You can buy an Indy car on craigslist. Who knew?

Once the walls were up at the warehouse, I started to check eBay and craigslist every so often looking for racing related stuff to hang on the walls.  I found some cool posters and signs and I really thought that I had scored when I was able to buy this engine cover from a car owned by AJ Foyt and driven by Scott Sharp.

But I was shocked one day when I was checking craigslist and saw an ad for an Indy car for sale!  At first I didn’t believe it, like it must be for parts or even a scam.  But no, as it turned out, there was a guy trying to sell a pretty complete Indy car roller (car guy speak for a chassis that doesn’t have an engine).  The owner told me that the car was retired after the 2002 season and it had been sitting on display out in front of a body shop.

I was skeptical, but intrigued so I flew out to LA to make sure it was for real and it was.  I struck a deal on the price and I called the transport company that I had on stand-by.  They came and picked the car up that afternoon and it was on its way to the warehouse.