In June 1977, an excited 6-year-old John Pontius left Auburn, Ind., with his father, Lee, and family friend, John Stoops, on a once-in-a-lifetime road trip to Buffalo, N.Y., to pick up a 1932 Auburn 8-100A that Lee had recently purchased. John recalls stopping along the interstate at what seemed like every 10 minutes for rest room breaks. The excitement of picking up an Auburn automobile and transporting it back to where it was built was too much for the 6 year old.
Once the trio arrived in Buffalo, they made their way to the downtown industrial district and parked outside an
