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| THE BEGINNING! HAPPY DAYS! |
| THE GRANVILLE NATIONAL BANK DECIDED "THEY DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE" SO THEY PUT THE OLD KELLEY'S CLASSICS OUT OF BUSINESS! |
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| I'M DONE! EVERYTHING IS GONE! I ALREADY MISS IT MORE THAN YOU WOULD BELIEVE! IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN YOU CAN MAKE A LIVING DOING WHAT YOU LOVE! |
| MEMORIES OF THE OLD KELLEY'S CLASSICS |
This was what the building looked the first time I saw it. I was talking to my wife when I came
into town and I had just finished telling her there was no way I could drive 60 miles one way to
work everyday, then...................I pulled up in front of the building and said "we have a
problem.... IT'S PERFECT!
So for the next 4 years I drove 60 miles one way to work everyday! Most weeks I did it 6 days
and a lot of weeks it was 7 days.
into town and I had just finished telling her there was no way I could drive 60 miles one way to
work everyday, then...................I pulled up in front of the building and said "we have a
problem.... IT'S PERFECT!
So for the next 4 years I drove 60 miles one way to work everyday! Most weeks I did it 6 days
and a lot of weeks it was 7 days.
| This was about 1 month after starting. I remember thinking how great it was to be self employed. My brother in law Wayne helped me out a lot in the beginning. I couldn't believe I could have this much fun and make a living at it! |
| This was my first Christmas being in business! |
| I had quite a variety of cars. I kept the 00 car for a few years, it was great advertising. My daughter Maddi and I drove it to all the local cruise nights. We put almost 14,000 miles on that car! I drove it back and forth to work everyday in the summer. |
| I bought a car from Chris in California and they next thing I know I'm buying 9 more! I had all the cars shipped on one truck so I had to sell off almost everything I had in inventory to make room. The people in town thought i was going out of business. The truck showed up at 9pm so there wasn't many people around. The next morning the place was packed with people! |
By now I had met Tommy in Georgia , I became pretty good friends with him and his
family. They did some great work on these cars, and I was driving there about once a
month to pick up cars from them. You wouldn't believe the paint jobs they could put on a
car in the back yard. The whole family got into it, Tommy his wife Mary and his son Tom.
Meeting them was one of the best things that happened to me while I was in business.
family. They did some great work on these cars, and I was driving there about once a
month to pick up cars from them. You wouldn't believe the paint jobs they could put on a
car in the back yard. The whole family got into it, Tommy his wife Mary and his son Tom.
Meeting them was one of the best things that happened to me while I was in business.
| My theory was always to buy cars that I liked just in case I couldn't sell them. I'd just keep them. As you can see I like everything! |
| This is what the outside looked like on the day the Granville National bank decided they "didn't want to do this anymore" The quality of cars improved every year. I was looking forward to a great year. I actually started to show a profit the month before they ended it. |
| Maddi with her pride and joy at the first Toluca cruise night. |
| I worked many late nights! |
| I started sleeping at the shop to save gas. This is sunrise in the showroom |
| Another sunrise! |
| The showroom at the end Talk about a great inventory! |
| The bathroom and shower I put in. |
| The old lift and work area |
| What year is it? |
| I've been asked several times, "if I could have one car back to keep which one would it be?" Those of you that know me already know the answer, for everybody else scroll down! |
| This was by far the most fun I ever had with a car. The memories of taking my daughter to the cruise nights will last forever! We even drove it to the Hunnert car pile up in Morris one year when it was 28 degrees ( yes she rode with me and yes we drove it) I drove this car everywhere and it never let me down! Where is it now? It's in a restaurant in Wyoming! |
| This is my daughter Maddi, she used to work with me every Saturday. |
| Here come the California cars! |
| The maiden voyage! WHAT A CAR! |
| GOOD BYE OLD FRIEND! |
| Another shot of the showroom. |
