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From: Carrie Rahm <buickbelle_rahm@...>
Date: Saturday, November 18, 2006 13:21
Subject: [leecountyratrods] Earth Angel
To: leecountyratrods@yahoogroups.com

> 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
>
>  
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