play in the old race car. We also had our own 5 mile dirt track in one of the cow pastures and we would race our field cars every chance we got! That being said, that gave us a huge advantage once we were old
enough to drive legally! When l was 15, l bought my grandfather’s 62 Pontiac Grand prix 389 three duce 4 speedfor $100.00. l drove and raced it for about a year and then bought a 1968′ GTO convertible 400 ram air 4 speed. Since that time l have had 64 hot rod classics and muscle cars. including 3 Willy’s coupes Chevells , Ford Fairlanes, Corvettes and many Mopars which were raced over the years. My daily driver for the past 42 years was almost always some kind of hot rod… ”
l married the love of my life in 1986. Valerie, she is a beautiful, loving, smart and a very funny girl, who is the best wife and mom everl Valerie is the Art teacher at Vineland Elementary School, where she works very hard and enjoys her work very much.
Val has always supported my hot rod fascination. We are blessed with three wonderful, hard working sons whom l am very proud of . James is 24 years of age, Bill 23 and Colt 20 who are also into American muscle cars.
No tooners in our yard! James just sold his 1970 Boss 302 Mustang. Billy has a‘ 1972 heavy Chevy Chevelle
and Colton is into 4×4 Trucks now but his dream car is a 1969 Camaro. We have done a lot of family projects where the entire family has worked together rebuilding and installing engines and doing body and
paint work. Val‘s a great masker with her artistic ability. The boys can do just about anything!
Yet probably the best car we have ever owned and the most valuable car we have ever had to work on, we