The Real Currency in This Car Deal Was Friendship

A collector chasing down the latest in a string of inexpensive project cars found the pickup handled in style: friends stepped in with the use of a private airplane worth $1.2 million to bring the car home. The car itself changed hands for $3,000, a gap in value that has nothing to do with what the car was worth and everything to do with who was willing to help fetch it. It is the kind of assist that only happens among people who understand that the appeal of an old, cheap car has never been about the number on the title.

With reporting from The Drive.