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uffice it to say, this year’s
to see the Morgan factory. Little did
Concours D’Elegance at the Inn she know that the Dutch Morgan Club
at St. John’s in Plymouth is in
was having its 50th anniversary at the
the hands of a masterful car guy.
time. So I then broke the news that
Larry Moss — a car col-
while we’re there, let’s go to
lector, financial adviser and
Holland and have our honey-
a guy who took his bride to
moon with 400 other Morgan
a car factory on their honey-
owners.”
moon — got involved in the
“It was really fun,” she said.
Concours in the early 1990s
“It was like having another
but developed a love for cars
wedding reception. They
while delivering the Detroit
thought it was funny that we
Free Press in his Oak Park
were there on our honeymoon.”
Larry Moss
neighborhood.
Now, Larry owns eight clas-
“I would walk the streets to deliver
sics, stored mostly in his garage in
the news and I would stare at cars,” he
Scottsdale, Ariz., where the weather
said from his downtown Birmingham
and the roads are more suitable to
office. “Certain cars I would look at
maintain a classic car.
and say, ‘I would like to own that.’”
A 1965 Corvette Coupe is in their
Graduating with an accounting
West Bloomfield garage and is taken
degree from Wayne State University
out once a week during the easier
in 1973, he worked at Ford Motor
weather months.
Company but spent his lunch hour at
He doesn’t do the Dream Cruise.
Paine Webber on the first floor of the
“It’s not good for collector cars,” he
building.
said. “It needs to be driven, not stuck
That led to a career in the financial
in traffic.”
markets, and a series of profitable
option trades led to his first car col-
lection purchase — a right-hand drive
British Morgan sports car.
In 1987, he met his wife, Patty, at
his cousin’s wedding in Maine. She was
the best friend of the bride. They fell
in love and got married quickly.
“I had no interest in cars, and sud-
denly I fell in love with a man who has
real passion for them,” she said. “It was
kind of sink or swim.”
Larry offered a unique honeymoon
deal.
“I wanted to see the Morgan plant in
Britain, and she wanted to see shows
in London,” he said. “I said we can see
Larry Moss getting ready to race
all the shows you want in London, but
then we have to drive in to the country

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