Ever since I went to the last Volvo meet at Rockleigh NJ, oh, maybe 8 years ago and saw a black 444 (or was it a Sugga) that had purportedly been owned by Colin Powell, I have wondered about his shared obsession with 122s and the like. I discovered the Brickboard a little later, and have wondered whether or not he is one of us, albeit anonymously, or at the very least, a lurker. Now that I think about it, I find it difficult to believe that he doesn't visit this site regularly just to follow the discourse. I mean if he was so afflicted that he was stashing multiple cars at Ft. Myer, he definitely qualifies. He mentioned that as a result of his affliction he has met many interesting people - probably some of you out there. I'm just really curious as to why - what's the source of the attraction? At what point in his life did a 122 enter, and become for him the avocation/mechanical fascination that it's become for me and the rest of us? Me, I want to hear his story about the first encounter that sealed his fate.

It looked like the picture of him was taken recently - in the snow and by a TIMES photographer, so maybe he's still wrenching! Think he's got an overdrive in that wagon? Enquiring minds want to know.