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I love this. I love seeing a young man do all of that work with your guidance. Great work dad, son and grandpap.
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Some of my fondest memories were working on cars with my Dad.
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My Dad definitely got us into '55 Chevy's.

In 1975, Dad bought what is now my '55 for $60. (Yellow one in a few of the pictures) Flat towing home from Missouri behind a green '55 that Dad's friend bought on the same trip, a rear axle bearing went bad on the yellow car, so they changed the whole housing with one from a junkyard along side the road. The '60 Impala 4dr hardtop was Dad's car they drove down, and left it at a junkyard, trading it for a door for my uncle's 63 Impala.

Dad always wanted to build it into an American Graffiti replica, but never finished it. I bought it from him in 2017.
Needless to say, we're all 3 excited to see the American Graffiti and Two Lane Blacktop cars at MCACN in a few weeks!
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My Dad definitely got us into '55 Chevy's.

In 1975, Dad bought what is now my '55 for $60. (Yellow one in a few of the pictures) Flat towing home from Missouri behind a green '55 that Dad's friend bought on the same trip, a rear axle bearing went bad on the yellow car, so they changed the whole housing with one from a junkyard along side the road. The '60 Impala 4dr hardtop was Dad's car they drove down, and left it at a junkyard, trading it for a door for my uncle's 63 Impala.

Dad always wanted to build it into an American Graffiti replica, but never finished it. I bought it from him in 2017.
Needless to say, we're all 3 excited to see the American Graffiti and Two Lane Blacktop cars at MCACN in a few weeks!
Dad definitely was rockin the 60’s vibe! I bet he has some stories!
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I love this. I love seeing a young man do all of that work with your guidance. Great work dad, son and grandpap.
Cale is an unassuming and quiet young man. He watches, listens and learns by doing. When we have a Chevelle Club event at their place, he is right in there, helping with whatever needs doing.

Derek's wife, Jenna, has the same personality and is instrumental in making our events better with her attention to detail for food prep with coffee, cookies, donuts, etc.

It's always a calm, pleasant experience being around them for a day.
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I love this: "a rear axle bearing went bad on the yellow car, so they changed the whole housing with one from a junkyard along side the road..."

Some of us older guys remember how common this kind of repair was. You could go down to the local wrecking yard and buy an entire rear axle for $100. No chit. That was the going rate. So, if you didn't have all the tools necessary to work on a rear axle, who cared? Just swap that one out.
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Yea a 3rd member for a tri-5 here was 25 bucks in the junk yard in the early 70's. We bought several for a local 57 a guy had in high school. A good muncie was 75 bucks.
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The whole car was $60, I doubt Dad paid much more than $10-20 for the replacement rear end...
He said that they tossed the old one in the ditch when they were done.
And when he went to the DMV to transfer the title, he told them he paid $30
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Old 11-03-2024, 12:59 AM
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Transferred the title? Few even bothered.
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