Bill Thomas stuff

[Mike Petrillo]

Hi,
I was reading your post & thought I would offer a long shot that panned out for me.First off,I grew up in fullerton & at age 15.5 spring of 1970 I purchase for $1000.00 a 1964 corvette with the help of my dad so I could work on the car while learning to drive a stick(drivers ed & a drivers permit.I blew up the 300 hp engine 3 weeks after I turned 16.My dad had the car towed to CONE CHEVROLET for basic repairs but I had thrown a rod.I met a youg mechanic in his mid 20s I believe who I was told by the service manager built hi performance motors,his name was Mike Fetterman.We discussed performace & what I wanted we ended up with a 327 12.5 to 1 trw's 780 holley, tarantula intake ,dual point dist,hurst short throw,dougs headers & 411 rear.I bused tables for $1.65 an hour for a year to pay for the mods.Mike Fetterman wherever you are today your one heck of a mechanic.Lots of great memories of the O.C. street racers on sunday eves.I got carried away with my memories of cone chevy fullerton but I ment to respond about the lic plate frames.I recently purchased a 67 BB 3x2 vette that was sold in san diego at courtesy chevy.I went on line & did a search & found that the dealership still existed so I called & spoke to a salesman & asked if they had any emplyees that had been there for a long time.I was transferd to the parts & service director C.R. "CHUCK" TRICOLI.I asked him the same question as I was interested in obtaining more info on my car but was informed all the old document were long gone.What I was not expecting was that chuck had worked for this dealership for 45 years so at that point I asked him a longshot question about licence plate frames.He said I think I have a few sets from 25 or 30 years ago that I placed upstairs.He took my name,# & address.One week later I recieved a pair of mint/new original frames.WOW,what a nice man to speakwith.I plan to purchase my next new checy 500 miles from where I live.If a dealership hasn't changed hands chances are an old time employee may be around.good luck with your search.