a. bob mackenzie brought us their story. >> reporter: romance blooms in strange and wonderful ways. in the case of ted crosby and katherine ruckerson. he liked her model a and he liked his. years ago when reist was married to somebody else they belonged to a club. ted lost his wife and the following year katherine lost her husband. as old friend they naturally fell together. >> she needed help with her car. she came to me for a tune up and that's when we met. >> reporter: he must have given her a pretty good tune up because now they share a house and a life in the oakland hills. sometimes they will go for a ride on his sliver sometimes in hers. there are still about a million model a's in the country. their cars are not that rare. the model a was the car that followed the model t. the first mass produced automobile. the good reasonses that they were simple, economical and dependable. besides that they were fun. and when a couple has fun they don't fight. well not much any way. >> he's opinionated. that's all. >> well after you get so old you become opinionated. >> reporter: katherine