Holy smokes, I am very excited.
I turned 16 in 1980. Dad has always had excellent taste in vehicles and got us into 1960s Land Rovers back then. We had a '64 88, '69 88, '73 88, and the '64 109.
I worked on, all drove, all of them. Also had '51 Willys, '69 Fiat 124 coupe and a '74 tii, to name a few other articles of our affection.
I grew up in east Tennessee but the 109 came from New Jersey approx 1981-ish. We were visiting family up there and Dad spotted it. Couple visits later and we towed it to Tenn.
Dad has owned and driven the 109 ever since. All the other fascinations are long gone, but live on in my mind. ( hmm, gettin' crowded in there... )
However, when he retired and moved to BFE Kentucky, the 109 use dwindled a bit and it's been in his garage the last 9 years or so. Last week he asked if I wanted it. It's not currently driveable, been sitting too long.
So, I'm flying out on Saturday and getting a UHaul truck and trailer and towing it home to Az.
Probably will hit the road west on Thursday or so.
