MY DADS FIRST HOT ROD SHOP
HE GOT HIS FIRST CAR AT 13 YEARS OLD. HAD A FEW HOT RODS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHILE RUNNING A SPEED SHOP FOR A COOL GUY NAMED DEAN ELSEY. STARTED DRAG RACING. TAUGHT HIM SELF TO BUILD HIS OWN ENGINS AND PAINT. TOOK A CORSE IN UPOLSTERY. HIS FIRST CORVETTE WAS WRECKED AND NO ONE WORKED ON FIBERGLASS BACK THEN, SO HE TRIED IT HIMSELF. IN 1968 HE STARTED HIS OWN HOT ROD SHOP. BUILT A LOT OF STREET RODS AND CUSTOMS, BUT HIS MAIN SORCE OF IN COME WAS REBUILDING WRECKED CORVETTES. HE BUILT THEM FROM 1968 UNTILL 1976 WHEN PARTS AND RESIN GOT SO HIGH.
THE LAST PICTURE IS HOW THE BACK SALVAGE PARTS YARD LOOKED ALSO HE HAD 20-25 55-57 CHEVIES BACK THERE SOME RUNNING SOM NOT.
HE STILL HELPS ME IN THE SHOP. HE’S 83 AND STILL DRIVES HIS HOT RODS, AND LOVES OLD CARS LIKE ALWAYS. THE FIRST PICTURE IS IN HIS FIRST HOT ROD SHOP. SECOND PICTURE IS THE FIRST HOT ROD HE BUILT IN EL PASO TEXAS WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THE NAVY AND THE 50 MERC WAS NEXT. SEEMS LIKE HE NEVER STOPPED. HE’S GOT A MOTTO
IF YOU CANT MAKE SOMEONE SMILE, MAKE EM LAUGH.
