This opportunity assembly between Nolan Stoyko and his long-lost GTO sparked an instantaneous friendship with the automotive’s present proprietor, Mel Bohn.
At 17, Stoyko bought the GTO in Winnipeg, and it shortly grew to become his satisfaction and pleasure. “This was the love of my life, the muscle automotive of my desires,” he reminisces. “It was superb. This factor was only a monster machine. It might rumble down the street, flip heads.”
In 1982, Stoyko moved to California and reluctantly offered his beloved automotive. Over time, mates in Winnipeg sometimes knowledgeable him that that they had noticed his GTO within the metropolis. He all the time questioned who the brand new proprietor was and the way the automotive was faring.
Throughout a current journey to Winnipeg to go to family and friends, Stoyko noticed the GTO on the road. “Unexpectedly, I noticed this GTO in entrance of me and I assumed, ‘Oh, what are the possibilities that is my automotive?'” he recollects.
After confirming that the automotive was, certainly, his outdated GTO, Stoyko approached Bohn as he pulled into his driveway.
Bohn had heard many claims from individuals saying they used to personal the automotive, however Stoyko’s story was real. “He checked out it, and nearly I assumed he was going to cry actually. He received actually emotional about it,” says Bohn.
As the 2 males shared tales concerning the GTO’s adventures, a bond shaped between them. Stoyko hopes to purchase again his beloved GTO sometime, ought to Bohn ever resolve to promote it.
