While my wife Margaret and I were attending a car show in Maggie Valley, NC in 1995 I saw this 1941 Dodge club coupe for sale. The first car I remember my dad having was a '41 Dodge four door. I didn't buy the coupe then. The next year I was at the same show and so was the car with the price reduced. This time I drove it. Margaret said "You should buy it". We all know what happened then. A friend hauled it home to La Grange, KY on his trailer a week later.
After some brake work, hoses and a few repairs I was going to local cruises and shows. After a year and a half with 108 thousand miles showing on the odometer the engine started making bad noises. On Sept. 6, 1997 I backed the car into the garage and started to dismantle the front end so I could remove the engine. While the engine was out I started to clean the areas I could reach. One thing led to another and this ended with a bare frame on the flood of the garage and parts all over the house, shed and two countries. I'm still not sure how that happened...