While in Moab a few weeks prior, Lane and I had schemed up a plan that was contingent upon when his dad could deliver the car. In his email, Lane stated the delivery would be just before Christmas, so our plan was, if the car got there before Christmas, I would surprise Liz with it. I mean really, who wouldn’t want a car for Christmas…? Well as luck would have it, the car was delivered with 1 week to spare.
So my plan was this, Lane would email me saying his dad sold the car, then on Christmas day I would surprise Liz with it. Later that evening we received this email:

Hey marc,

I talked to my dad, and He told me that he may possibly be selling the car to someone else. the reason I’m saying this is because theres a guy that has been kinda going  back and fourth on buying for the last few months. In the end it would just be easier not to have to transport it down here to Ut from spokane if he does end up having a local buyer. Ill talk to him more this weekend when I go up there for the holidays, and I’ll let him know how bad Liz really wants it. I’ll let you know a definite answer on wed of next week.   Thanks Alot

CYA  LANE

The ball was in motion, and now I just needed to make sure Liz saw the email before I did.

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I got a call from Lane mid afternoon saying that his dad would be driving through SLC around 7pm and that he would have the car in tow. We made plans to meet at my parents house and hide the car in their garage.  Around 7, my buddy Devin and I met Lane and his dad at my parents house for the “delivery”.

My innitial response was that the car was in fair shape, but needed a bit more work than had been stated. In Lanes defense, i dont think he had seen the car in a while, and from what I could tell, the car had been sitting for a fair length of time.

Off the trailer and into the garage.

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