As fall sets in and the leaves begin to change just an update on the last few months. The end of summer has been very enjoyable with great weather. The car has been out making road trips and getting more miles on it. We have put almost five-hundred miles on it since getting it back on the road in July. I have checked everything over a few times and no adjustments have been necessary.
It is still a real pleasure to drive and it is still amazing the response it gets. We took a drive to Three Oaks, Michigan yesterday and parked the car to browse the city. When we were walking back we saw someone taking a picture of it. That is just one occasion, there have been others. That also doesn't include all the thumb's up, waves and just plain head turning when driving down the street.
When we purchased our car it was from Larry F. a local restaurant owner. I was able to trace back to the person he bought it from (Thurman M. in Shipshewana, IN) and after some research I was able to make contact with him. We talked on the phone for around an hour and I was able to piece together a little more about the history of our Mark. He said he had a job that took him on a route along Highway 15 south of Bristol Indiana and one day he found it in someone's yard for sale then finally purchased it. The location he conveyed to me wasn't that far from Bremen where the car was built. Assuming that was the first owner of the car, it makes us the fourth owners. I guess it is just hard to believe that the little car has had that many owners over the years.
There are still many warm days ahead for fall and it will be fun to get the car out and more miles on it. Unfortunately the cold midwest winter will follow and a rest until spring.
