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Nighthawk (Bob Forrest)

Bob writes: "I'm an old car guy for sure. I'm 49 years old and live in Toronto, married, and I work for GM on the line building Silverados and Sierras, and I've worked for them for 30 years now.


I got into the old car hobby actually as a kid when, in 1974, I bought a '57 Chevy, sold it in '75 and then bought a '56 Chevy which I sold when I got my first house. I wasn't able to get back into the hobby 'til 1998 when I bought a rather tired '58 Chevy, which I fixed up (A LOT) and I sold it in 2003.


My 59 Chevy came along in 2001, an all original Green and White 4-door sedan Impala, which turns a lot of heads.


Back in April I spotted a black 59 Plymouth on a car lot near my house. I always did like the look of them and so I stopped to look at it -- it looked good to me, but I thought the last thing I needed was another old car. But this car kept luring me back there, it almost jumped out at me and said "buy me,take me home!"


So after a lot of thinking, I went over there in July, drove it and bought it on the spot! It runs like its new, and like I said it only has 25750 miles on it, (I checked the mileage today) it's all original and it's great to drive, it's black with a red and gray interior, it was originally gray, has no radio, and it's very straight and solid, love it!!"

Haugens and Fairview Lodge Shows

 

 

Bob and his '59

at a local cruise night

 

Bob shows off his '59 Plymouth and Chevy! Looks like Bob's trapped in 1959...

The place to be!

"In keeping with my reputation as the World's Slowest Photographer, I finally got some pics of my Plymouth and Chev together! I even did one similar to the one in the "Ross Roy" pamphlet you have..."

 

Dennis Firestone