Yep, 1983 and my 15 year old kid polished the car up for me. I probably paid him to do it, but whatever I paid wasn’t worth him burning through the paint on the rear fenders…
So, here’s a little history: This paint was sprayed by none other than Rod Powell, my high school buddy, in the summer of 1963 at his first paint shop in Salinas. Considering the paint’s now been on the car for twenty years, it looks pretty good from these old pics. You’ll notice I’ve done some work on the car. There’s a set of Rally wheels, a ‘57 rear end, a Mustang II front clip, and a few other odds and ends. Sometime in the next few years I picked up a rebuilt 350 and a few other parts. And then, as expected, there she sat collecting dust while I went to work daily and continued to raise some kids and mow the lawns…
