[Cecil/WV]

I have 3 stories. The first '50 Custom tudor was built in Norfolk on Aug. 23 and was sold to a Mr. Gains in Martinsburg, WV by Lamar Sloan Ford in Winchester, Va. He bought a new '64 Fairlane and sold it to Calvin Bayer who gave it to his 3 sons to drive to high school and I got it in 1966 with a rod through the block. I gave it to my son in 1980 when he graduated from High school, thus it still sits in my garage.

I got the second '50 from George Messenger in Takoma Park, Md. It was built in Dearborn on Aug 3 and sold by the local dealer to a lady who in turn sold it to her brother, a Mr Holton, who was a ministerial student who in turn, sold it to George in 1955 when he finished college. I bought the car from George in 1998 with 64000 miles after it had set since 1972 with a tooth off the cluster. I have driven it to 10 EFV8 Nat meets since 2004, receiving a Rouge at each meet and losing a piston in Oct. 2010 in Abilene, Ks on the way home from St George, Ut.

I have a '59 Custom 300 that I purchased 1980. I got it from a "little old lady", Neva McCauly, who only drove it one mile each way to work until she retired. She got it from her brother in 1963. It now shows 27000 miles.