How I Found It

This T34 was found in Sylmar, California in September 1999 after sitting undriven for 28 years. It was originally found by Dirk Brogdon in 1998. Dirk was driving his T34 and the owner (Bud Hawk) stopped him and said "Hey, I've got one like that at home". In September 1999, Dirk told me about it on a Friday and I bought it on Sunday.

Scott Perry & I drove out to Sylmar, 2.5 hours north of San Diego. The T34 was on a huge 2-acre lot that was full of equipment, old cars, horses, chickens, dogs, and much more! It was parked in the middle of this huge area next to a couple 1960's Cadillac convertibles & a 1969 T14. It had all the authentic badges & scripts, had never been in an accident, and had very little rust in the wheel wells. A 1964 single carb 1500cc engine was fitted and it had not been driven since 1972!

One quick look under the rear seat revealed the VIN# to be 0 001 776 ... an extremely early-1962! Another quick check for the unique early-1962 parts confirmed everything was there ... so I paid the seller (Bud Hawk, in last pic) $2000 + $500 to tow it back to San Diego. I bought his 1966 Sunroof T34 for $500 and he trailered both T34s down together.