Your post brought a smile to my face Roger. I sometimes miss those days too. The want ads, the junk yards, subscriptions to magazines….. about the only things left that comes to mind are the swap meets and car shows.

The first car I bought when I got stationed in AZ was a 58 Chevy 2dr sedan. I’d been hunting for either a 57/8 Plymouth or a 58 Chevy to build. After searching all the local junk yards I came across this one in the Tucson paper (yeah I saved the ad LOL).


58 ad by M Patterson, on Flickr


I took the day off and went up to look at it (threw the tow bar in the back of the truck “just in case”). Long story short the title turned out to be for a different car but a couple hours later I flat towed it home hooked to the back of my Vega pickup…….and that’s a whole different story


58 Start by M Patterson, on Flickr


I pretty much got what I paid for (I guess )

But 2 years to the day this is what I had turned it in to.

58 Chevy by M Patterson, on Flickr


Thanks for triggering the memories.




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