Category Archives: Chuck’s Teenage E-Type Stories

Well, this is it – I decided the business was finally mature enough for it to survive the uncensored story of my E-Type. If you’re interested, the following blog entries document how I got into this mess in the first place…

DISCLAIMER #1 – the language in these posts is bound to be both R and X-rated – read at your own risk!

DISCLAIMER #2 – every single word of what you are about to read is 100% true. Some of it was probably mildly illegal… Deal with it.

Take It To The Limit…

Posted on January 23, 2016 by admin

By the early Summer of 1988, “The Jag” was operational, although it was still a long way from “done”… After over a year of sanding Bondo, I had completed the bodywork, and the whole car was now in grey primer. … Continue reading →

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I think it’s time…

Posted on November 21, 2013 by admin

This is my 200th blog entry… I get alot of compliments on the blog – and it’s VERY satisfying – Thank You! The blog is alot of work – a typical blog takes about 2 hours to write, but that … Continue reading →

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Chapter 6 – Chuck’s Big Secret

Posted on May 25, 1986 by admin

My Jag had a small-block Chevy in it – and it still does. There – I’ve said it… Now don’t freak out – this was inevitable, as you’ll see, and it wasn’t my idea either. I have a beautiful ’67 … Continue reading →

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Chapter 5 – American Graffiti

Posted on May 15, 1986 by admin

So we brought the Jag home on a Tuesday night in early May of 1986. Our house was in your basic suburban development – NOT the kind of place you worked on cars like this… The house was built on … Continue reading →

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Chapter 4 – Love at first sight?…

Posted on May 5, 1986 by admin

I’ve spent the past few weeks since the last post of this saga thinking about how to best describe what happened next – without seeming overly melodramatic that is… We had plans to pick up “the Jag” (as it was … Continue reading →

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Chapter 3 – Bab’s Brainstorm

Posted on April 30, 1986 by admin

“Bab” is my father. When I first started talking, I called him “Babby” instead of daddy, and that just kind of stuck. Eventually, I guess I got too old for that, and so it got shortened to “Bab”… It sounds … Continue reading →

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Chapter 2 – OK, I’m Interested…

Posted on March 15, 1986 by admin

So like I said, I really didn’t have any interest in cars… Then, as luck would have it, I became friends with a guy who did – Tom Walsh. Tom Walsh was older than me – I want to say … Continue reading →

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Chapter 1 – I want a Jeep…

Posted on January 1, 1986 by admin

The whole thing started on a cold Winter night alot like tonight – actually, maybe it goes back even farther than that… My parents were born and raised in New Castle County, Delaware. My father graduated from Newark High School … Continue reading →

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