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Moving into adulthood can be challenging for any young person with or without autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). While much attention is given to transitioning from high school to postsecondary education or to the workforce, parents should also be mindful of the transition to new doctors and medical service systems. Many doctors who care for children with ASDs do not also care for adults. Families must plan ahead for this transition.
National professional organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, recommend that families of children with disabilities begin planning and setting long-term goals for the future health care needs of their children at age 12 years. A health care transition plan should be developed with health care professionals by the time the child is 14 years old. Starting early allows for time to teach self-management skills and to prepare children and families for the choices they will need to make.
Some of the medical concerns of puberty, including increased risk of seizures, decrease in adulthood. However, certain safety and general health concerns that were present during adolescence persist. In particular, parents of individuals transitioning into adulthood should make sure to educate their children about common pitfalls.
Traveling. Parents of adults with ASDs need to make sure that their adult children are safe travelers, whether the adult child drives, rides a bike, walks, takes public transportation, or has another way of getting around the community. Even as a passenger, individuals must be able to self-monitor and refrain from distracting the driver and must be comfortable wearing a seat belt.
Sexual well-being. Adults with ASDs must learn about sexual relationships and appropriate and inappropriate behavior. Individuals with ASDs may not fully understand the consequences of sexual activity (including pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections) or the potential for sexual abuse and other victimization.
General health. Many individuals with ASDs may not have the ability to communicate health symptoms or may not know that it is important to do so. Families of adults with ASDs must help to ensure that their adult children make and keep regularly scheduled visits to doctors, including routine gynecologic and dental care. Families should also routinely inquire about the health of their loved ones with ASDs, as the individuals themselves may not think to consider monitoring their health on a regular basis.
Some psychiatric disorders are more common in young adults. Anxiety, depression, and obsessions may increase with the change of routine that occurs after high school ends and with the demands of postsecondary education or employment. Additionally, preexisting psychiatric disorders or symptoms may be more obvious as an individual gets older and may affect individuals with ASDs differently than when they were younger. Some behavior issues to look for are
Sleep problems. (Ask your child's pediatrician about the "Sleep Problems" handout.) Sleeping too much may be a sign of depression. Not sleeping enough may lead to health concerns. Older teens and young adults with and without ASDs often get into a pattern of staying up late and sleeping late.
Obsessive and compulsive behavior. It may be hard to distinguish the repetitive behaviors common in people with ASDs from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Generally, OCD is very distressing, while repetitive behaviors associated with ASDs are stress-relieving.
Hyperactivity, short attention span, or easy distractibility.
Ritualistic or stereotyped behaviors.
Anger or tantrums.
Irritability or withdrawal. These symptoms may occur because of increased awareness of differences, changes in routine, or rejection by or lack of peers. They may also be caused by depression.
For more information, ask your child's doctor about the "Behavioral Challenges" handout. If you observe any disturbing symptoms in your adult child with ASDs, encourage him to make an appointment to see a doctor and offer to accompany him to the appointment. If your child is uncomfortable having you involved now that he is an adult, enlist the help of a trusted friend or sibling when possible.
Make a plan. Work with your teen's pediatrician to make a plan for the health-related skills that she will need (for example, communicating personal and family medical history), how she will gain those skills, and timing of transition to adult health care services.
Take care of insurance issues. Check with your current health insurance plan to find out about extended coverage until 27 years of age for uninsured dependents.
Consider guardianship after age 18 when necessary. Unless there is a guardianship or other custodial arrangement in place, your child's personal health information, including all health care encounters, will be private (in other words, will exclude parents) on your child's 18th birthday. Planning for this eventuality will need to begin well before age 18.
It is important to find a doctor who is knowledgeable, communicates well with your child, is available for questions, and accepts your child's insurance. You should also consider where the doctor is located and how your child will travel to and from appointments. Additionally, issues such as the waiting room environment may affect your decision, particularly if your adult child has sensory sensitivities.
Your adult child with an ASD should take part in choosing a new adult doctor for himself and should feel comfortable communicating even sensitive subjects to this new person. While it is ideal to find doctors comfortable with ASDs, this is not always possible. If you start the transition process early enough, however, you will have time to meet with a new doctor for your child prior to his 18th birthday. This will allow you to share information about your child's needs. A goal for a smooth transition to adult services would include transfer of care to a primary care practice that provides a medical home.
American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Physicians Transitions Clinical Report Authoring Group. Supporting the health care transition from adolescence to adulthood in the medical home. Pediatrics.2011;128(1):182—200
American Academy of Pediatrics HealthyChildren.org: www.HealthyChildren.org
Autism Speaks Transition Tool Kit: www.autismspeaks.org/family-services/tool-kits/transition-tool-kit
Council for Exceptional Children: www.cec.sped.org
Disability.gov: www.disability.gov
ERIC: Educational Resources Information Center: www.eric.ed.gov>
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition: www.ncset.org
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities: www.nichcy.org
National Health Care Transition Center: www.gottransition.org
Schopler E, Mesibov GB. Autism in Adolescents and Adults. New York, NY: Plenum Press; 1983
Sicile-Kira C. Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum: A Parent's Guide to the Cognitive, Social, Physical, and Transition Needs of Teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorders. New York, NY: Berkley Publishing Group; 2006
US Social Security Administration: www.ssa.gov
Wrobel M. Taking Care of Myself: A Hygiene, Puberty and Personal Curriculum for Young People with Autism. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons; 2003
Family handout from Autism: Caring for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Resource Toolkit for Clinicians, 2nd Edition, developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Council on Children With Disabilities Autism Subcommittee (ASC).


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African Renewables Deal of the Year 2009 from Project Finance Magazine.
After a long journey to Nairobi, in the midst of a much-needed shower, the room went black. Fortunately the lights came on a few seconds later. My good fortune was only due to the fact that the hotel's generator kicked in – with its attendant high cost and environmental and safety hazards.
I'm no stranger to the power outages that present themselves nearly every evening in this part of the world, but it's one thing to experience a minor inconvenience, quite another for the business that is losing money due to power outages, the student who is losing out on opportunities because she can't study at night, or the doctor trying to treat a victim of a late-night road accident. And these are the lucky ones. Only 15 percent of all Kenyans have any access to electricity.

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Sabrina Hall is a reporter at News Channel 3.
She joined the news team in April 2012 and comes from Madison, WI, where she was a weekday anchor and reporter at WKOW, the ABC affiliate.
There she covered both consumer and general assignment beats and served as main anchor for one of Wisconsin's historic recall elections in 2011.
Prior to that, Sabrina served three years in Corpus Christi, TX, as a reporter and weekend anchor.
She created several popular morning show segments, including "Fit over 40" and "K9 Coach".
She also got to have fun at popular restaurants and businesses around town as a feature reporter.
Sabrina got her start in television news as a reporter in her hometown of Honolulu, HI.
Sabrina was hired as a crime and general assignment reporter for KGMB9, where she did some of her most memorable work. This work included traveling to Arizona to report on Hawaiian inmates shipped there to serve prison time; her report earned her an Emmy nomination.
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Nearly 50 years ago to the day, strong winds and faulty mechanics hurled five U.S. airmen to the earth from above southern Somerset County.
Had fate been a little more cruel, half of western Maryland, and possibly your hometown, would have been reduced to ash.
The plane that night was a B-52D bomber, the most powerful combat aircraft in U.S. history at the time. It was a $7-million intercontinental bomber, an eight-engine craft of the Strategic Air Command.
Its payload: two thermonuclear weapons, each a 9-megaton monster.
"This was the biggest (nuke) that was ever deployed, so to speak, during the Cold War," said Jim Borgardt, physics professor at Juniata College.
According to Borgardt, the result of nuclear detonation would have looked something like this: a fireball 2 miles in radius from the crash; a giant shock wave a mile beyond the fireball; and thermal radiation in a 20-mile radius from the crash site.
Put simply, everyone within 20 miles of the crash probably would have been killed.
"A lot of people are going to die not from the (explosion), but from untreated third-degree burns," Borgardt said.
The B-52 crash fortunately did not end with a nuclear explosion. Borgardt said one reason is that the bombs were separated from their detonators.
"Most of these (bombs) had a number of redundant safeguards for obvious reasons."
Still, many of those who survived what-could-have-been said they will never forget the night the bomber crashed on the mountain.
The date was Jan. 13, 1964. Flight Buzz One Four, a B-52D bomber, left Westover Air Force Base in Massachusetts at 12:28 a.m. The destination for the plane and five crew members was Turner Air Force Base in Georgia. Estimated arrival time was 3:15 a.m.
But the bomber never made it to Georgia, where it was ironically scheduled to receive repairs. Instead, the B-52 ran into a blizzard above the mountains of southern Somerset County.
Maj. Thomas W. McCormick, 42, asked for and received permission from the Cleveland Air Traffic Center to adjust altitude for the wretched conditions. It wasn't, however, enough to save the flight.
