Bill Eaton's (427TJ's) Newest Ride!

[427TJ]

Glad you like it Verne! It really takes me back to my paperboy days in the early '70s when I would see the older guys' cars like this parked at houses along my route(s) and the neat cars looked like this inside and out. I got home from another 4-day trip yesterday afternoon and I went out to the garage about five times last night and just sat in the car. I rolled down the window, rested my arm on the sill and left hand on the wheel, my right hand on the t-handle and just sat there. Who says you can't go back in time?

I got the Colvin 55-59 BTN book for my birthday (two weeks after buying the '55) and ran the numbers. Yep, Gypsy Red overall with an India Ivory roof panel. (Just the roof panel, not the aft quarters, trunk, etc.) The 508 trim code indicates a black interior with white trim. I read Colvin's paragraph on why he didn't include the Accessory codes in the book and that you had helped him resolve that. It's too bad that he had to withold the codes due to all the fakery in the restoration business but...

Sun's out today and I think I'll take'er out for a good hot run. Weak clutch and pp so none of this:

(My dear old mother checked my Amazon "wish list" and saw the '55-'59 Colvin book and thought I'd like it for my birthday. She had no idea I had bought the '55 when she clicked on the book. Cool lady huh!)