Well that summer he went to a certain car show and saw that certain car, shot under the right light and that was all she wrote to get that fire started.
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Pieces were picked up here and there.
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A powerplant from a Corvette was found and gone through. My dad has been tearing down and rebuilding combustion engines since Christ was a Corporal. He's forgotten more about chevy engines than most will ever learn.
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By January 1980, the motor was in the frame and ready for it's first fire. . The little garage shook to the core when T-Oiseau came alive that night.
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By July 1980 we were tearing up Brouillette Road.
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4 comments:
Righteous!
now that's a story.
what? pictures are great.....but to add amazing stories makes it perfect. thanks
great pics with an awesome story to boot!
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