Declassified U.S. Air Force documents conclude that "excessive turbulence" exploited "fatigue cracks and weld defects" in the rear bulkheads. This shock yanked out the bolts connecting the tail to the fuselage, ripping the 47-foot tail from its bearings. The tail then struck the horizontal stabilizer and sent the plane veering out of control
Four of the men, including McCormick, were able to exit the plane via ejection seats. The fifth man, Maj. Robert F. Townley, 42, of Gadsden, Ala., was apparently unable to strap himself in properly for the ejection. He died when the bomber went down in a fiery crash on Big Savage Mountain, 17 miles southwest of Cumberland, Md.
Boynton resident Terry Brenneman was only in first grade when the incident occurred. But he said he vividly remembers that morning when the military began coming in — and the towns began mobilizing the rescue efforts.
"They had to get the local population involved because of the weather," he said.
Gerry Beachy recalls his initial reaction to the storm: joy, because he thought school would be canceled.
"The snow was so thick I couldn't see the elementary school 200 yards away," said the Grantsville, Md., native.
School, to his dismay, was not canceled. But it was in class that the then-16-year-old learned about the crash (he doesn't remember being told about the nuclear bombs). And he hit jackpot when he heard the schools would offer an excused absence to any student who volunteered with the search parties for the missing pilots.
"It's amazing how many locals came out," said Beachy, who serves today as the secretary of the Grantsville Community Museum. "It was tremendous."
His rescue team was tasked to New Germany State Park in Maryland. They searched around Western Port Road with no results.
Soon they learned that another group had discovered the body Maj. Robert L. Payne, 41, of Tulsa, Okla.
"When they found him they knew he was dead," Beachy said.
According to Beachy, Payne had frozen to death on a creek bank in the state park. The trio who found him made a stretcher of saplings and blankets. They carried his body for miles out of the woods because they wanted to make sure he received a proper burial.
By that time two of the other airmen had already been found. McCormick landed safely and eventually made it to a farmhouse in Maryland. Capt. Parker C. Peedin landed about 3 miles away from him, and also managed to survive the landing and overnight blizzard. He signaled a small plane with a mirror and was helped to safety.
That left one man: Sgt. Melvin D. Wooten, 27, of Rapid City, S.D.
At the time, Dean Hillegas of Meyersdale was an employee of WFRB radio station in Frostburg, Md. He remembers the frantic search and the extreme conditions.
"The snow back then . . . it was about chest-deep," he said. "It was unreal."
He said he first heard about the crash mid-morning, Jan. 13.
"From then on we scrapped everything and followed (the story) until they found the last man," he said. "The entire area became a military installation."
Wooten was still missing into the fifth day after the crash. Then, according to Hillegas, military personnel — stationed in the Cumberland Airport — received word that a boy and his father may have sighted his body along the Casselman River. They wanted Hillegas to come along for the helicopter ride because he told them he was raised in that area.
It turned out that the body was in fact Wooten's. He was almost entirely submerged beneath the river. According to Hillegas, they could only see his arm sticking out before they chopped him from the ice.
Doctors at the time said they believed Wooten broke his leg during the descent. Landing in West Salisbury only 200 yards from a farmhouse, the belief is that he could see only the town lights in Salisbury through the dark of the blizzard. Unable to open his survival pack because his hands were numb, Wooten probably stumbled toward the lights of town — and ended up falling into the river, suffering frostbite and bleeding out in the water.
Looking back on the incident, Beachy said it's important to recognize the historical significance of the B-52s, which were regularly crisscrossing the United States and flying to the border of the Soviet Union.
The U.S. lost at least three bombers and 14 men over a three-year period in the mid-'60s — all due to faulty mechanics.
"At any one time 12 of them could hit Russia," he said. "They couldn't ground the fleet because it would have put them at a disadvantage to Russia."
He and Brenneman noted that at the time of the crash, U.S. President John F. Kennedy and South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem had only recently been assassinated.
"The tension was pretty high," he said.
The tension was also high in this part of the country, where two unsecured nuclear devices were buried in the twisted wreckage of a B-52 on Big Savage Mountain. A local excavator was authorized by the military to move the bombs two days after the crash. He used a front-end loader, but first lined it with mattresses from a nearby youth camp — to keep the nukes nice and swaddled, just to be on the safe side.
Until they were taken away, Beachy said, "Everybody was concerned."


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Cooling patients who have suffered cardiac arrest can lessen damage to the brain; now researchers are looking for other ways to use induced hypothermia.
The last Dr. Peter Franklin remembers, he was lying on a table in the cardiac catheterization lab in a Miami hospital when his chest started to hurt.
Then he died. The medical team raced to restart Franklin's heart, then placed a stent in a blocked artery to allow blood to again flow freely. His doctors also worked to save his brain, using a technique that's as old as ancient Greece — hypothermia.
With recent studies lending scientific credibility to the practice, doctors now know that lowering a patient's body temperature — using methods including cooling blankets or an infusion of cold fluid — can improve brain recovery in patients who are comatose after cardiac arrest. The goal is to decrease the dangerous flood of inflammation, toxic enzymes, and free radicals that occurs when oxygen returns to the brain after the heart resumes beating after arrest, said Dr. Benjamin Scirica, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.
It's believed that the idea of cooling patients began with Hippocrates, who advocated that wounded soldiers be covered with snow or ice. In the 1890s, William Osler, one of the founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital and considered the father of modern medicine, placed typhoid fever patients in cold baths. By the 1950s, efforts shifted to using hypothermia in the operating room during cardiac surgery. But there were drawbacks. At that time, the theory was that cooling worked by decreasing the brain's use of oxygen and slowing metabolism. Thus, patients were cooled to body temperatures as low as 85 degrees, and kept that way for days. The complications were significant — irregular heart rhythms, infection, bleeding. Excitement over cooling diminished.
Then in the 1980s, at the lab of the late Dr. Peter Safar at the University of Pittsburgh, researchers experimented with milder hypothermia, and found that their animal subjects had improved recovery after cardiac arrest. But widespread interest wasn't rekindled until 2002, when a pair of studies was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Two teams of researchers, one in Australia and the other in Europe, studied the effects of cooling patients who had survived a cardiac arrest but showed no meaningful brain function. The methods were simple — ice packs in one study, a machine that generated cold air in another. But the results were striking: Both groups of researchers found that lowering the body temperature to around 91 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 to 24 hours significantly improved brain function. In one study, more than half the cooled patients had a good neurologic outcome, compared with just over a third of patients who were not cooled. The patients who were cooled were also less likely to die.
Shortly after the articles were published, a young hockey player was brought to Boston Medical Center in a coma after a blow to his chest caused a disruption to his heart rhythm, leading to cardiac arrest. A doctor promptly asked the nursing staff to cover the young man with ice. The request sounded "nuts," said Dr. George Philippides, then the director of the BMC Coronary Care Unit and currently the associate chief of cardiovascular medicine. The hockey player was cooled and ultimately walked out of the hospital. A team at BMC formalized a protocol for cooling patients who are in a coma following cardiac arrest as soon as they arrive at emergency room doors. That protocol is now routinely being used at other Boston-area hospitals for cardiac arrest patients who do not wake up after being resuscitated.
With small studies suggesting that earlier cooling might be better, Boston EMS has developed a method to lower patients' body temperature with chilled saline kept stocked on all advanced life support ambulances. The question remains open as to whether even earlier cooling, during resuscitation attempts, could yield more benefit. "When is the best time? While they're on the living room floor, in the ER, in the ICU?" asks Dr. Lori Harrington, the associate medical director of Boston EMS and an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Boston Medical Center. "That's still not clear."
With stronger recommendations from the American Heart Association in 2010, 24 hours of hypothermia has become the standard for some patients who don't wake up after cardiac arrest. No one cooling method has been proven better than any other — although new devices to specifically target the brain rather than the entire body are being developed. While hypothermia is now widely used, questions remain. The 2002 studies looked only at patients with a particular type of cardiac arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation, a quivering of the heart. The jury is still out as to whether patients with other types of arrest will benefit, but doctors have started applying the technology with hopes that it might help.
"We, like most places, tend to cool patients even if they don't fit the exact group that was studied," Scirica says, "Because the prognosis is so poor, and cooling is the only treatment we have to offer." And the applications for therapeutic hypothermia could expand further. Researchers at the University of Miami have published promising data on hypothermia improving outcomes after spinal cord injury. And in Pittsburgh, Dr. Samuel Tisherman, a professor of critical care medicine and surgery, is studying whether extreme hypothermia could play a role in survival after massive hemorrhage. Consider trauma patients whose blood loss is so profound that their hearts stop. Even if the patients' injuries could technically be repaired, fewer than 10 percent will survive. But what if physicians could freeze time for patients, by quickly bringing their body temperature down to 50 degrees Fahrenheit? "The goal," Tisherman said, "is preserving brain and other vital organs long enough for surgeons to control the bleeding." After years of trials in animals, Tisherman and his team are ready to turn to human subjects. With support from the US Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Defense, they are hoping to begin a clinical trial in the coming weeks.
