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Show From Page A always measure a car before you consider restoring it," he advises, "This one is so long there isn't any more than a couple inches on each end when it's parked in my garage" he pointed out ruefully. He has taken the Mercury, Chevrolet and the Pontiac to car shows all over the western United States. "They are all customized which means I have added new chassis, drive trains, suspension and extras to make them freeway ready. Some people restore their cars so everything is original. This limits their use to slow speeds and they aren't as safe to drive." The Mercury sports a CD player and air conditioning, technology not available originally. "A couple of years ago the American Fork Steel Days featured fea-tured the queens from previous Steel Days. They wanted to have them ride in cars from their era," he related. "Three of my cars were in that parade. The queen that rode in my red "63 Pontiac had about 25 of her family present and they wanted to take so many pictures pic-tures we couldn't get her out of there for half an hour. She said riding in that parade was more fun than when she was queen." His latest project is a 1930 Model A Ford complete with a trundle seat which he just finished last November. The entire paint job was wet sanded seven times and hand buffed until it gleamed like a black mirror. "The metal was fine on this but the engine was shot. I replaced the 4 cylinder with a V-8 which I had to put in with a shoe horn. I put in all new suspension and drive train. It is about five inches lower than the original but it is freeway safe." He pointed out the lights. "Those are the originals but they have Halogen bulbs in them just like modern cars." He chuckles as he relates the time he was taking it for a test drive. "As I went up the on ramp to the freeway a truck was in back of me," he said. "He looked like he was anxious to get around me. I don't think he wanted to be trailing trail-ing behind a slow old Model A. I couldn't resist. When I got on the freeway I gave her the gas and left him in the dust." lit i h feUNTHERS) 81 South 700 East American Fork 756-9683 www.ountherscomfortair.com LEttttty , HOME COMFORT SYSUMk Order Now Best Price 'Faster Service 'Beat The Summer Rush Discount varies based on unit efficiency, brand & system components. The car will get its first showing in the UVSC car show in May but Brady said it will be his last. "I have plenty to do maintaining and servicing the four cars I have. I rotate them through the shop. You know it takes three hours of maintenance main-tenance to every hour of driving." This care shows in the mint condition con-dition in which he keeps each car. If it is raining he doesn't take them out of the garage and large two bay shop he has built onto the back where he stores them. Brady thinks restoring cars is the best hobby he could have. "It keeps me busy and it's a lot of work and exercise. It takes a lot of patience but the rewards are great," he said. Brady and his wife, Mary, moved to Highland in 1977 when he became principal of American Fork High School. "It was a district policy then that you had to live in the same area your school served." He puts in a plug for car shows. "They are good clean family fun and don't cost much. Utah Valley State College will have about 500 cars at their Auto Expo on May 17. It's a great way to spend a day." ftffll can Yielp during power outage By owning a standby generator, homeowners can stage a defense against the damage and worry-that worry-that Mother Nature may cause. There are two types of standby generators - portable and permanently perma-nently installed. Portable generators are smaller, gasoline-fueled, manually started models that can power necessary household items. Permanently installed, automatic-start generators genera-tors are the most technologically advanced generators. These units can sense a power disruption and automatically start even if nobody is home, then shut off automatically when the line power is restored. They connect directly to a home's natural gas supply or a propane fuel supply and range from 5,000 to 20,000 watts. Courtesy ARA Content. OHM " ' f a , f r-i s if k v visnouRMVsiiov.rooM o o CM Q. X k 1- z UJ Q Expires May 16,h. |