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Many Happy
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We've been "old car
nuts" for a very long time - and it's made many happy memories we
love to share.. Hope you enjoy them as much as we do, 'cause we intend
to keep on makin' em for as long as we can crawl behind the wheel or hold
onto a polishing cloth! Please CLICK on photos to supersize. |
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The Pit Crew
- L-R Dennis Mitcham,
Elmer Shores, Steve Shores, (kneeling) Barry Shores, (up) Jim Ritchie, Buddy
Shores - 1977
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1964 Mercury Comet
Caliente - originally purchased for $100 - motor, tranny & a L Qtr Panel
damage horribly. |
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1964 Mercury Comet
Caliente - All dressed up with someplace to go!. |
1972 AMC Javelin - Mark
Pensky Signature Special Edition - purchased new at Bud Gregson Rambler,
Tacoma, WA in March of that year. |
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1957 Ford Ranchero -
bought in 1975. |
1961 Thunderbird -
bought in 1976. |
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1977 Thunderbird -
bought new in 1977. |
1972 Chevrolet Vega -
came as a trade. |
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Sold for good $$ for V-8
conversion. |
1950 Ford F-2 - Wrecking
Truck Project - bought new by Farm Couple in Placerville, CA - drove from
dealership to field and never again saw a paved road until purchased in
1978. |
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Shows body damage....at
purchase. |
Project under way.
Installed 425 Olds w/turbo 400 tranny. Frame detailed, scraped,
repainted. |
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Purchased decent front
fenders and grill (notice same old bumper). |
Body work completed and
primered. |
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Built boom & winch (note
no platform yet). |
Shows boom and winch
mounted on platform. |
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Boom & winch installed
not yet all painted. (Never got that far)! |
1952 Ford Crestline
Victoria - bought as a shell. |
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1952 Ford Crestline
Victoria - after completion |
1964 Galaxy 500 XL
Convertible - set under black walnut tree for 11 years with no top.
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1964 Galaxy 500 XL
Convertible - after just clean up and new top. |
1965 Mustang - street
legal race car. |
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1949 Ford Business Coupe
- got in partial trade for the '65 Mustang. |
1957 Studebaker Golden
Hawk - too long a story to tell but dear to our hearts! |
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1959 Chevy Pick-Up -
3100 Series - Apache - smoked so bad when purchased we used it to kill bugs. |
1967 Sunbeam Alpine -
our youngest son named Herby! (He thought it was a Love Bug) |
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Herby with the top down
and custom wheels. |
1970 Opal GT before
interior photo. |
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1970 Opal GT after
interior photo. |
1970 Opal GT before
exterior photo. |
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1970 Opal GT after
exterior photo. |
1970 Opal GT after
exterior photo. |
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1950 Studebaker Champion
Starlite Coupe. |
1951 Studebaker Starlite
Coupe - before clean up. |
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1951 Studebaker Starlite
Coupe - half n' half during cleanup. |
1951 Studebaker Starlite
Coupe - after clean up. When we first saw this little Studebaker - we
thought it was primered with red oxide primer. Cleaned up pretty good
huh? |
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1964 Volvo PV-544 Sport
- purchased from a wrecking yard. |
Had been rolled on its
right side rear - top crushed to top of fender wells. |
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1975 Mercury Montego MX
Brougham |
1969 T-Bird - 4-door
Landau |
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1960 Metropolitan |
1959 Nash Metropolitan-
scrub, scrub - polish! |
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