It has been six months since Peter Franklin was hospitalized in Miami. He's been back to work full time since April and says he suffers "zero deficits." He remembers nothing of his arrest or subsequent cooling. "For four or five days, we didn't know yet whether his brain was gone. That was torture," said his wife, Kathleen Franklin. Fearing the worst, his four children and grandchild traveled to Miami. When Franklin's breathing tube was removed, the family gathered around his bed, waiting for him to speak. Franklin looked at his wife. He asked her, "How long have I been here?" "About five days," she told him. He looked around. "Well then," he said, joking, "where are the cards and flowers?"
SOURCE: Dr. Daniela J. Lamas, The Boston Globe


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Guess nobody can stop, neither can I.SupaEZ wrote:Toby wrote: I once had a session where the water was glassy...and 10m above surface we had 20 knots.
One of my coolest sessions ever
It is a good thing you did not make a video of yourself and make a BS claim about how little wind was in the kite
We would have had to start a new thread and bust in you
I like you Toby....you BELIEVE in vertical gradient wind
This thread is not so much about the kite itself...but more about BS being claimed by owner / solo advertiser of Epic INF.
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Why, if someone with video proof, says that it's possible, people diss the crap out out of them?
All they say that it works, plus or minus a few knots.
This thread is so dam pointless, even after a few good follow ups on last page.
I can't believe you guys.
Oh well, I can't stop bitching about the f.up comments from f.up 's
It's like a drug...
..rehab anyone?
..hey, go kite... hear it's free.


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Quote from: Dån (cdfe88) on February 28, 2010, 08:08:29 PMIdk, the cowboys seem to be alone at the bar and the FF is usually a double when there's an Intersection. Maybe they're just hanging out waiting at an Hours of Operation? If you were racing for 1M dollars, would you get yourself drunk (or at least somewhat intoxicated) for any non-race related task? I just can't see them drinking anything but water or soda even if they don't get drunk off that much beer. Also, note that the mugs are in the shape of boots so it's probably some sort of touristy thing that the bar is famous for. Even assuming they wanted a beer waiting at an hours of operation, it makes no sense to order a beer that big.Them being alone would make it seem more likely that it's FF. I gotta believe the teams get some airport bunching so them being alone makes it seem like they went for the FF. And it looks like they're trying to chug it down, which also makes it look like they're trying to rush through it.
Idk, the cowboys seem to be alone at the bar and the FF is usually a double when there's an Intersection. Maybe they're just hanging out waiting at an Hours of Operation?
[But if there's just a single-team FF then the Intersection stops working. After thinking about it, maybe that's part of the Detour (which probably comes after the Intersection and Roadblock)
It breaks my heart to see my moms getting eliminated. This is another time i felt the task are just so gender discrimination again.. almost all the girls who did it struggled with it.. but since Team Ellen Degeneres didn't struggle as badly as the moms.. i guessed the right technique is needed too. I really felt like crying.. after seeing them try so hard but still getting eliminated.
It was in the first commercial spot after the Intro I think...
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Sit Back And Flip Through The Photo Album Of Readers Who've Managed To Hang On To Their Hot Rods Through Thick And Thin.
There are a lot of firsts in life: first steps, first kiss, first drink with your dad, and, of course, first love. All of those are important landmarks in life, but for gearheads, they all take a back seat to the preeminent life-changing first of youth–your first car. It's the open road, it's responsibility, it's freedom, and it's the first time you get to be a real member of the hot rodding community. Sometimes your first isn't the car you really wanted. More often than not, it's a case of what is affordable, but in the end, that's not really what matters. The car itself isn't as important as the memories made in it.
Times change, styles change, and preferences change, but those memories are irreplaceable and your first car is a tangible link to that time in life before the real responsibilities of life become a reality. That's why people hang on to their first cars, sometimes ferreting them away for decades in spite of lean times or jibes from friends that it's not cool, practical, or will ever roll down the road under its own power again. Don't listen to those guys–they don't get it.
This is our salute to those who persevered and will never have to say, "Man, I wish I would have kept my first."
While looking through submissions, we did run across a couple of nonfirsts that we felt fit the vibe of the story, so we included them as well. After all, it's the story that makes the car important. As one entrant posited, "Sometimes there's a forgettable beater or two while you're working for the one that's really your first hot rod."
'32 Ford three-Window Coupe
Janel and Ken Suliga
Simi Valley, CA
On Christmas Eve 1964, Don Meyer brought home a full-fendered, chopped, '32 three-window coupe he purchased for $600. The car was dubbed Hoopie, as that was the exclamation his daughters, Janel and Paula, would yell when they heard it roaring up the alley behind their Canoga Park, California, home. In 1970, Don parked the '32, but little Janel continued to dream of taking Hoopie to her prom, and later to her wedding to Ken Suliga in 1982. Unfortunately, Hoopie remained tucked away until after Don passed many years later. In the spring of 2001, with her mother's blessing, Janel pulled the three-window out and had it running again in short order. Finally, Janel was behind the wheel of the hot rod from her childhood. For roughly a year and a half, the Suliga family enjoyed the coupe as it was while working out a plan to respectfully give the Deuce a facelift. "Hoopie is not just another hot rod," Ken notes. "It's an heirloom, a legacy, and a life story that took almost 45 years to play out."
'69 Dodge Charger
Carole and Steve Morrison
Simi Valley, CA
Here's to couples and their first hot rods together. Steve and Carole Morrison wanted a family hot rod, so they bought the Charger in rough shape back in 1991. "It was all over the road. I literally herded it down the freeway, and the first thing I changed when I got it home was the steering box," Steve says. With the headliner sagging and the heater barely functioning, Carole happily toted their daughters around in the Charger when they were young. She drove it for approximately a year and a half until the 383 ate the cam. As the president of Milodon (www.milodon.com) and a solid Mopar enthusiast, Steve couldn't just drop another 383 in–a 622hp wedge was the plan. Nearly four years of pondering paint chips passed before '94 Corvette Quasar Blue was chosen to be the new color, which unfortunately led to body shop purgatory, where the Charger remained for years. It was finally back on the road in 2007.
'68 Chevrolet Corvair
Claressa Brekke
Lakeland, FL
Not many people can claim that their first car was actually the car they came home from the hospital in. Claressa Brekke drives this yellow Corvair every day to school at Bartow High School, where it received the Coolest Car in the Parking Lot award. Claressa's parents, Jeff and Vicki, drove the car every day through 1993, when it was parked and refurbished by Jeff and his dad, Lloyd, at their business, Lloyd's Auto Restorations in Bartow, Florida. Claressa also received her first speeding ticket in the Corvair, which continues to be powered by the 172ci flat-six.
'36 Dodge Coupe
Richard F. Harris
Columbus, GA
Richard was 16 in 1965 and hoping for a '40 Ford or a '57 Chevy. Instead, he got a '36 Dodge coupe that needed a lot of work. Richard drove the coupe to school every day and then rebuilt the flathead-six over Christmas break. That summer, he dropped in a 215ci Olds V-8 with a '39 Ford trans build from leftover parts from his father's dragster. The Dodge sat idle from 1968 to 1972 while he served in the Air Force in Vietnam, but when he came home, he rebuilt it again–this time with a 283 Chevy, a four-speed, and a Corvair front end with a Pinto rack–plus spectacular gold metallic paint. Hey, it was the '70s. "This is not a high-dollar car," Richard says, "but one that was built by me in my garage. The only things I did not do [were] build the engine, trans, and the paint."
'52 Mercury M1
Gord Bredo
Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada
This '52 Mercury M1 was Gord Bredo's first. It also was his father's first truck, which he bought brand new. At 15, the beat-up work truck became Gord's, and he worked on it for a year to fix it up. Eventually, his interests changed and the M1 sat parked on the family farm for more than 20 years. In 2002, on the truck's 50th birthday, the farm was sold, leaving the decision: restore it or find it a new home. Gord couldn't leave the rusty family heirloom behind, so a full frame-off restoration began. The original frame was boxed, the rear swapped for a 9-inch Ford with 3.70 gears, the front suspension upgraded to a 2-inch-dropped Mustang II, and underhood is an LT1 backed by a six-speed. Unfortunately, Gord's father didn't see the restoration of his first truck, but his granddaughter did, and she hopes the truck will be hers one day.
'55 Chevrolet Bel Air
Dave Earle
Sopchoppy, FL
A visit to Dragway 42 in West Salem, Ohio, when he was 9 got the hot rodder's blood flowing in Dave. At 10, he got a paper route and mowed lawns to save up for his hot rod. At 13, he was working at the local A&W drive-in, and by 1975 at 15, he had saved $1,200–just enough for a retired '55 Bel Air race car he found in the local newspaper. It was love at first sight; not even the house paint stripes or custom "No Jive 55" lettering could deter him. The auto mechanics classes at Dave's high school helped him build a teenager's dream, complete with mag wheels, air shocks, and Thrush glasspacks. A local shop built the balanced 327 that Dave backed with a swap meet four-speed, which he says necessitated he become pretty proficient at swapping in junkyard rearends. That combo served him well for the next 20 years.
