20 year hunt for dad's long-lost Diablo Jota! 

Thanks to Ed for allowing me to tell this story on VIN Wiki. After his invitation, we flew DIRECTLY to Atlanta for the filming 😉 I'm happy for anyone who enjoys the story.

Often times a heavy euro accent wouldn’t keep my attention but this fella was able to keep me listening. Good story.

Omg that Japanese owner is very famous car collector in southern Japan! He has very nice collection of the cars.

That's incredible. Tracking down a previously owned car can be more difficult than anticipated. If you're lucky enough to locate it, and have the ability to buy it back, don't hesitate!

He was maybe a mile away, but we could hear the exhaust, shifting from 2nd to 3rd. It was incredible. ...LOVE THIS!!

Cmon why not surprise him with the car? What a let down of a story!!! Still happy for you, there’s nothing more pleasing than a nostalgic hunt.

Hearing this type of story warms my heart as I'm lucky enough to have my own. I'll try to keep it short. My mom's father was the owner of a Chevy dealership in the midwest. When she was 12 or 13 years old he got her a hugger orange 1969 Camaro convertible, a RS/SS 396 big block car. She would wash it regularly and drive it in parades until she got her license. She demoed multiple dealer cars throughout high school and the years after but always kept the 69 as the parade/nice day/weekend car. In 1990 it was sold to a guy from town who ended up moving it across the country. I was born in 1992. He was sort of a family friend so we would see him every few years at nascar races and other events. At those events my dad would always ask if the car was for sale, it never was. He owned multiple cars over the years but always kept my mom's 69. As he got older he started selling his cars off and in 2021 he called my dad to tell him he was selling the last one, my mom's. So my dad and I flew down to where the car lived, looked at it, agreed to buy it, and took it for a drive. I got to be the first one to drive it in our family since my mom had sold it 31 years prior. We then had it shipped back to the Midwest and have been enjoying it ever since. Honestly I think I drive it more than she does! We didn't have to hunt quite as hard as this guy, but the love and passion is the same.

I also searched out Dad's old car. As a kid it was in my driveway everyday. Now as a grown man, it sits in my driveway everyday. John Termarian was my inspiration with the video he did on his "emotional attachment". Thank you Ed and John for inspiring me to complete an impossible dream.

Great story on tracking down a family memory. Don't let it escape, ever!

Amazing find. Don’t let it get away again!

Moritz....just an unbelievable story, so happy for you and your family. BIG CONGRATS!

Incredible story Moritz, please come back with more stories soon

That's incredible dedication and proves the car community is universal

I wish I had stories like that, but I grew up poor, we didn’t have any cool cars, just cars we could afford

WOW. very special to share with Dad.

Awesome! A successful hunt and that for an SE30 too! ❤

This is such a touching story. Congratulations and thanks for sharing

What a great story. They’re just metal, but man are they so much more.

Finally a Dad's car hunt story that doesn't revolve around a junk car

Meanwhile my dad in 1995 with a silver Plymouth Acclaim...

Absolutely amazing story

OMG, I also have almost same story and hope my son will bring by my To 'yota' one day. I even have number plate from the car...

Love the reunion story

Such passionate people

Beautiful story

Great Story!!...👍🏽🏁

Great story i truly like it!

AMAZING STORY

This is a awesome story! Glad to see cars come back to their first original owners. Just don't let John at curated have it! I'm sure you are now o his radar in case you ever decide to sell and no doubt he will over some new record price to get it.

Just awesome.

Another great story!!

god bless you and your family, I am extremely happy to see the car goes back to the original caretaker.

gorgeous car!

1 Minute ago is wild.... Also don't need to watch the video fully to know that's its gonna be a banger...especially if it says Diablo Jota !

When he mentioned a yakuza owned it, first thought came to my mind was Morohoshi San

Really dig the story

I was getting really nervous at the end when he mentioned tires

Incredible story, was really scared there at the end that he was gonna say they crashed it lol

Last month, I tracked down the son of the original owner of my 370z Nismo, who passed just a month after purchasing the car in 2012. I regret not recording the call, but he was very apprehensive towards me calling until I reminded him of the car, and then the tears started flowing. I plan to bring the car to him at some point to let him get some pictures in it with his newborn.

Awesome

If it takes 20 years to find my uncles old Subaru, I’ll take it. Only 16 years away. Really hope it wasn’t destroyed.

Cool car, great story

This is a cool ass story!!!!!!

cool story

Did he say the year he was born is 1995…? Looks like he is 40.. Dang, 😢I’m really starting to get old.

Your poor family :/

I got this one, scale model of course🎉🎉😂

Hell yeah

Thx God thought it was gonna be the Corey Haim look alike guy

The directly guy.

Vin wiki posts I click

what the problem with telling the price?))

How to wrap that color to black

Meanwhile my mom with a 1995 Ford thunderbird.😢

bro is it just me or this guy looks like mike majlak

Born rich. Niceee

That's a car you keep passing down to each generation!

Silver spoon? The year I was born dad bought a used F150, single cab

it is cool story..but you still owning a countach, and bought 2 other cars in japan, and stating cant afford it at the owner price doesnt sit well..i hate people like this..the money doesnt mean anything to you, but it probably means everything to him..

It wasn't amazing, it was DIRECTLY!

900th like!

My biggest question is how "Jota" becomes "Yota".

Saw that car live at the Techno Classica 2024 in Essen: m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-usdSvx-UXsE.html&si=rDCF95Gv6BD5OJU9 Grüße gehen raus💪

Who the f is cutting onions.

Exploiting sex workers rlly paid off good job on 2mill subs Ed 😂

Its the guy from the How to sell drugs online Netflix Series! Wow Im a big fan

Its a J not a y

...this channel is just rich people talking about their cars... I've been subbed for over a year, but I'm out.

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