Zachary Zeller is a car guy. Plain and simple. When he’s not running National Car Care, the business he owns, he’s repairing his cars, racing them on weekends, and adding to his ever-growing personal collection of distinctive vehicles.Recently, Zeller added a 1929 Ford Model A to his collection. He had never considered acquiring a Ford Model A as it wasn’t on his list of preferred automobiles. When he came across an old Model A sedan that had been reconfigured into a makeshift pickup truck by an Edenton farmer, Zach had to add the rusty, patina-covered vehicle to his wide-ranging stockpile of eccentric automotive treasures.
“I’m a car guy so I’ll buy anything that tickles my interest,” said Zeller. “I had zero intention of ever buying a Model A in my life. I saw it online and thought, ‘that’s cool.’”
Zeller spotted the Model A in a Facebook Marketplace listing. Zeller’s wife was busy and he was “unsupervised” so he drove down to Edenton, North Carolina, to check out the Model A.
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