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Friday, October 19, 2007
1956 Chevy Delivered
Imon and Linda arrived a little before 10 PM. They brought the 1956
Chevy with them on a trailer from IN. Imon said on the way they had a
small wreck just south of Louisville. He thinks something happened to
his brakes during the wreck and they no longer work. He said he's not
sure about it yet as he hasn't been able to check it out. We talked a
little bit, then went and unloaded the car off the trailer. Brent was
eager to try it out, so he took the first test drive down the highway.
The car was cold and sputtering as he drove down the highway and back a
couple of times. He parked the 56 and I told him to scoot over, it was
my turn to drive. We backed out on the highway again and took off. The
car was warmed up and accelerated fairly good. We went a little farther
and turned around. On the way back, I hammered the accelerator and run
the car up through the gears. It sounded a lot better once the motor was
cleaned out. Imon has done a great job of rebuilding the car from being
in a 'barn find' condition.
We
parked the car for the night with it needing a few adjustments, a good
wax job, and to be driven. We went back inside and talked a while before
going to bed about midnight.