LET’S FACE IT , we are all in this together. This car thing, I mean. Now, jokes notwithstanding, the truth is, we usually get by with a little help from our friends. For Maryland’s Mike Marshall, his car hobby has been assisted by wife Daniela, son Mike Jr., daughter Carmen, brother-in-law Joe Mays, and a bunch of late-model suppliers who continue to make tons of cool stuff available so Mike and guys like him can always find a little more power, a little less E.T.
Today, if we have the credit approval, we can go into the dealership and buy 700-plus ponies. For Mike, things got started more subtly, back in “the old days.” You know, 2008 (we are really aging ourselves here). On that fateful June day, Mike took…