[njsteve]

By simply taking the time and talking with people. The lost art of conversation. :-)

Back then people would always come up to me and say: "I got one these, too".

Sadly, most people would just ignore them and blow them off. I always made it a habit of entering into a conversation with that person and I wound up with a lot of interesting cars that way.

And also, a lot of times I would be the one walking up to some collector who had a really rare and cool car and I would be the one who would say: "I got one of these, too" just to see what their reaction was. Sadly, most of the time I'd get the brush off because I was just a 20-something punk with long hair. But once in a while I'd meet someone who'd take the time and chat. Eventually I'd introduce myself and they'd go: "Wait a minute. You're THAT Steve?".

I'm still friends with most of those kind of enthusiasts. A lot are on this site still :-)

This is what I looked like at the time I had all these cars. No wonder no one talked to me!