I am a tinkerer.  I always have been.  I love working with my hands and have always loved antique cars.  My love for cars was founded in necessity.  My first car was old 1972 Pontiac that didn’t like to stay running.  I did all the work on the car myself, because I was po’.  If I didn’t fix it, it just didn’t run.

As grew older, I started working on cars for a hobby.  I learned how to do bodywork and paint a car.  I restored a few old cars along the way.  Mainly old Corvettes.  My Uncle Tom, referred to as Big T since he was almost 7 ft tall, also love antique cars.  In 2004, he gave me his old truck.  A 1954 Ford.  It was a basket case.  It hadn’t run in 30 years and was no where close to trying.  I decided to make that my next project car, with the intent of giving it back to him completed one day, in perfect condition.  All of my Uncle’s have been like fathers to me, I wish I could give them everything they deserve.

Life is filled with twists & turns and I ended up separating from wife at the time.  The truck took a back burner.  A few years later everything calmed down and I met my beautiful wife Lana.  From running our photography business, to relaxing… we do absolutely everything together!  Every day I consider myself blessed for finding a person like her to share my life with in every aspect!

I’ll be honest, our lives our busy!  We are constantly working or spending time with all of our children.  Sometimes I wonder how we do it!  My boys in the picture are now teenagers in high school!  This old truck has been sitting in our garage for years now, maybe its time to sell this to somebody more interested in fixing it up.  Lana would not hear of it!  In fact, she became very motivated to finish this truck!

After some conversations about it, we decided to restore the truck and use it as part of our business!  So don’t be surprised if one day we cruise up to your wedding in an antique Ford Truck!  This will be a long project for sure.  We are off to a good start though.  One of our grooms this summer is a mechanic and installed a new front suspension!  Thank you Josh!  He is the owner of Windham Marine & Powersports.  One step done!  Thank you Lana for always being there.  Today you held on to my dream for me!

 

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