'64 Ford Fairlane
Cody Cook
Senatobia, MS
While helping his father build a '63 Galaxie convertible,Cody spotted a picture of Larry Short's Thunderbolt on a poster on the wall of the shop and informed his father that was the car he wanted. His dad smiled and let him know the real deal was out of the question, but a '64 Fairlane shouldn't be an issue. Three months later, they found a roller for $75 and had the starting point. With a basic 302, a T10 four-speed, and a fresh primer job, it was Cody's high school ride. Slick black paint came during junior year, and he even had his senior pictures taken with the 'lane. Later a 302 with Bennett Racing-prepared heads, a hot Lunati cam, and Hooker Super Comp headers was mated to a Tremec 3550 five-speed and a narrowed 8.8 rear from an Explorer. Cody has plenty of good memories over the past 21 years; he and his wife drove off from their wedding in it, and they joined us on the Power Tour together in 2007.
'68 Chevrolet Camaro
Chad Thompson
Brockport, PA
Sitting behind the wheel of his dad's '71 Road Runner and revving the engine at 6 years old hooked Chad. He tried to buy it when he turned 17 but was told it was too much car for a kid with a lead foot. So he set off to find his own and dragged home a rotting six-cylinder '68 Camaro with putty as far as the eye could see. The original plan was to get it ready in time for prom, but that would have meant slapping paint over problems, so Chad opted for a full resto. Buying parts and running out of money was his life for a while, and his buddies ragged him, saying the car would never be finished. Shiny paint finally came after college, and the new goal was to have it ready for his upcoming honeymoon. But a leaky carb prevented that as well. The car may have missed the prom and the honeymoon, but it's on the road now, and Chad has a wife and twin girls to enjoy it with.
'66 Corvette
John Crawford
Tucker, GA
Back in 1981, John was 17 years old and looking for his first car, when his dad found a '66 Corvette for sale. John, not knowing how to drive anything without a gear selector including the word park, took the four-speed, small-block Vette for a quick spin. The Vette easily chirped the 50-series BFGoodrich tires in all four gears. The Vette, $6,600 later, found a new home in John's parents' garage. Twenty-seven years, five motors (currently a Lamar Walden 462ci big-block), four transmissions, (currently a Tremec TKO 600), three rearends, one blue-to-red-color change, more tires than Carl Edwards used in his last three races, and more money on parts than the price of a new ZR-1 Corvette, John is still cruising it. He's occasionally pondered selling it, but his wife of 12 years, whom he met while cruising in the Vette, has assured their two boys, ages 3 and 5, that when they turn 16, they too will have the opportunity to cruise the streets in "daddy's race car."
'73 Dodge Dart
Dawson Hayes
La Fayette, GA
Dawson's been riding in this '73 Dodge his whole life and always wanted to drive it. His dad had bought it new, loaded with longitudinal stripes, a hoodscoop, side pipes, American Racing slots, a 318, and a three-speed, as well as some neat decals that said, "Stinger, By Marietta Dodge, Dodge Scat Pack." When Dawson turned 15, his dad turned over the keys and he drove it all through high school. Down the road a bit, Dawson built and installed a 360 that has evolved over time to propel the Dart to 7.97 in the eighth-mile and 7.37 with a 125 shot. Just like his father passed it to him, Dawson plans to pass the Dart on to his son, Caleb.
'58 Ford F-100
Colby Martin
Pomona, CA
When the fate of his grandfather's '58 F-100 was in limbo, Colby and his dad stepped up and rescued the truck. Colby's grandpa bought it back in 1962 to use as a push truck for his gas station/service shop in Altadena, California, and his father had even learned to drive in it. But after 36 years and numerous appearances in Hollywood productions as a set location (including the used car lot in the 2007 Transformers movie), the gas station was sold and thus the truck lost its job. After ditching the slot mags, wooden push bumper, CB radio, and towing mirrors, the body was restored, shaved, nosed, then dropped into the weeds with a Volare front clip. It's been 10 years and the black suede and Rat Fink Green paint is still holding up to the abuse of dry lakes, dragstrips, and L.A. bar hopping trips.
'68 Chevrolet Camaro
Mike Elmer
Kaysville, UT
When Mike was 12 years old, his dad promised him that when he achieved the level of Eagle Scout, he would get him a project car. By the time he was 13, Mike had earned a rusty six-cylinder '68 Camaro. The first iteration yielded a 327, but soon afterward an oval-port L88 427 with a TH350 and steep 4.88 gears in a 12-bolt went in. Wearing black primer, it went 12.14 at 114 mph at Bonneville Raceway. Mike had no problem sharing with his brothers Kris and Tim; in fact, Tim won a high school drag race in it. The Camaro went through high school and college with Mike and earned a rebuild. Kris and Mike handled the bodywork, and their dad rebuilt the 427 with an Isky cam, Dart Pro 1 heads, and Arias 7.9:1 pistons to complement the new 8-71 BDS blower. With 3.70 gears in the rear, Mike's hoping for mid-10s on pump gas when he gets it dialed in.
'38 Pontiac Silver Streak coupe
Dave Westerman
Old Hickory, TN
A slightly used '38 Pontiac Silver Streak coupe was the Westermans' first family car. Dave's dad bought it in 1941 and drove it as a traveling salesman until 1950, then passed it on to his wife when he got a new '50 Pontiac coupe. Dave bought it from them in 1960 for the princely sum of $150. But when Dave went off to school in 1962, his dad got tired of seeing it rot in the yard and sold it to a local rodder, who let it languish for several years. Dave lost track of it in the '70s after moving from Kentucky to Tennessee. In 1990 he was gassing up his six-banger '59 Chevy Biscayne at Union Hill dragstrip, when a guy inquired why in the world he would build a six for his hot rod. Dave told him about the Pontiac, and the man told him a pal of his had recently passed on to that great Autorama in the sky, leaving behind a '38 Pontiac coupe. It had been street-rodded in the '70s, but Dave positively identified it as his first car and couldn't get his checkbook out fast enough.
'67 Ford Mustang
Jeff Billings
Brentwood, TN
In June 1980, while he was a juniorin high school, Jeff purchased his Mustang convertible. After a cosmetic restoration, it became his daily driver for the next six years as he finished high school and then attended Florida State University.While at FSU, he met his future wife, Robin, and they had their first date in the Mustang.It was also while at FSU that Jeff named the car Renegade, after the horse the Seminoles' mascot rides on. After he and Robin got married in 1986, Renegade went into storage, whereit remained until 2000, when the Shelbification began. It now runs a 5.0 with Air Flow Research heads, an Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, a Holley 670 carb, and a Ford B-303 cam. Now Jeff enjoys taking Robin and their two sons, Greg and Robbie, to local cruise-ins and shows.Jeff tells us, "Every time I fire it up, it's like I'm 17 again."
'67 Chevrolet Chevelle
Craig Will
Glen Allen, NJ
Craig could write a book about the adventures he's had in his car. He was in high school in 1977 when he acquired it in a trade that only ended up costing him $50. It was a plain Jane with a 250ci six, a Powerglide, and no upgrades, save the bucket seats. Since that day, there have been three incarnations: primer black with a junkyard 350 and four-speed that expired shortly after returning from a Key West road trip, a frame-off resto in 1982 using a tree in the backyard, and another in 1985 (the same tree plus a snow plow) after it was stolen and totaled. The Chevelle was Craig's daily driver for many years before it finally received a decent paint job in 1991. Besides the joy of building and driving his dream car, now beautifully restored with a 427 and a lot of factory options, Craig tells us it's the memories and friendships made because of the Chevelle that are the most priceless. Today it's still driven regularly–to the delight of his wife, whom he met because of the car.
'71 Ford Torino GT
Greg Pettit
Denton, TX
Since he bought this '71 Torino GT in high school back in 1987, Greg saysit's been through countless engines–from a 302 with a two-barrel carb to the current 545ci stroker he and his brother built. All the work on the car over the years has been performed by Greg, his brother, and his friends. With a mini-tubbed rear, a Strange rearend with a Detroit locker, Moser axles, and 3.89 gears helping plant the Torino's bulk, the 11.9:1, pump gas 545 has propelled it to a best of 10.12 at 132, despiteweighing 4,300 pounds with Greg at the wheel and still retaining A/C.
'72 Chevrolet Chevelle
Graham Chase
West Hartford, CT
Graham bought his '72 Chevelle when he was 19; he's 55 now. Originally it had a 307 paired with a Powerglide; now it has a much more fun 350 and four-speed combo. It wasn't much trouble for Graham to re-create the vintage photo of himself with the Chevelle, since his parents still live in the same house where that shot was taken 36 years ago.
