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Old 08-01-2017, 09:40 AM
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Default '58 Bonneville...reliving my teens

When I was 17, growing up in Baltimore, I bought my first car - a 5-year old '58 Bonneville convertible. Paid $1000 for it. The car was equipped with a Tri-Power 370 engine, leather bench interior, and more chrome than one thought possible. I don't have any pictures of it (weird, I know, but I can't explain why) but it looked like this:
It was wrecked in 1966 (not my fault - it was parked), and I've always wanted another like it.
So... thanks to a tip from my friend "Bonneville" Joe Evans in Texas (a fellow 2+2 enthusiast), I found this one on Long Island, NY:

Another item checked off the bucket list.






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1965 Catalina 2+2 421 Tri-Power, 4-speed, all original except paint -
AACA Grand National Sr. / POCI Champion - 13.71@104mph 1/4-mile
1958 Bonneville convertible - AACA / POCI survivor awards
1963 Catalina 2-door hardtop - 10.91@124mph 1/4-mile
1933 Pontiac 2-door Sedan street rod project (in progress)
1962 Corvette 327/340hp, all stock
1963 Studebaker Avanti
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