cool story with this spotting

OK so I missed the best spotting in Notre Dame history today. My little sister called me to tell me a Ford GT was parked behind the Golden Dome. Of course I was on my way to class at that point and the GT was on the other side of campus. After class was over I ran back to my dorm, grabbed my camera, and ran back to the main building. The GT was gone!!!

I'm not too upset because I know who owns it and I know it visits campus pretty frequently. And to make me feel better, instead of the GT I found a pristine 1967 Corvette. I took a bunch of pictures, and waited around for the owner to come out (it was 5pm, buildings were closing). A minute later he came out and we talked. His first Corvette was a '65 which he bought new. Sold it, tried out Morgans for a while, didn't like them, and bought the '67 in 1973 and has kept it since then. I told him I was planning to have a car show on campus sometime this spring and asked if he'd like to attend. Better than that, he gave me the information of a collector in South Bend who has a vintage collection that is at least equal to Tim D's! Different taste from Tim - this one focuses on Italian cars with some British as well. It includes a Jaguar D-Type, Cunningham C-2R, Aston Martin DB4, Porsche RSK Spyder, Maserati A6GCS, Ferrari 500 Mondial, and Ferrari 250 California Spyder! A pic of the Mondial:

See, there are some good looking Mondials Better yet, he races his vintage cars throughout the country during historic track events. So hopefully in the near future I'll be able to tour his collection and get his support for the show on campus. He has exhibited some of his cars in the past at the campus art museum so I'm sure he'll be happy to do so again. Needless to say, I'm pumped!

So what you are saying is....it pays to be a stalker!