It is circa 1962. A World War II veteran, Daniel, who was a P.O.W. in a German prison camp sixteen years ago is plagued by flashbacks from his experience being tortured and interrogated by a Nazi S.S. officer. The situation worsens when Daniel actually starts seeing the Nazi officer in the present, namely at a gas station one afternoon and then later that night receives an inexplicable phone call from the Nazi asking Daniel to meet him in an abandoned parking lot that same night. Daniel sets out, armed with his WWII service pistol, to kill the Nazi. He drives to the lot where he encounters the former Nazi colonel and proceeds to discover that this man is actually not human but in reality a time-traveling alien who can alter his appearance and who moves through history, obsessed with collecting automobiles of different eras. He informs Daniel that he is only interested in his car, demanding that he give it to him or suffer the consequences. Daniel ends up in a struggle to protect his life and his vehicle.