He called me "Peanuts"

[MrsBillyBobcat]

I have been going through Bill's dad's pics recently, and thought you might enjoy seeing the car that he was working on in the pic above.

I started to post this on Sunday morning, but heard that Bread song "Everything I Own" (I had 70's music playing on Comcast) and "lost it" . Since today is the 23rd (his race car#), this is probably a better day anyway!


This photo was taken at a car show at Pontiac's Administration Building, just one day after he finished the restoration:



Before pic:



A couple more of him working on it:









This is an article that Bill wrote for the local Pontiac Club newsletter. It will tell the story...I think you'll enjoy it!







He did end up taking it to the Pontiac National Convention in 1989...and won "Best of Show" (out of 700+ cars)



"I would give everything I own, just to have you back again"

[Tenney]

Good stuff, Rita. Cool pics, and nice write-up by Mr. B. Bobcat hisself - Sr. seems a fine feller, indeed!

(that 'ol rig's ripe for an RAV, tho!)

[MrsBillyBobcat]

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Good stuff, Rita. Cool pics, and nice write-up by Mr. B. Bobcat hisself - Sr. seems a fine feller, indeed!

(that 'ol rig's ripe for an RAV, tho!)

[/ QUOTE ]

LOL! You always crack me up Tenney!

Thanks for the nice comments!

[SuperNovaSS]

Very cool. On a side note, did anyone else find themselves looking at the parts on the shelves in the background of the above pictures? Just wondering if I'm the only one with the sickness.


Jason

[Woj]

Great story Rita, you are lucky to have had him in your life.

Phil Woj.

[mockingbird812]

Good stuff Rita. Bill did a nice job on the article. Very special...thanks!

[John]

...I like the look on the kids faces in the Pedal Car photo
....

[MrsBillyBobcat]

It was 10 years ago today that Bill and I lost this special person in our life, so I thought I'd share another car that he restored.

This was his last car, a <span style="font-weight: bold">1941 Graham Hollywood</span>:


This photo was taken at the 2000 Harper Cruise and was the last time he showed it.


This is what it looked like when he got it [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif[/img]


Just about everyone told him it was too far gone to restore. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/crazy.gif[/img]


Well, you could not say that to him! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/no.gif[/img]


He immediately started tearing it down...






...and this is what it looked like a year and a half later [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]







He also restored the gas pump! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]




The &quot;Supercharged&quot; engine! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]





Bill giving him a 1:24th scale model that he made of it [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/santa.gif[/img]


BTW...I have a funny story to tell you! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] Bill's dad called EVERYTHING that Bill listened to &quot;Led Zeppelin&quot; [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] I left the house today to run some errands and to put some peanuts on his gravesite. While in my car, I heard 3 different Led Zeppelin songs on the radio!!! (&quot;All My Love&quot;, &quot;Kashmir&quot;, and &quot;Ramble On&quot I only traveled 5 miles from home and was only gone 2 hours! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif[/img]

[Xplantdad]

Awesome pics and stories Rita...Bill's dad must have been cool to hang around [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[Steve Shauger]

Rita, it's great that you had such and wonderful relationship and such fond memories.