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Old 02-09-2011, 05:24 AM
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Default Re: He called me "Peanuts"

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]



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