"The Coolest Car Guy Story Ever"…….for me.
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"Where Were You in ‘62?"
On the Friday before the big "Cruze to Jimmy’s" grand opening car show, I drove the First Rat 55 up the driveway and into the trailer. It was the first time the big block 55 had moved under its own power in forty-six years; we then hauled the car to Belle Plaine. Our new neighbors, the "Fahey Auctioneers," were gracious enough to let us hide the car in their garage, which was in a very convenient place in the alleyway just behind our shop. Our secret would be safe there.
"Where were you in ’62?" was the name of the set time in our car show that we would drive the car around the block to surprise Jerry with our find. This was because we have a Polaroid picture of Jerry under the hood of the 55 dated June ’62. Justin and I fired up First Rat 55, pulled around the corner, and headed right down the middle of the blocked off street, right for Jerry. My wife Kimi said that Jerry noticed the car as it came around the corner, and made a comment like, "I had a 55 Chevy one time that had the horizontal bars removed from the grille, and it was yell…" before halting in mid-sentence. He realized that this was his yellow 55 Chevy actually rumbling slowly towards him.
On the Friday before the big "Cruze to Jimmy’s" grand opening car show, I drove the First Rat 55 up the driveway and into the trailer. It was the first time the big block 55 had moved under its own power in forty-six years; we then hauled the car to Belle Plaine. Our new neighbors, the "Fahey Auctioneers," were gracious enough to let us hide the car in their garage, which was in a very convenient place in the alleyway just behind our shop. Our secret would be safe there.
"Where were you in ’62?" was the name of the set time in our car show that we would drive the car around the block to surprise Jerry with our find. This was because we have a Polaroid picture of Jerry under the hood of the 55 dated June ’62. Justin and I fired up First Rat 55, pulled around the corner, and headed right down the middle of the blocked off street, right for Jerry. My wife Kimi said that Jerry noticed the car as it came around the corner, and made a comment like, "I had a 55 Chevy one time that had the horizontal bars removed from the grille, and it was yell…" before halting in mid-sentence. He realized that this was his yellow 55 Chevy actually rumbling slowly towards him.
Back to the 50’s is a 3 day event. The "First Rat" performed well enough to cruise the 100 mile round trips all three days. We enjoyed telling the story everywhere we stopped and as we rumbled through the State Fair Grounds people made comments like "don’t ever paint it" or "what’s that doing here"? Jerry cruised with me on Sunday and joined right in with the telling of……"The Coolest Car Guy Story Ever"……..for me.
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