'68 Plymouth Barracuda
Eric Marcoccio
Dracut, MA
The earliest memory Eric has of his grandfather is riding next to him in the center of the bench seat of his '68 Barracuda. He bought it new and it was later passed down to Eric's mother. The car bounced around the family for a while but was eventually given back to his grandfather. Having spent most of its life as a daily commuter in salty Massachusetts, it was given a quickie resto, and Eric's grandfather continued to drive it until Eric's 16th birthday when he passed it to him, fulfilling a promise he had made when Eric was very young. Eric's first solo trip was to high school the day he got his license. A lot of quality father/son bonding time was spent rebuilding the original 318 and performing general maintenance, which is what Eric says he cherishes most. Though it's currently in a 15-year hiatus, Eric plans to get it back on the road as soon as money allows.
'76 Pontiac Trans Am Limited Edition
Brandon J. Atkins
Louisville, KY
Three days after Christmas, 15-year-old Brandon's best present arrived: his $2,500 TA from Michigan. Autotrader Online led him to this rare, 1 of 533, limited-edition, '76 Trans Am with T-tops and a 400. It was his daily driver until he was 19, despite several mechanics advising him it was unsafe, thanks to northern salt destroying the rear framerails. Eventually, it was parked and sat for a few years until Brandon was able to begin a fullresto in 2006. The 400 was rebuilt and topped with an Edelbrock intake and '72 Pontiac heads, and the TH350 was swapped out for a Muncie four-speed. The chassis got Hotchkis 2-inch-drop springs, subframe connectors, and a new subframe.
'67 Ford Mustang
Tommy Moore
Lancaster, CA
The before picture shows Tommy's fastback as it looked for a senior year car show in 1977; note the Shelby mags with Posi Traction L60-14s, custom blue paint with black "hi-lites," and the side pipes. It had a 390 with Cyclone headers and a 3310 Holley to begin with but was soon a 454ci FE with Hi-Riser heads. "I used to tell guys it was a `60-over 390,'" Tommy says, "but few knew I meant 60 ci over. That setup was good for 11.60s without working it hard at all." The rearend was shortened and the spring perches moved and mated with the main leaf from a Chevy Blazer. It all worked well, and the car hooked and went straight. Today, it's a Chris Alston Pro Gas chassis with the same engine but enhanced with Edelbrock heads and a Hampton 8-71–a gift from his wife for their 10th anniversary.
'32 Ford Tudor
Ron Buzdas
Placerville, CA
This Deuce has occupied Ron's garage for the last 48 years. He purchased the Tudor with $150 of hard-earned paper route money in 1960. Ron sprayed the McMullen roadster-inspired flames around 1978, and it's earned all its paint chips and patina through tons of memories and thousands upon thousands of miles of fun and service. Over the years, Ron and his '32 have been together through way too many adventures to fully list: many girlfriends, driving Fuel Dragsters and Fuel Altereds, racing motorcycles, one war, one marriage, one divorce, one daughter, one granddaughter, and on, and on. The adventures will keep coming, too–Ron's already planning the celebration for their 50th anniversary together.
'39 Ford Deluxe Coupe
Bob Hanstra
Lafayette, IN
The first and only hot rod for Bob is a '39 Ford Deluxe coupe he bought as just a body and frame with a straight axle in 1973 when he was 16. The coupe was an old drag racer from the '60s called the Blue Angel, which was painted on the sides. It even still had stickers on the windshield from Bunker Hill Dragway in northern Indiana. Over the next couple of years, with the help of some buddies, Bob dropped in a 327ci Chevy, a Muncie four-speed, a 12-bolt rearend, some old Pontiac bucket seats, got it painted orange, and started driving it to high school. A few years later, a 4-71 Cragar blower led to a "showing off" accident and a sideswiped parked car, but Bob repaired the coupe and he and his wife drove away from their wedding in it in 1983. These days, it's undergoing another, more extensive resto to get it ready for Power Tour. Bob assures us the same supercharged 327 will still be in it.
'69 Dodge Charger
Robert Gross
Arlington, TX
Robert found his first car with its windows rolled down sitting on four flat tires in a driveway under a tree. He and his friends would ride their bikes down the street past it and say "Man, look at that old Mopar." Even back then, they knew it was a cool car. It was for sale one weekend during a garage sale for $500; Robert talked the owner down to $450. It became his daily driver for work and college during the '80s and '90s, but Robert treated the Charger well. Twenty-six years later, it's still in the as-found condition with original paint. Only the carpet and seat covers have been changed, and the 318 was traded only a few years after he got it for a "much more fun" 440, as Robert puts it. "I can think of many of my friends who would have literally destroyed this car had they owned it back then."
'65 AMC Rambler Classic 770 Wagon
John Black
Terre Haute, IN
A summer of farm work earned 13-year-old John the $650 asking price–aided by $100 from his grandfather–to pick up a '64,000-mile '65 Rambler Classic 770 station wagon. An elderly gent had been using the 232 six-cylinder AMC to haul buckets of coal for his garage stove. John drove it all through high school and some in college, but by 2000 the trans was starting to slip, and it was parked for several years. What was supposed to be a simple tranny extraction for a rebuild turned into a full amateur restoration with an engine rebuild, a new brake system, interior work, and a roller'd Rustoleum paint job, la the "$98 Paint Job" (July '07). "All my life I heard my dad and his friends' `should have never got rid of that' stories," John says. "I guess they sank in; I have had the Rambler for 17 years and I'm only 30."
'30 Ford Tudor Sedan
Adam Brown
Edgewood, KY
He probably should have seen it coming, since he was building a '30 Ford Tudor in the garage, but when Adam's dad asked him what he wanted for his first car, Adam said he wanted a street rod of his own so they could drive to shows together. Early one morning, Adam's dad woke him up and said, "Let's go get you a car." Sitting on an old guy's back porch was his five-window Model A. That was 12 years ago, and they just finished. Patience paid off, though. Highlights on the sharp Aare the 3-inch chop, suicide doors, and '32 Ford dash, gas tank, and grille shell. For driveability, the A sits on a Brookville Roadster frame with a TCI chrome dropped axle with stainless hairpins up front and a TCI four-bar with a 9-inch in the rear. It may have taken all their spare time and money, but Adam and his father can say with pride that they did all of the work themselves other than the flames and interior.
'74 Pontiac LeMans
Bryan D. Crone
Adrian, MI
The keys to a Buccaneer Red '73 Trans Am were traded for this '74 LeMans because Bryan's dad was afraid he'd eventually start racing and hurt himself in the TA. How ironic. Originally, the LeMans belonged to Bryan's mother, but it was given to him as a high school graduation gift in 1977. Nowadays, with a Pontiac 542 capable of propelling the 4,000-pound all-steel LeMans to 9.91 at 132 on the engine, it's still street legal, has all the original interior components (even the AM-only radio), and power steering. There are a few minor dings and ripples, but that's the original Admiralty Blue paint. Now Bryan says it's power-adder time. Once he upgrades the six-point 'cage and adds a two-stage NOS Big Shot, he's anticipating high 8s.
'34 Ford Victoria
Bob Lash
St. George, KS
Bob bought his '34 Ford Victoria in the spring of 1954 with $35 of hard-earned paper route money and has owned it since. But that's not where the history began. The Vicky is the first car Bob rode in back in 1936 and the first car he ever drove in 1949. His dad had actually purchased the Vicky new, and it served as the family car until 1949 when it was traded in for a new Ford. Bob tracked it down five years later and brought it back home. Over the years, the car has had lots of driveline and engine combos, including a 0.030-over 265 Chevy with three two-barrels on a Sharp 3×2 manifold, Jahns 11:1 pistons, and a Duntov cam. Bob ruled the streets in northeast Kansas from 1957 until the early '60s and won more than 100 trophies at the drags. Currently, it runs a near-stock 283 and a Saginaw four-speed. It seems there's a tradition developing in the Lash household: Bob's son in 1972 and first grandson in 1998 also took their first rides home in the Vicky. That's three generations, seven decades, and counting.
'66 Chevrolet II
Tara Bush
Longwood, FL
At 16, Tara happened on a shiny-black '66 Chevy II in a grocery store parking lot with a for sale sign, but $3,500 was a fortune at that time. She decided she could work hard to pay it off, but it was too late-it was already sold. A few months later, on her 17th birthday, Tara's mom surprised her; she was the one who had bought the '66. Tara showed the Nova every weekend and claims that going to shows and taking care of the Chevy II kept her out of teenage trouble. Twenty-three years later, not much has changed; the 194ci sixer has been detailed, the custom interior was changed to the original, the paint has been touched up, and the factory A/C still needs to be reinstalled.
'72 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu
Tyler Osborne
Bushnell, IL
This '72 Chevelle Malibu 350 was purchased new by Tyler's great-grandfather, and it was passed on to him to restore. The car was completely gutted down to the frame and rebuilt with a new 330hp GM crate engine with headers and Flowmasters to give it the right sound. It has a new interior, paint, and 15-inch American Racing wheels and is now Tyler's daily driver, except during the snowy, salty winter months.
