@skippythedog. I'm surprised no one has said it... WELCOME TO THE MADNESS! Beautiful car at a great price.
im also in Seattle and happy to help out if you need anything. I see in the map you are located in the Renton area. Near the Boeing plant. I work at the corporate offices and use my car year round - mostly when not raining heavily. ( or my 1969 Vespa, or 50s R50 BMW.)... like you I like to drive stuff I like to work on.). You will likely see me driving up/down Rainier early mornings/ late evenings in a silver VS with whitewalls.
i was insured with Hagerty, great company, but no longer offers commuting coverage. I switched to American Modern in 2015, which also offered agreed value, same perks as Hagerty (including towing), AND commuting to work coverage - 2 days per week, each calendar year ( as long as I had a primary/daily driver vehicle... which in my case is my Q7.). That's over 100 commuting days... so most Seattle sunny weekdays ;-). They seem to insure almost everything, great rates.. up~500$ for the car, under 130$ for the bikes year round coverage... and they insure your daily driver as well if you want them to. Submitted claims a couple times... works great ( towing, windshield... nothing Major).
A member here had a fire/total loss two years back, and his experience with American Modern was flawless as well if I remember right. ( we talked extensively when I was changing insurance companies... his experience made me feel comfortable about the switch, and now they cover all my classics.)
Let me know if you need local resources for keeping up the car. Happy to help.
cheers,
Luis