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JB’s ‘Quick Fix’ ’55!

It’s a familiar story to many of us, seeing our first actual tri-Chevy sometime in the Seventies soon after American Graffiti was released, and making a mental note to own one, one day, but then not quite getting there. It’s certainly true of this writer, many other cars coming and going over the years, and it’s a similar story with John Brewster from Essex, except, as you can see on these pages, John’s lifelong wait is over.

In John’s case, however, there’s a twist. Once again, like many of us, John’s owned a variety of cars in his time; a ’52 Ford Prefect hot rod he’s had for many years, a 10-second drag-race Volkswagen, and a nice ’59 Chevy Apache pick-up. In fact, he still has the Apache and a hi-tech Ford Pop project in progress, and while

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