'55 Ford Mainline
Roger Filips
Hartington, NE
Roger's father bought this Mainline new at Miller Ford in Hartington. Young Roger learned to drive in it and took it daily to school. At the time, he wished his dad had opted for a '55 Chevy, but he quickly began to appreciate the uniqueness of the Mainline. A recent six-year home garage resto is nearly complete, and Roger has upgraded it with a Camaro subframe and a 388ci EFI'd stoker with Vortec heads paired with a 700R4 and a 9-inch rear. Jeff says, "I designed it to be driven and for having fun. It excels at both."
'56 Chevrolet 210 4dr Sedan
Jeff Bell
Rockford, MI
This sedan has been a part of Jeff's life since he was 16, when $572 worth of lawn mowing money rescued it from Dokes Used Cars in French Lick, Indiana. The 235 sixer and three-on-the-tree soon left for a 350 and a Muncie four-speed with a 12-bolt Posi from a totaled '69 Camaro. The '76 Corvette Silver with GM white it still wears was sprayed on July 4, 1980, and other than a recent 383 stroker, the mods stopped 29 years ago-but the memories keep coming. Jeff left his wedding in it, and he takes his three kids cruising and to shows in it regularly.
'70 Mach 1 Mustang
Brett Lewis
West Chester, OH
Brett drove this 351W-equipped Mach 1 every day for years until it became unsafe due to frame issues. Marriage and kids kept it parked for the next 15 years, but with help from his dad, it was resurrected in 2005 and reinstated as a family cruiser. The rehab job included a fresh 351 with '95 Cobra heads, roller rockers, a Pertronix-updated distributor, a Holley Street Avenger carb, Hedman headers, a Flowmaster exhaust, and a set of 17-inch Coy wheels.
'64 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS
Garry Bowlds
Owensboro, KY
This 300hp 327ci/Powerglide '64 Chevelle Malibu SS became 16-year-old Garry's first in 1974 with 86,000 miles on it. The Desert Beige father/son project came home on the other end of a chain. For grins, they decided to see if they could get the engine to fire. Garry dropped the clutch at 35 mph, and unbelievably, it smoked to life and ran. Of course, it only lasted for a week before locking up, so an engine rebuild was added to the list. The car had fresh Corvette gold lacquer and a black rolled and pleated interior, and since Garry had a penchant for driving fast, his dad gave him the CB handle Gold Rush. Garry went everywhere in it until it was eventually parked in 1981. The Chevelle survived 10 moves and a divorce, but the elements were not so kind. In 1998, the second father/son restoration began. Now 34 years later, Garry and his dad have taken it to several car shows and plan to join the Power Tour soon.
'68 Chevrolet Camaro
Jim Chesnutt
Appleton, WI
Jim bought his '68 Camaro in 1986 while stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. It had Z/28 stripes but was only a clapped-out sixer with a Powerglide. No matter-within a few weeks Jim had it tuned enough to do a one-wheel peel-as long as the nose was pointed uphill. A 350/four-speed soon took its place, which Jim says was good for many late-night blasts down twisty backroads. The Camaro went into hibernation when Jim joined the Army and basically sat until 2002, when he finally dropped in a 454/TH400 combo and fell in love with big-block torque. Two years later, he stepped up to a GMPP 502, a TH400 with a Gear Vendor's over/underdrive and a Moser 12-bolt. "Both friends and family kept telling me, 'Get rid of that car' and 'You'll never get that thing running,' since it sat for so many years," Jim says. "Now they're almost afraid to ride in it-all except for my wife; she loves to drive it."
'68 Chevrolet Camaro
Christopher B. Knight
Kingsport, TN
There's a lot of history in Christopher's '68 Camaro: "I took my driving test for my license in this car my senior year of high school, it took me to college, my wife and I dated in it, and 25 years later, my two daughters get picked up from school on occasion in daddy's hot rod," he tells us. On top of that, over the years it's been totaled twice and repaired after being hit by drunk drivers. In 1997, Christopher finally began a ground-up restoration. With help from family and friends, everything except welding in the rear quarters and applying the Dark Amethyst Pearl Metallic paint happened in the basement garage of his house. It now has a 355 small-block with aluminum heads, a Performer RPM intake, a Holley Street Avenger carburetor, an MSD ignition, and a Flowmaster exhaust. Behind that is a TH350 followed by the original 2.73-geared rearend.
'69 Chevrolet Camaro
Rick Hartpence
Tonganoxie, KS
Originally, Rick's '69 Camaro had a TH350 when he got it in August 1986, right before his sophomore year, but he wanted a four-speed…badly. His dad made the mistake of telling him they'd swap in a stick when the auto died. Long story short, the auto just wouldn't die-and there certainly wasn't a lack of trying on Rick's part. The Camaro was his daily driver until 1991 without losing the trans. Since then, it's had everything from a 305 to a stout 402 between the framerails, and the original 12-bolt has had 3:08s, 4:11s, and even 4:56s. Currently, Rick has a TPI 350 from a '92 Z28 and (finally) a T5 trans.
'66 Ford Galaxie 500
SSgt Bobby Rusley
Bossier City, LA
This '66 Galaxie 500 has been through a lot with Bobby over the last 11 years. His father passed on the keys to his first car to him in May 1996. In the summer of 1998, he wrecked it while admiring another car. It was returned to better-than-before condition, just in time to be sideswiped by a school bus one cold, snowy, winter morning. Despite two heartaches in a row, Bobby and his dad buckled down and rerestored the Galaxie better than ever. A couple years later, Bobby's Army signing bonus provided for a fresh 390 FE with an Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, a Holley Street Avenger 870 double-pumper, 390 GT heads fitted with 428 CJ valves, pop-up pistons, Hooker Super-Comp Headers, a well-prepped C6 trans, and 4:11 gears for the rear-which Bobby's dad in enjoying while Bobby is stationed overseas.
'71 Chevrolet Camaro
Brad LaFlamme
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Still the proud owner of the '71 Camaro he bought, with his parent's help, on September 7, 1977, for $1,500, Brad's been on a constant search for more speed since he got out of college. Thirty-one years, several engines, and a few paint jobs later, Brad is now bracket racing the Camaro with the Ontario Nostalgic Drag Racers (ONDR) with a pump-gas-friendly 582ci Shafiroff big-block that's putting 592 hp and 608 lb-ft to the wheels through a TH400 trans with a Coan 4,000-stall converter. That took him as fast as 10.49 at 130 mph with the stock 10-bolt and 3.23 gears. Looking for lower e.t.'s and 60-foot times, Brad has just completed a Ford 9-inch swap with 4.30 gears and a Gear Vendors over/underdrive.
'67 Chevelle SS396
Dave Ungaro
Philadelphia, PA
A big-block '67 Chevelle-what more could a kid ask for? Dave Ungaro's '67 Chevelle SS396 is an ex-drag car that his brother, C.J, bought as his first car from their cousin in 1981. Dave bought it from C.J. in 1983 when he was 15 after selling his go-kart for $220 and then making payments by washing dishes. The hairy tunnel-rammed 350 was traded for a milder small-block with Tri-power for better street manners, but Dave kept the Muncie four-speed and 5.13:1 gears and drove it daily to high school. It became a secondary car during college, which allowed him and his brother to drop in a tunnel-rammed big-block. Eventually, Dave and C.J. took it full circle and returned the Chevelle to the track for heads-up racing at Atco in New Jersey.
'67 Chevelle
Dave Werner
Egg Harbor, NJ
There weren't any patch panels available in 1985 when 15-year-old Dave and his dad were patching up a rusty, $500 '67 Chevelle-it was all hand-hammered pieces of sheetmetal and pop rivets under the DuPont Diamond Black Lucite. It was Dave's only transportation for many years, until a careless backer put a long gash down side of it in his college parking lot. From then on, a '66 Corvair served beater duty while the repaired Chevelle came out for dating, cruising, and street racing, with occasional trips to Atco and Englishtown. It ran low 14s in original form and 13s, 12s, then 11s with various engine, convertor, trans, and rear changes. Presently, it's a mild 383 and a proshifted Doug Nash five-speed and a 4.11 combo with Chris Alston ladder bars and coilovers. While it's been mostly car shows and cruise nights lately, Dave says the next step is twin turbos to liven things up a bit.
'68 Impala SS
Dean and Bryan Engelbrecht
Bloomington, IL
"I remember the day I got it, December 5, 1971, like it was yesterday," Dean says. "We paid $1,200 for it with 20,000 miles." Four years later, Dean told his parents he was taking the engine to have it overhauled; they were surprised when he returned with 11:1 pistons, LT1 heads, an Edelbrock Torker intake, a Holley 780 carb, and Hooker headers. Dean drove it until 1986 when it was stored on his Dad's farm until 1995. He trailered it home, since his son, Bryan, would soon be 16 and he'd promised him the Impala. By then, the rear quarters were so bad a chunk of one was lying on the trailer bed by the time he got it home. After paint and body and a new set of heads on the same 327, the Imp got to be a first car all over again.
