My son, Noah (age 21) and I are restoring a couple of classic cars. Mine is a 1965 Thunderbird convertible, which belonged to my uncle Charlie. After his death in Louisville, Kentucky, I purchased the car from my Aunt Tylanna. Noah and my cousin, Greg, and I drove to Louisville to pick it up and bring it back to Houston. It was in pretty rough shape, but we are working to bring it back to life. Everything under the hood has been restored, and we are now working on the body and interior. It will eventually be painted factory white.
Noah’s car is a 1969 Cutlass S convertible. He found it on eBay after he turned 13, and we have been slowly getting a little work done on it here and there, mostly mechanical. It is currently in the body shop getting a lot of new steel, a freshen up under the hood, and a new paint job (black).
I just purchased a new Dodge Challenger to replace my Cadillac, which was totaled in a recent accident. The driver’s cockpit in the new Challenger is roomier than the one in the Caddy. Makes getting in and out especially nice with my prosthetic leg.
Picking up the Challenger.
This is the day we brought home Uncle Charlie’s 1965 Thunderbird. It is almost ready for paint now (bone white). I plan to update the wheels to factory chrome spokes. The top and interior will remain black.
This is the day after we picked up Noah’s Cutlass from the seller, who happened to live here in the area. The blue is being sanded and stripped down. The new color will be non-metallic stock black. The convertible top and interior will also be changed to black.
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