Re: [off list] What year was that?? [was School Bus Hot Rod]

[Moose]

On 3/18/2016 3:00 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:

Oops!  I made a mistake.  I was born in '43 so I must have only been 14... but still keenly interested in cars and lusting after a driver's license.

Of course, we all were! I was driving mom around for errands in a '47 Plymouth, three on the column, a few moments after I turned 15 1/2. :-)

But the rest of the story is quite true.  I can still remember the way the '58 Impala (2-tone) looked on the show room floor.  Like this one...

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Best I managed was a white over green '55 Bel Air - with Impala steering wheel. Well, and the 265 bored out to 283, balanced, ported, etc. and a Corvette CR 4-speed on the floor to replace the slush-o-matic.

Never managed anything near as cool as your Jag, though.

Memories

Moose

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