'63 Olds F-85 Cutlass
Don McAtee
St. Louis, Mi
"I got my driver's license in this car at age 16, drove it to the prom, and went on my first date and my first camping trip with my girlfriend (now wife). I'm now 47, and this car is never going to leave the family." Now that's history. Don restored the Olds from the ground up over the last 17 years and finally completed it last summer. It has the original 215ci aluminum V-8, but the automatic has been replaced with a four-speed and tach console.
'66 Chevelle SS396
Bruce Clem
Clearwater, FL
Nearly all the options were checked off on this Danube Blue '66 Chevelle SS 396 that Bruce purchased with his girlfriend (now wife) way back in 1968 when he was 18. It's an original L-78 with the 375hp 396ci engine, K-66 transistor ignition, Cowl-Plenum air cleaner assembly, M-22 trans, posi, bench seat, and all the interior goodies, including am/fm stereo multiplex with four speakers. Believe it or not, it's still numbers matching and has only covered 59,850 miles.
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Maple Grove, MN
In 10th grade, Greg purchased his '57 with a new interior for $400. The old 283 and three-speed came out and a 327 with a four-speed went in; leaded premium was only 42c at the time. That was good for 12.90s every weekend, until the local strips closed down. The screamin' yellow enamel came in 1976, the same year Greg got married. "My wife loved the car -oh, if that back seat could talk…" Eventually, family priorities saw the '57 get parked from 1987 until 2001, when Greg decided to get it back in shape, but intact as his high school car. He freshened up critical stuff-suspension, disc brakes, steering, and so on-but the top side, drivetrain, and interior were kept as they were.
'40 Chevrolet Master Deluxe coupe
Mike Cozad
Wichita KS
Mike's dad's response to his request for a car was "Save your money and don't forget the insurance." All Mike could afford was $100, which he spent on a 51K-mile '40 Chevy Master Deluxe coupe. He sanded the car nights and weekends for three months, then hired a body shop to straighten the fenders and apply classy Honduras Maroon. He split the manifold with 12-inch glasspacks and immediately received his first ticket for loud noise. The engine gave up within a year, so in went a fresh 283 V-8, followed later by a 300hp 327 with a Muncie four-speed and 4.11 gears. Mike had a blast street dragging it and outrunning his dad in his Tri-power, four-speed, '66 GTO. Family life back-burnered the coupe's progress for a few decades, but Mike continued to drive it on nice days, even as the paint and drivetrain aged with him. Fast-forward to today and the '40 is finally getting a full refresh, so Mike can have many more years of enjoyment with it on the road.
'68 Ford Mustang
Mike Gast
Maize, KS
One hundred dollars was all it took for Mike to get his '68 Sprint 6 Mustang-though it did have a cracked block and head. A low-mile salvage yard six got it back on the road-and the track. It wasn't really fast on the straights, but Mike held his own on the corners and even passed a few V-8s, thanks to his cornering speed. At the '86 Tulsa Mid-America Shelby convention, Mike and the Mustang were photographed and featured in a Mustang magazine in August 1987. Somehow, one of those pics from that track day was also used on a Mustang trading card-No. 87 of 100 cards. The Mustang has been parked since 1994, but Mike's pondering two potential V-8 transplants soon; either a 351 Cleveland or an aluminum-headed 351 Windsor.
'71 Olds 442
Mike Keutzer
Denver, CO
Mike was about 14 when he realized what was parked in his brother-in-law's garage. He immediately asked if he could buy the car when he turned 16. Since 442s were a dime a dozen at the time, the answer was yes. Two years later, Mike was the proud owner of a bittersweet '71 Olds 442. His dad bought a new set of snow tires for the upcoming winter in Estes Park, Colorado, which didn't actually see the first winter, as all of the rubber was quickly melted onto the pavement. "I'm not sure how we survived the high school days," Mike says, "but we all had a good time. I'm also unsure how I've managed to avoid any tickets in the 4-Mobile, but there were plenty of times when the officer simply told me, 'Mike, go home or your mom is getting a call.'"
'72 Javelin AMX
Patrick Hull
Eagle Lake, MN
The Javelin AMX became Patrick's in 1983 at the ripe old age of 16, purchased from a couple who was moving and had one too many vehicles. For $325 he had his choice between the Javelin and a Dodge Colt. It was a no-brainer. The 360 was Patrick and his girlfriend's first engine rebuild back in 1985, and it remains stock except for a mild cam and Holley 650 carb. The 727 TorqueFlite, rebuilt at the same time, is also stock, save a B&M shift kit. Currently, the Javelin is Dodge Jamaica Blue, but it's soon to be resprayed the original Jolly Green-hopefully in time for the '09 Power Tour.
'67 Pontiac LeMans
Randy Lewis
Weston, MO
Bought new in 1966, this '67 Pontiac LeMans was the Lewis family car until 1973, when it was handed down to Randy's brother, Rodney. In 1976, it was Randy's turn. The 326 was pulled to be rebuilt and the two-speed auto was changed for a three-speed manual with a Hurst shifter. With fresh paint and a new set of Cragars, it was ready. It was Randy's daily driver until 1979, when he bought a new Camaro. However, it didn't replace the LeMans, and Randy continued to drive it regularly-he still does. With a new set of Intro wheels and a 1.5-inch lowered stance, Randy joined us on the '08 Power Tour(r) and may be back for more. "It's a continuing work in progress, and the plan is to hand it down to my 16-year-old son, Joshua," Randy says, "but not now. Maybe when he is 40, because I'm still having fun with it."
'47 Ford Convertible
Rick Butler
Carson City, MI
First purchased in 1953 as a second vehicle for Rick's mom to drive, the '47 was passed on to Rick's oldest brother, Tom, who drove it to high school from 1956 to 1959. It was passed on to the next oldest brother, Jerry, who drove it until 1962. By the time it was Rick's turn in 1967, winter roads and lots of hot rodding had taken their toll. After getting the flathead running, patching the rust with sheetmetal and tar, and a quick repaint, the '47 was good for 16.5 at the local dragstrip with Offy heads and intake and was Rick's ride until graduating high school in 1969. After that, it sat neglected until 1980, when Rick decided to give it a full resto and excise all the rust, tar, and Bondo. It's now in better shape than ever with a Nova subframe and Marine 350 engine with a B&M street blower. Rick has two sons who want the car but says as long as he can still handle the extra horsepower, it's staying with him.
'78 Ford Mustang II
Robert Small
Bend, OR
His father's Mustang II became his graduation present in 1986, mainly because Robert "tore it all up." While enrolled in auto shop classes in high school in 1984, Robert yanked the four-banger in his dad's little coupe and dropped in a 302 and C4 trans, which he street raced and drove throughout his high school years and college. It has been rebuilt and parked a few times over the last 20 years since-but never neglected. The Orange Crate, as it's known, has been stripped down and repainted the original Tangerine and now has a four-speed trans with a warmed-up 302. Robert and his wife, Shari, are now in their forties with two little girls, a car payment, and a mortgage, so buying performance parts, wheels, and tires has evolved into buying shoes, clothes, and school supplies for the girls. But he tells us there's still something special about firing up the Mustang and going out for the evening.
'63 Ford Galaxie 500 XL
Scott Bergkamp
Salina, KS
The first rebuild of Scott's '63 Galaxie 500 XL was through a teenager's eye to get it ready for high school; looking good with loud pipes was priority, we'd guess. It did end up with cast-iron headers, 428 CJ cam, and an Edelbrock four-barrel carb on the 390, however. Scott put it in storage during college and then built a street rod after he graduated, which resulted in the Galaxie only recently coming back out. This time it'll get a real resto to even better than its former glory, now that he's no longer a teenager and has a better idea of how to do things right.
'67 Chevelle SS 396
Steve Acquino
Lock Haven, PA
On his 18th birthday in 1972, Steve's mom surprised him with a Marina Blue '67 Chevelle SS 396. Unfortunately, the big-block had been installed in a G/MP race car, so Steve got a 300hp 327-but it did still have the factory M-22 and 4.10 gears. Many years and many speed parts later, the 327 went away and a 427ci, 435hp big-block from a '68 Impala SS replaced it. Currently, the Chevelle has 46k original miles, as it sat in storage for many years while Steve raised a family. Actually, it was his son who urged him to get the car out of mothballs and back on the road. They've already restored a '74 Triumph Spitfire together, and the Chevelle will be another great father/son garage bonding experience for them.
'62 Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Coupe
Tim Runyan
Summitville, IN
In the fall of 1980, Tim's dad passed a used car lot with a '62 Chevrolet Bel Air sport coupe. It was nothing fancy, but at $800, the price was right. So at the age of 15, it became Tim's. The 235 in-line-six was tired, the brakes were shot, and the radiator leaked, which was perfect, since Tim's dad was a mechanic and wanted his son to learn how to work on things for himself. Together, they rebuilt the inline, gave it a new clutch, brakes, and his dad's favorite feature: a split exhaust manifold with dual glasspacks. After finishing engineering school, Tim updated the driveline to the current 327 small-block with ported double-hump heads, a Carter AFB carb, and Cyclone headers. The three-speed gave way to an M-21 four-speed. Career, a family, and a mortgage have slowed down further progress, but Tim's new garage is finally finished and it's time to start wrenching again.
