Featuring: Gigi

Some Del Sol owners find their car. Others get called back to it. Gigi? She’s definitely the second kind.

Her current Sol came into her life at the beginning of 2020, just as the world was gearing up for a very strange chapter. She spotted it on Facebook Marketplace. A little rough around the edges, a little leaky, and sporting a gas tank that had been unintentionally turned into Swiss cheese by the previous owner’s stereo ambitions. But for $1600, she saw potential where others might’ve just seen a project. And honestly, most of us know that feeling all too well.

This wasn’t her first rodeo with a Del Sol. She’d sold her previous one in late 2019 and immediately realized she’d made a terrible life choice. The moment the new owner pulled away, she cried. In true Sol-lover fashion, the only solution was obvious. She needed another one. And fast.

Once Gigi brought her new Sol home, she jumped right into the fix-it phase: repairing the oil leak, tidying up bodywork on the passenger fender, replacing the gas tank, refreshing the head gasket seals, adding new injectors, and treating herself to a new set of wheels last year for her birthday. A self-care queen.

For a while, this Sol served as her daily driver and racked up a proud 242k miles. But then she brought home her third Sol — yes, third — a VTEC model she refuses to subject to snow (smart). To protect it from winter’s wrath, she picked up what she lovingly calls an “ugly pickup truck,” which means she now owns two Sols and one very confused Honda Ridgeline.

Future plans for this particular Sol? She’s keeping it simple; just maintenance and love.

Now, if you saw her Halloween contest entry, you knew instantly who it belonged to. Snoopy everywhere. Red car. Red Baron theme. It was perfect. As a Snoopy collector, she nailed the nostalgia and the vibe in one go.

As for how she found her way into the OldSols community, that’s a bit of a mystery even to her. Ben Davenport? Maybe. Vince Gatesman? Possibly. Ohio meet? Could be. However it happened, she’s glad it did. She says being part of another car family has been one of the best parts of Sol ownership. The kindness, the shared expertise, the creativity, the camaraderie. “It’s like my Sol family,” she says. “I love it.”

And we love you, Gigi. Thanks for keeping the Sol spirit alive, one rescue-mission project at a time.