) for a while. Picture a New Guinea native who has never seen a white man taking his first ride on a Boeing 777. I am (delightfully) overwhelmed. Watch this space.