Newport 66
Old Man with a Hat
When my son was 16, he wanted to get into drag racing. He sold his street '67 Coronet and we found a '67 R/T that had spent its life as a drag car. He bought the roller and built a 440 backed up with a 727 trans, that were junkyard sourced. He spent most nights (and hard earned $, from jobs he had) in the garage working on it with help from friends and me. He raced it once, then 9/11 happened and he had a " call to duty" desire to serve his country. He enlisted in the Air Force and we stored the car. His first duty station was Dover AFB, his mom and I loaded the car in his enclosed trailer and took off for Delaware. He got to race it a few times before being deployed overseas. We hauled it home. He spent the next 5 years bouncing around the mid-east, then to Guam, Minot ND and finally Spokane, WA. We took the Dodge west. He raced it again a few times before being discharged after 6 years. Back to Wisconsin the Dodge came. Then a job with the Department of Defense took him to Travis AFB in CA. The R/T sat in his trailer for abt 6 years before I took it to Wyoming and met him with hopes of getting it race ready in California. Never happened, as life gets busy and other priorities come up. Finally this summer. He got an opportunity to move really close to home and take a job that would allow him to get the car running again. We built a shop, finishing some painting today, hooked up the trailer and we rolled the Coronet out of the trailer and into the shop. This winter the engine will be rebuilt along with the trans, brakes and suspension. Fuel system and wiring upgrades will be done also. I'm not sure whose more excited, me or him! Updates to follow.
