‘What Is That Car Doing In The Driveway?’

It’s the people we feel like we know the best who can surprise us the most.

That was the case with Rachel Maczko, who returned home during a college break and found that her mother had purchased — and was refurbishing singlehandedly — a 1930 Model A Ford.

Rachel sat down with her mother, Lois Phillips, to ask her more about how this classic car came to be sitting in the driveway.

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