My buddy (age 73) has a 55 Chevy he’s been “going to fix up” for the last 40 yrs.
I always tell him, better hurry up or we’ll be dead.
Six months ago he almost died of a major heart attack.
Now we’re wrenching on that 55.
Great that you guys are working on it! My 73-year-old neighbor has a 68 Camaro SS in his garage, I've been telling him for decades to get it running. Nope, not yet. I don't think he ever will, as he is getting weak in the legs and back.
I owned various Chevys as a teen and in my 20's. Sold my last one, a 57 Chevy coupe in 1973 to raise money to pay for dental work. Have regretted it ever since. Perfect original two-tone paint, chrome, with a 327 engine and dual quads, 4-spd Muncie trans, flipped rear axle and large balloon tires on chrome rims in back and hydraulic shocks to lift and lower the rear. Before that, had a 56 Chevy, a 63 Chevy, a 58 Chevy and other cool cars. My 56 Chevy I modified with a straight axle in front, 327 with multiple carbs, header pipes out the sides with glass-pipe mufflers, and raised rear, raced it at a local drag strip (now long gone).