I’ve always loved cars and wanted to do a restoration project. My idea was to find an early 1950s car and transform it into a fifty’s era custom. My search wasn’t long. I found a 1953 Chevy Bel Air. It started, it ran, it was ugly and for a few hundred bucks it was mine.

This car was truly a basket case.  It had rust under the rust and then more rust. I figured that it would take me about three years. Well, after eight years it was finally on the road! But I admit it; I enjoyed every minute of the long and challenging restoration.

I’ve done just about all the work myself, including the mechanical work, bodywork, chopping, painting, flaming, etc.  Of course, friends and family helped along the way. The only thing not done in my home garage was the cleaning, boring and assembly of the in-line 235 engine. That was done by Engine Dynamics.