@JMM (Michael) posted:Holy Crap! Where have you been hiding Maynard!!! Love it (them!)
I have had Maynard for many years. He was my first Hot Rod. I bought him from a guy who was moving to Texas and didn't want to take it with him. It sat in a field for a few years and was a project car of his. So, I bought it from him for $1,500 in 1970 and started working on him. Some 10 years later, my Dad asked if I was ever going to finish the car. I was working a 9 to 5 job as a meat cutter, raising a family and buying a house at the time and just couldn't get ahead enough to finish it. My Dad being an old school dry lakes racer offered to help. So a few more things got done and it was running and would move under its own power. Still needed a lot of work ......... My Dad moved away to retire in the Gold country of N. California. Now 10 years later, the sedan still sat 1/2 finished. My idea of making this a family car to go to events had changed. My Dad passed away, never getting to ride in the sedan. In a safe deposit box my Dad had left an envelop with $60,000 marked Model A on the outside. It was his wish that I finish the car. So I began thinking of what I wanted the car to look like. My Dad loved the drags and would take me to the drag strips in the 60's. I started looking at old car magazines from the 60's and made a choice to build a Highboy sedan, with whitewall big and little tires, a Chevy V8 with 3-2's, a quick change reared, a 5 speed Doug Nash trans, a two inch chopped top, seamless body on 1932 rails, painted bright Yellow with white interior. All of this came about when I met Roy Brizio. The car has over 65,000 miles on it and has been everywhere, in all kinds of weather. It has won many awards and the best being a Pro's Pick at the Street Rod Nationals, Also picked as one of the top 100 cars by Rod & Custom magazine. I would never sell Maynard because of what the car means to me. However, I recently gifted him to my manager of 30 years, for the great job he has done over the years. He knows what the car means to me and I know he will caretake the car as I would. I know my Dad would be proud of how it came out, and also of my gift for a job well done. Now I can enjoy watching Steve my manager, enjoy driving Maynard.