While this car today IS A FAR CRY FROM A RAT ROD, I just wanted to share the history of this car with you, and get YOUR feedback on this awesome picture, taken at the Leadsled Spectacular last July.

 

HISTORY:  On Bill's 16th birthday (many many moons ago), Bill's grandmother gave him a present for his 16th birthday, that any 16 year old could only DREAM about.  Bill's grandmother added Billy's name the the title of her beloved 52 Mercury.  She knew how much Billy loved the car, and wanted to make sure that the car was his after his passing.  Tragically, less than a year later, his gramdmother was killed in an accident, driving this car.  Since Bill's name was on the title, he insisted on keeping this car.  Earth Angel was Bill's first custom car he did all on his own.  While we didn't exactly know Billy at this time in his life, the car spent many years as a "Rat Rod".  One of the first things Billy did to this car back then was make a Carson top (the original top was destroyed in the accident).  The first time we ever met Billy, and was introduced to Earth Angel, the car was a very light shade of purple (his Grandmother's favorite color).  The only problem with the color was NO camera made could depict the color (I used to call it Bluple).  The year we met Billy we had a video camera, it also caught ther car as a light shade of blue.  It was then that Billy decided to paint it Royal Purple. 

 

I will never forget the first time I laid eyes on this car, without a doubt it was one of the best customs I had EVER laid eyes on.  The first time we saw Earth Angel in the color it is now, I can not begin to tell you how impressed I was with the new color, while the light lavender WAS nice, the Royal Purple JUST MADE THE CAR.  Till the day we leave this earth, Mike and I will always have Earth Angel as our all time favorite custom carf.  I have a TON of pictures of this car, and love all of them dearly, but when I saw the first picture I am enclosing here, I WAS BLOWN AWAY!!!!  I got GOOSE BUMPS, and the hair on the back of my neck STOOD UP when I saw this picture.  The person who took it knew Billy, but had no idea of the car's background, he just thought that the tree would be a great background for this car.  I still get goose bumps (even as I send it on to you as a group) looking at this AWESOME SHOT!!!  While you look at this car, think of this Earth Angel has NO awards!!! NADA, ZILCH AND ZERO!!!!  This disturbs me so, his 49 Merc, AND his 64 Fairlane convertable have won awards, but NOT this car.  Look at the pictures I am enclosing and see if you know why?????  The "tree" shot is NOT one of my pics (a person who barely knows Bill, and has NO CLUE of the back ground took the first awesome shot), the 2nd picture is what I took on the same day at the races, while my picture shows a lot of caring, the tree pic shows SO MUCH MORE. 

 

Any Feedback?????  Let me know what YOU think.

 

Carrie