The Escalantes '70 Challenger R/T "EL HEMI"

[el hemi]

We've been busy with my son Caylor's HS graduation and open house. It has been quite an emotional month. Mom was suppose to make it from Venezuela for her first grandchild graduation but she was diagnosed with breast Cancer in March. My little Caylor Jose was 3rd in his class (sorry son but I am so proud I want to share it with the world).
Here are some pictures of Caylor standing in front of his HS. Was it destiny for Caylor to attend the HS he did? You tell me.

[Xplantdad]

Very cool and congrats to Caylor!

[L89DRMR]

Congrats to Caylor! I hope your mom gets well soon. I have enjoyed reading about your multi-generational Hemi. In my family, our Mopar was a Volare of which dad handed over the keys to me and my brothers. The only thing rare about it was being able to start the engine on a wet day. I would love to see more vintage photos if you come across any. Thanks for sharing with us.

Dave

[mockingbird812]

Big CONGRATS Caylor. Great photo. Proud Pappy. Speedy recovering for Grandma!

[el hemi]

Few pictures taken lately. Got a set of period correct Accel wires to go with the Day 2 look.

[el hemi]

His name is Diego...my nephew. Next generation of EL HEMI caretaker.

[mockingbird812]

Yessir, he's got the spark in his eye! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[iluv69s]

Maybe I missed it in the thread along the way....What hood did the car come with from the dealer?? Do you have a pic with the original hood???

Great car and story BTW....



Muchos felicidades por este carroto!!! Que tengas muchos anos y suerte disfrutando y 'aprovechando' 'El Hemi'..... jeje

Max

[x Baldwin Motion]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: el hemi</div><div class="ubbcode-body">His name is Diego...my nephew. Next generation of EL HEMI caretaker.

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[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] very cool

[el hemi]

Last week we took El Hemi to the MCACN show in Chicago. Before heading there I looked at some of the car history and saw where my father had taken the car to Mr. Norms on 11/7/70.... almost 40 years exact to the Musclecar Show date 11/20/10. I ran a mapquest and found out that Mr. Norm's Grand Spaulding Dodge old address is only 13 miles from Rosemont CC. As I neared Chicago I told my wife I wanted to check this place out...reminisce if you will. Why would my dad have driven all the way from Detroit to Chicago with his family?
Soon we found ourselves in a NOT SO GOOD part of town but I had made up my mind. I wanted to close my eyes and pretend if just for a few seconds that it was 1970 and WE were there. Here are a couple of pictures.