An ambitious 20-something, he thought he could buy out the store and resell it all to another antiques dealer he'd met for a profit. He struck a deal, packed up his 1955 Chevy Nomad and drove the ...

The former Moto-Car dealership on the Ellsworth-to-Bangor road has been rehabilitated in a way that honors its eclecticism but makes it usable as the home of an antique shop called 1A Relics.

The antique store is tucked into a brick building with the ghost of a Coca-Cola logo haunting its exterior. But instead of wrinkling his nose at the faded sign, Wamsley embraces it.