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history #8732
#8732 was originally purchased by my family in 1961.
The car was purchased for my mother and was her first car. The car
was originally black with green interior, but shortly after it was purchased,
was painted blue by Les Schwab. The photos below range from 1962 to 1964.
It was 1965 when unknowingly #8732 had its oil pan broken and was
driven until the engine gave out. From then until the early 80's,
the car sat virtually untouched. In about 1982, my father started rebuilding
the damaged engine and restored it to it's original condition. Through
the 80's and 90's, the car was slowly worked on, but it was never put back
on the road. It wasn't until August 2003 that I brought the car to
my home and started a complete tear down. My father is still helping
out with the restoration. The car should officially be on the road
sometime in the spring/summer of 2011, some 8 years after the frame up restoration
began.
