I realized something this evening when I was on my way home from picking up an engine for another project and it turns out, this station wagon's history hits closer to home than I ever imagined. Yet another long-winded post coming...
When I purchased the wagon, I actually had looked up the address of the PO (Frank Ward) to see exactly where this car was for all those years. Sure enough, on Google's satellite and street views, it looked like a large property and there was several vehicles and a large camper up by the road. Seemed like the type of place that a car could potentially sit for a while. So then today I happen to be driving that stretch of road, not really paying attention to my surroundings because I've seen it all many times before. Then as I'm driving past, I realized "oh hey, that's where that Frank guy lives" because it still looks just like the Google Street view. I almost turned around to go knock on the door, but decided against it.
Then maybe a quarter mile down the road, I pass by the old closed down filling station where I once nearly bought the Suburban that was discussed here:
https://www.gmsquarebody.com/threads/think-i-should-buy-it.13532/
As I'm driving past, then it REALLY hit me "Hey wait a minute! That guy's name is Frank! And he said he lived close to his little old shop!" So I looked through my contacts list on my phone and wouldn't you know it, that Frank's phone number was the same number listed on the old paperwork that came with the Chevelle wagon! Small world, right? Lol.
Back when I was looking at purchasing that Suburban, Frank had told me that he had a whole bunch of stuff that he'd be willing to sell since he was getting older and didn't have time for most of it. He said he was willing to show me around if I ever had the time. I wish I would have taken him up on his offer, as I would have found the Chevelle several years ago and it would have been cheaper too.
Everybody tells me that I'm "special" not sure what they mean 
