How serious are you?

[Henry/Kokomo]

I guess I'm finally getting to do what I wanted to do as a teenager but a) couldn't afford and b) had to have my car for daily needs so long term projects were not feasable. I appreciate a beautifully restored car but confess to doing a bit of "modernizing" in the name of reliability and convenience. A bunch of years experience working with machinery, machine tools and industrial processes hasn't hurt anything either. Still intrigued by mechanical things.

[Old Henry]

"Old Henry" is a time machine, just like the hotel room that Christopher Reeve recreated so accurately, including his period clothes, that he actually went back to the time he recreated in the movie Somewhere in Time. That's how it is for me. When I'm driving "Old Henry" I'm back in 1947 - before my time but a time I imagine being better in some ways than the present. So, I try as hard as I can to recreate the experience by not only having my car absolutely authentic for 1947 but also my clothes. Every little thing helps with the illusion. (Or, is it delusion? I'm not sure which.)