"My 409"

Calling All Rodders,

 For the past few weeks friends of ours, Geoff & Linda have been scouring the country side.  Geoff was on a mission to find a "Chevy Impala 409".  Linda wasn't as sure  as Geoff, but off we go to Toledo Ohio one Sunday morning.  Geoff was sure he had found just the right car!  He was so excited and sure he was bringing home a car that day!  It was raining in Erie that morning, but we soon drove out of the rain and the sun began shining, lighting our way to Geoff's Dream Car!

We rounded the corner and there she stood gleaming in the sunlight!  She is a good looking car but as we quickly told Geoff, "calm down we need to get under the hood and crawl all over her to make sure you are getting what you want".  The anticipation was killing Geoff.  Linda was just as anxious, because she didn't want to jump to soon and regret their purchase. 

After about an hour of inspecting and taking her for a ride we left. Now, to discuss the purchase on the way home to Erie.  Geoff was hooked but was willing to listen to all of us  as we pointed out the things he needed to consider if he bought that particular car.

He was ready to make his offer.  Monday morning he made the call and by Wednesday his dream was in his driveway.  It was like Christmas morning! The excitement was in the air as they brought the car out and took it for their first ride around the peninsula.  What a beauty.

 Now, out to his buddy Rex's garage for some fine tuning and tweaking. Rex and Geoff have spent the last week tweaking and tuning the car to perfection.  After a morning of adjusting it was down the road for a test run.  Geoff's smile was as big as the car when he came back from his test run.  As, he just sat in the garage listening to her purr.

This is what this hobby is all about, good friends getting together to share their knowledge and sharing in the excitement of a new project and finally driving down the road with the pride of a new car owner.  It was fun for us to be honored with chance to be a  part of Geoff and Linda's new project.  We are sure they will have many hours of enjoyment traveling around to the local car events.  Make sure you look for the Red "409" Chevy Impale at the bay front next season.  If you watch close you may even see it out this year as the season comes to an end.















Congratulations Geoff & Linda.

Thank you for letting us share in your adventure! 
Enjoy the ride, see ya at the next car event!