HENRY
LINKS including vendor sites for parts and tools as well as
sites for Ford organizations
RESTORATION
LOG includes log entries of repairs and restoration between
the time of purchase at Barrett-Jackson and the present.
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When I went to the Barrett-Jackson 2007 Palm Beach
Auction with my employer, Derek, I was pretty sure that this was the
year he was going to bid on something. My knuckle-skinnin' antics on my
old truck "BillyBob" in his office parking lot over the years had
whetted his appetite again for the car hobby. He does not have the
inclination or the time anymore to do the mechanical work but neither
does he want to lock his acquisition away in a dusty garage like a
trailer queen. He wants to drive it. With this in mind he had several
"resto-rods" picked out among the lots he wanted to bid on. The looks
of a classic with the reliability of a contemporary car. Imagine my
surprise when he bid on and won both a 1941 Ford Super Deluxe
Convertible and a 1939 Cadillac Series 61 Convertible. Both restored
classics.
Immediately after the hammer fell on the Caddy, Derek
turned to me and said "Your job description has just changed." I will
be in charge of some of the routine maintenance, parts-chasing and
research for these two beauties. The RESTORATION LOG is a history of
small repairs and restoration research between the time of purchase at
auction and the present.
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Issued Monday August
28, 2007
Updated Thursday March 29, 2018
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