I drove by the lighted showroom one night, saw something, stopped, went back, walked in, bought it. IT was a new Porsche Speedster 356a. Black. And yes it was the fifties. It only cost $3,000.00. Payment was $75 dollars /mo. (Dollar was strong, Mark was weak) Drove the wheels off of it for about 5 years. No one knew what the hell it was. Everyone wants one now. Just saw one in Florida for $250,000
I did that sort of thing many more times. They often were cars that no one wanted at the time. sometimes they were free cars or close to it.
The E89 is my substitute for the BMW 507 which I almost bought new but missed out. It was $7000 then there was the Ferrari Lusso, also $7000 but o nevermind....