'70 Chevelle
Tony Zulkowski
Newark, DE
Ever since he spotted his first '70 SS 454 LS-6 Chevelle at a car show when he was 12, Tony knew he had to have one. He saved his allowance and lunch money until he was 16 and started cutting lawns for 12 to 14 hours a day, six days a week for $2.50 a lawn. By the end of that summer, Tony had saved $4,000. An Auto Trader wanted ad finally united him with his Chevelle-a white with black stripes, 396 SS with F41 suspension and a black bucket seat and console interior. The guy who owned it took Tony around the block in it and asked if he would like to drive it. Once in the driver's seat, Tony instantly roasted the tires. Tony picked up the car on January 2, 1988, and drove it every day for about two years, until the wear and tear and rust and rot finally caught up. It's been in resto limbo for 20 years, but it's getting close now with an 852hp, 580ci big-block that should be good for the 9s.
'64 Nova SS
Jim Caruso
Devore, CA
A "little old lady from Pasadena" was reportedly the previous owner of Jim's '64 Nova SS when he picked it up at a car lot in 1984. The car spent many years in primer with junkyard motors and seats that had no upholstery as Jim learned how to build a hot rod. In 1994, it finally got fresh blue paint and a four-speed Muncie, thanks to Jim's father. In 2003, Jim decided to turn it into a dedicated drag car. Currently with a 434ci small-block, a single carb, and a five-speed built by his father, the Nova has run a best eighth-mile of 5.79 seconds at 118 and quarter-mile times in the 9.30s at 146 mph-and Jim says it's capable of running in the 8s. That's quite impressive for a naturally, 3,205-pound stick car.
It's Not All Past Tense!
While it's great to read about those who've kept their cars for a lifetime of stories and adventures, we'd be remiss if we didn't end with a couple of young gearheads following the same path. Their stories read much like all the previous ones, which is the most inspiring part. There is a next generation that'll be building its own hot rods and gaining all the priceless life experience and lessons that go hand in hand. And you know what? We'd be willing to bet they'll still have them 30 years down the road as well.
'66 Ford Mustang
Theron Rettig
Spencer, IA
An avid muscle car enthusiast, 15-year-old Theron Rettig has just secured what will be his first hot rod. Last July, Theron's parents found a complete '66 Mustang for only $1,200–it even came with an extra 289 and trans. The Rettigs had a family trip to California planned, but to Theron's surprise and delight, they sacrificed the trip to purchase his first car. Once they got it home, it only took a little wire-patching a new set of battery cables for the 289 to fire. "It sent chills down my spine," Theron tells. "When I first took her out, it was the ride of my life. I'm so glad my parents did what they did, and I thank them almost every day."
'79 Chevrolet Camaro
Zach Pacholke
Bay City, MI
A long summer of washing dishes in his uncle's restaurant helped Zach finally raise enough cash to get his first car. At 14, he's now the proud owner of a '79 Camaro project car, which he's already begun stripping down for restoration. Not only did he buy it himself, Zach says he plans on doing all the work himself and buying all the parts. "My car is a big part of my life and is a project that will stay with me for a long time," he says. Kudos to you for taking the responsibility, Zach. The more of yourself you invest, the more you'll appreciate the finished car.


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So for May 2014
First and foremost, the Vancouver Postcard Club's annual Paper and Collectables Show and Sale is this Sunday, May 25 at the Hastings Community Centre in Vancouver. See more info on the Club's website: http://vancouverpostcardclub.ca/?p=747
And one more for this weekend - The Maple Ridge Museum will be at the Bandstand in Memorial Peace Park tomorrow for the year's first outing of "History Goes to Market! Celebrating the museum's 40th anniversary along with the Haney Farmer's Market's 10th anniversary. Rain or shine! 9 am to 2 pm: http://www.haneyfarmersmarket.org/
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A Cake Bakes in Brooklyn. Some will be astonished that I follow a 'baking' blog, but really, there's lots of history there. And I always learn something. This article is about Matrimony Cake, almost what we call "Matrimonial Bars' but it does look different. Love the instruction to "Cook till mushy". So romantic, eh! http://www.acakebakesinbrooklyn.com/2014/05/say-i-do-to-matrimony-cake.html
Price Tags, Gordon Price's blog - thought provoking articles, mainly to do with Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where I live. Lots of views on local transit and transportation, for instance - makes me excitable! but here's a good news, feel good, making a difference example about a new community garden area in Vancouver.
Transformation: A Garden in Mount Pleasant written by Scot Bathgate: http://pricetags.wordpress.com/2014/05/23/transformation-a-garden-in-mount-pleasant
Roedde House. Visit this charming home in downtown Vancouver for Tea and a Tour and/or attend one of the Sunday concerts or a Jazz evening: http://www.roeddehouse.org/en/activities/cultural-activities/cultural-activities-xba
Vancouver Heritage Foundation's Heritage Home Tour is on June 1, 2014, Visit 11 remarkable homes. Get your tickets now: http://www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/
And you knew I'd sneak in some genealogy, right?
Nancy H Vest at Keeping Grandma Alive…and all the others, too has reviewed a new mystery, Hiding the Past: A Genealogical Crime Mystery by Nathan Dylan Goodwin. She liked it, and I'm sure I will too. It's almost on my reader now. (Apparently I needed to update Kindle. Another to-do for today. DONE!)


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National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden warned of the dangers of unchecked government surveillance Wednesday in a televised Christmas message to the British people.
Speaking directly into the camera from Moscow, where he took refuge after leaking vast troves of information on NSA spying, Snowden said government surveillance methods surpass those described in Orwells dystopic novel 1984.
The types of collection in the book microphones and video cameras, TVs that watch us are nothing compared to what we have available today. We have sensors in our pockets that track us everywhere we go, he said. Think about what this means for the privacy of the average person.
The brief video was Snowdens first television appearance since he fled possible prosecution in the United States and arrived in Moscow in June. It came days after The Washington Post published an extensive account of Snowdens comments during more than 14 hours of interviews.
In The Post interview, Snowden said he had succeeded in spawning the debate he sought by bringing the extent of surveillance by the U.S. and British governments to light.
The missions already accomplished, he said. I already won. As soon as the journalists were able to work, everything that I had been trying to do was validated. Because, remember, I didnt want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.
Snowden echoed those sentiments Wednesday, saying he sees an opportunity to find a better balance, end mass surveillance and remind the government that if it really wants to know how we feel, asking is always cheaper than spying.
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A federal judge ruled this month that NSA collection methods are probably unconstitutional, describing them as almost Orwellian.
In June, federal prosecutors charged Snowden with theft, unauthorized communication of national defense information and willful communication of classified communications intelligence information to an unauthorized person.
Snowden, who is living under temporary asylum in Russia, had until this week kept a low profile there, referring to himself in The Post interview as an indoor cat.
Snowdens video was recorded for Britains Channel 4, which for two decades has been broadcasting the Alternative Christmas Message an at-times irreverent counterpoint to the queens traditional holiday greeting.
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Sometimes, asking "Hey, whatever happened to that guy?" is a question better left unanswered.
Former child star Kirk Cameron, who became a Tiger Beat pin-up playing Mike Seaver on the long-running ABC sitcom "Growing Pains" from 1985 to 1992 , has become a Christian evangelist and star of several straight-to-video, Rapture-themed movies known as the "Left Behind" series.
On Friday night, during an interview on "Piers Morgan Tonight," Cameron unleashed a vicious attack on homosexuality.
"I think that it's unnatural. I think that it's detrimental, and ultimately destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization," said the now 41-year-old actor.
"Marriage is almost as old as dirt, and it was defined in the Garden between Adam and Eve," he continued. "One man, one woman for life till death do you part. So I would never attempt to try to redefine marriage. And I don't think anyone else should either."
Cameron even claimed he wouldn't accept it if one of his six children were to come out as gay.
"I wouldn't say 'That's great, son, as long as you're happy.' I'm going to say, 'There are all sorts of issues we need to wrestle through in our life. Just because you feel one way doesn't mean we should act on everything we feel'."
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"Cameron is out of step with a growing majority of Americans, said Herndon Graddick, the Senior Director of Programs at GLAAD. "With an increasing number of states recognizing marriage equality, Americans are seeing that marriage is about committed couples who want to make a lifelong promise to take care of and be responsible for each other and that gay and lesbian couples need equal security and legal protections. That's not 'redefining' anything."
"In this interview, Kirk Cameron sounds even more dated than his 1980s TV character," sniped Graddick.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Clarifying an article posted on sfgiants.com last Saturday, Giants left-hander Barry Zito said Monday that he never volunteered to relinquish his role in the starting rotation and take a berth in the bullpen.
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