Found my dads original 1971 duster!

Part 2

Approximately 2-3 weeks later, my dad and I were sitting outside….and what do we see drive by on a flatbed truck….his 1971 B5 blue duster! I immediately called the guy and asked where the heck the car was going. His reply “sorry man. A hydro crew was in at moms place working on the power lines and one of the guys made her an offer and bought the car”. Now you can all imagine how impressed I was with that…
My uncle at the time worked for hydro, so I asked him to look up what crew was at that address, on that particular day. He got me a list of names and I started making phone calls. After a few phone calls….I found the guy who bought the car! I told him the story of my childhood memories in the car, my desire to rebuild it with my dad and the fact that I had actually been trying to buy it at the time he scooped it up. I asked him if he would consider selling me the car and told him that I’d pay basically whatever he needed to part with it. He was very short and unwelcoming to all of it. All he would say is “I’m stripping it down and selling it for parts”. I explained that I’d pay whatever the number was that he thought he could get for it in parts….without him having to touch a thing. He flat out refused to even hear it and quickly ended our phone call. My dreams of buying the duster back and rebuilding it with my dad were gone….just like that