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Chrome Is Where The Heart Is (A Father's Day Gift)
Long Island Newsday ^
| 6/16/02
| Martin C. Evans
Posted on 06/16/2002 4:08:59 PM PDT by lowbridge
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:40 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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In 1956, John Barone -- single, newly out of the Air Force and with money in his pocket -- got rid of the 15-year-old Pontiac he'd been driving and bought a brand new Buick.
Big. Brawny. Powerful. Cutting-edge. Think babe magnet.
But the Buick's charm maybe worked too well. Eighteen months later, the then-27-year-old Barone was married and a new father, with mouths to feed and bills to pay.
So he swallowed hard, sold the Buick, bought a more practical Chevy, and a few years later settled in North Bellmore with his wife, Mary, and, eventually, four children.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 1956; buick; car; chrome; fathersday
Son, I'll be good to you, if you'll be this good to me :-)
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posted on
06/16/2002 4:08:59 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
To: HangFire; Mercuria; AnnaZ; Darth Sidious; Henchster
bump
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posted on
06/16/2002 4:13:54 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
To: lowbridge
A great reward for bringing up a terrific son!
I wonder if my neices and nephews have heard enough about my 1958 Studebaker Hawk, that I still have dreams about?
Naw... :-)
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posted on
06/16/2002 4:42:35 PM PDT
by
Gorzaloon
To: all
What a great story ! I would love to see the look on his father's face when he sees that car !
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posted on
06/16/2002 5:46:51 PM PDT
by
sushiman
To: lowbridge
Great story. There will probably be a few tears.
To: lowbridge
I can relate to this as I was working for the Chevy dealer here in Eureka in 55 & 56 and bought the first 55 Chevy that hit the used car lot.. It was a Bel Air 2 door post V8 with an overdrive and I used to race those Buicks at the Somoa Drag Strip. For their size the Buicks were fast but not fast enough. BTW I had to sell the Chevy when I got married on Feb 1st 1957. Looking back it was the right thing to do. (I had to say that cause she reads my posts)
To: Gorzaloon;
"...while wrestling with a piece of chrome windshield trim, Barone sliced an ugly gash into his right wrist, which leaked blood until he patched it with duct tape..."Gad - it's true! We do that!
"...1958 Studebaker Hawk, that I still have dreams about? ..."
1963 Studebaker GT Super-Hawk, Avanti-R2 Paxton Supercharged 289, 4-on-the-floor, FOR SALE!
Dreams can come true, but usually, ya gotta do it yourself!
I helped make THIS DREAM happen, and it's still a thing of beauty - some call it 'Rolling-Sculpture'! I call it 'Daily-Driver'............FRegards
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posted on
06/16/2002 8:17:57 PM PDT
by
gonzo
To: gonzo
"...1958 Studebaker Hawk, that I still have dreams about? ..." 1963 Studebaker GT Super-Hawk, Avanti-R2 Paxton Supercharged 289, 4-on-the-floor, FOR SALE! Dreams can come true, but usually, ya gotta do it yourself! I helped make THIS DREAM happen, and it's still a thing of beauty - some call it 'Rolling-Sculpture'! I call it 'Daily-Driver'............FRegards OMG, it's beautiful.
I know the R2 engine.
(fainting)....
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posted on
06/17/2002 4:31:08 AM PDT
by
Gorzaloon
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