Bill & Mary Margaret Kenner # 21290360 • Sevierville, TN

Photos by Jim Knight

About 20 years ago someone at a car show told me about a car that was sealed inside a storage building by solid walls. In 2007 we finished building my son’s ‘68 Chevy pickup when a builder, Wayne Raleigh, started sharing some of his Classic Chevy projects. He told me he had a ‘57 and ‘56 Chevy he would like to sell. I was interested in the ‘56 Bel Air and went to look at the car. Someone had started a restoration and I found the car in pieces. (more…)

Rich & Maggie Reiter # 22624848 • Hollister, MO

Photography by Jim Knight

My love for cars developed during my high school years while working at a local Mobil gas station in Festus, Missouri. I met my wife, Maggie, when we were seniors in high school in 1965 – she always said she loved my cars as much as she loved me. During this time I owned a 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air Deluxe, 6-cylinder, 3-speed on the column, 2-door hardtop. I traded that car for a 1962 Chevy Impala convertible – 283, 3-speed on the column, white with red interior. What a beauty; I kept it immaculate, shiny, and running like a top. (more…)

Harold & Teresa Caldwell # 21797211 • Powder Springs, GA

Photos by Carl Edwards

I drove a black ’57 Chevy two-door hardtop during high school in the mid-sixties. Back in those days, it was what we called a “street rod.” It had a built 283ci engine with a Muncie 4-speed. My wife of forty-three years, Teresa, and I dated in it. We still have several pictures of us posing with that car. It’s always been my dream to build a ’57 with that car in mind. (more…)