Classic car rental business offers a “trip into the past”

Buyers can opt for from 5 restored, basic cars to hire and travel

JASPER COUNTY, Mo. — If you’ve ever wanted to know what it was like to push your father or granddad’s traditional vehicle, a new location business is offering that practical experience, with a “trip into the previous.”

Clayton Klaver, a lover of vintage vehicles and operator of Clay’s Classics, has a selection of vehicles from the 1950’s and 1960’s.

Just about every just one is deemed to be in mint problem and readily available to the community for rent.

Now, Klaver’s outdated-time vehicle selection contains five vehicles, with far more to additional quickly:

• 1959 Ford F-100
• 1964-1/2 Ford Mustang
• 1964 Buick Skylark
• 1964 Ford Galaxie 500
• 1966 Ford Mustang

Klaver, an Air Power veteran, acquired his quite fist aged-time car or truck in 2009: A 1959 Ford F-100 decide-up truck which took more than ten many years to rebuild.

Following work on the truck was finished, Klaver made the decision to start off a selection of the classics, with the notion of persons in their 40’s, 50’s and 60’s reliving Route 66 in the most genuine way achievable.

“I delight in persons savoring my autos. If you have anything that is only materials, its means very little. So, I provide them all the time for folks to rent and enjoy, specially if it’s pleasant climate. That is when I test to get them all out and just allow persons appreciate them for as extensive as they would like.”

Klaver reported he would relatively share his automobiles with the community, versus storing them in a garage to acquire dust, or hauling them all around to automobile reveals.

SLIDESHOW: Check out Photos of Clay’s Typical Automobiles

“When I commenced this business enterprise, the entire thought was to have folks from Europe arrive in excess of and drive one of these negative boys, for the reason that classic cars and trucks are so expensive above there, so I preferred them to arrive here, get pleasure from them, check out Route 66 in the 64′ Ford Galaxie. It built their life it is just a excellent knowledge and something that they in no way get to do.” mentioned Klaver.

“There’s just almost nothing better than taking a person of these automobiles out on the open up street, where you have no interruptions. It is just you, the radio, the street and the auto. It’s so straightforward,” Klaver continued.

So much, his clientele features newlyweds, promenade attendees, large university seniors (seeking a typical auto in their senior portraits), couples seeking for a exceptional “date night” and the older technology, who once owned and drove the kind of cars and trucks that you’ll locate in Klaver’s assortment throughout a time when individuals vehicles weren’t regarded “classic.”

“CLAY’S CLASSICS”

The cost to lease a person of Klaver’s Classics: In between $250 and $500 for each day, relying on the motor vehicle you decide on.

Klaver enables renters to journey up to 200 miles-for every-working day.

“Going more than the limit of 200 every day miles will cost you an further $.75 for each mile. But, most renters don’t go more than the 200 mile limit,” Klaver stated.

The only time Klaver does not rent out his selection of classics, is in the course of the winter months and when there’s inclement temperature.

“There’s a limit to how a lot I’ll allow my automobiles go (laughs).”

For much more info on leasing just one of the basic automobiles, go to Clay’s Classics Fb web site, Listed here.

You can also make contact with Klaver at (417) 208-7854, or by e-mail, which you are going to locate Right here.