TERRY MACRAE

AGE: 55 OCCUPATION: Truck driver

PREVIOUSLY OWNED CARS: ’52 Chev and ’55 Chev Bel Air four-doors, ’71 and ’73 Chev Camaros, ’04 Chev SS pickup, ’89 Chev pickup, ’64 and ’66 Pontiacs, and a bunch of Holdens

DREAM CAR: ’40s Willys coupe and ’55 Chev two-door post

WHY THE ’55? I’ve loved the two-door ’55 Chev sedan since seeing it in American Graffiti as a teenager

BUILD TIME: Five years, eight months LENGTH OF OWNERSHIP: Five years, eight months

TERRY THANKS: My brother, Ian MacRae; Chuck’s Restoration Supplies; Glen Oldfield at Eze Auto Electrics; Shawn Harwood at Action Canvas and Upholstery; Allen Green at Endevour Engineering; Tim Barwell at The Krysler Shop; Mike Hawkins at Macs Mufflers, for the headers and exhaust system; Jason Donnelly, who built me the stainless fuel tank; Colin Entwisle of Bayspeed, who assembled the diff head and provided all the parts for this; everyone who helped me along the way, especially my wife Debbie for putting up with it all!