[Jerry H.]

I was lucky as a kid. Although he was killed in a car accident when I was only 1 1/2, my dad was a car guy. He was one of the first to put a SBC in a 40 Ford. My mom married another car guy. He treated me just like a son of his own. They bought a new 62 maroon 2 door Bonneville. I still remember how beautiful the interior was on that car. They traded that in for a Noturne blue 63 GP w/ 8 lugs. He took me to the drags in late 62 or 63 and I saw a Catalina with that beautiful '421' emblem on the front fender. I was hooked. My first car when I had drivers license ( I owned a couple before then) was a 65 Lemans coupe. Shortly after that I added a worn out 65 Goat with tripower and some funny looking wheels that I pulled off and put on a set of chrome reverse steel wheels. It turns out they were Hurst wheels! I don't even remember what I did with those, probably gave them away or tossed them somewhere. And as they say, the rest is history. I've owned dozens and dozens of Pontiacs since then.