OK,, Where to begin,,,
Almost 40 years ago :eek: there was a guy that lived up the street from me that had this great old lead sled.
One day a buddy and I were walking past his house, I think we were about 14 or 15 .
He was out in the drive way cleaning his car and we stopped to talk to him.
This was one of the first REALLY cool custom 50s cars I had the chance to get up close to.
I think his name was Jerry, anyways Jerry talked to us about the car and let us look it over and drool all over it.
The car:
49-51 F**d coupe, Chopped top, frenched head lights, 60 Desoto tail lights (i think,, V shaped) , bucket seats front and back, older Hemi dual quad, push button trans, green metal flake paint with scallops down the sides.
Anyways, Jerry says hop in, well go for a ride !!
Jerry never had the car out much and we only saw it a few times right after that.
I have never forgotten that day or ride and ever since then have been looking for this car.
Every car show or cruz-in I have gone to since I have look for it.
It never appeared again,,,,
Well,,, until now !!!
Last Wednesday nite a few of us went to the PIR cruz-in.
The big one around here !!
About a thousand cars there that night !!
Well walking around looking at cars I look over and THERE SHE IS !!!
O MAN !! My brother and friends thought I saw a naked angel laying on the lawn or something the way I was shouting and caring on and draging them towards the car !!!!!!!!
There she was !!! Same paint, same everything !!!
A little worn over the years , but never the less all there and all the same !!
I crawled all over her the same way I did when I first saw her 40 years ago !!
I borrowed a pen and left a note saying about the same as I`m writing here to who ever owned her.
Last night I got a call from the owner and he was just as excited as me to learn about my story !
Like all things the battery went dead on my phone not to long after he called.
But I did ask if I could call him back and he was more then happy to oblige.
I`m still high!!
I gotta thell ya,, if this car is for sale I would sell just about anything to have her!!
I`ll up date you on what happens,with pictures ,dq
And get this,,,
I`m telling the story to Chip, blown55 and he KNOWS this guy !!!
Almost 40 years ago :eek: there was a guy that lived up the street from me that had this great old lead sled.
One day a buddy and I were walking past his house, I think we were about 14 or 15 .
He was out in the drive way cleaning his car and we stopped to talk to him.
This was one of the first REALLY cool custom 50s cars I had the chance to get up close to.
I think his name was Jerry, anyways Jerry talked to us about the car and let us look it over and drool all over it.
The car:
49-51 F**d coupe, Chopped top, frenched head lights, 60 Desoto tail lights (i think,, V shaped) , bucket seats front and back, older Hemi dual quad, push button trans, green metal flake paint with scallops down the sides.
Anyways, Jerry says hop in, well go for a ride !!
Jerry never had the car out much and we only saw it a few times right after that.
I have never forgotten that day or ride and ever since then have been looking for this car.
Every car show or cruz-in I have gone to since I have look for it.
It never appeared again,,,,
Well,,, until now !!!
Last Wednesday nite a few of us went to the PIR cruz-in.
The big one around here !!
About a thousand cars there that night !!
Well walking around looking at cars I look over and THERE SHE IS !!!
O MAN !! My brother and friends thought I saw a naked angel laying on the lawn or something the way I was shouting and caring on and draging them towards the car !!!!!!!!
There she was !!! Same paint, same everything !!!
A little worn over the years , but never the less all there and all the same !!
I crawled all over her the same way I did when I first saw her 40 years ago !!
I borrowed a pen and left a note saying about the same as I`m writing here to who ever owned her.
Last night I got a call from the owner and he was just as excited as me to learn about my story !
Like all things the battery went dead on my phone not to long after he called.
But I did ask if I could call him back and he was more then happy to oblige.
I`m still high!!
I gotta thell ya,, if this car is for sale I would sell just about anything to have her!!
I`ll up date you on what happens,with pictures ,dq
And get this,,,
I`m telling the story to Chip, blown55 and he KNOWS this guy !!!
bang Great story!
