After crossing into Arkansas, we had to stop in honor the greatness from Hope. We
dropped by to take pictures at the doors of the Klipsh speaker
factory. Unfortunately it was Sunday, and the Klipsh
Museum of Audio History was not open. What did you think we were talking about? David called his son, a big audio enthusiast, just to rub it in. After Fleetwood Mac, White Snake and Poison CDs we came to realize that Newport to Paragould Arkansas, by way of Jonesboro is not as easy as it looks on the map.
Following the ELO and Aerosmith CDs we rolled across the Missouri border and into the town where David graduated High School, and
hometown of Sheryl Crow,
Kennett. Back in the days of the late 70s, Sheryl ran track while David and his friends were squalling tires and leaving black stripes in the local streets and parking lots. In fact David’s buddy
Scotty Web still owns
Sheryl’s Grandmother’s ’69 Chevelle
Malibu. Scotty told us stories about driving home a drunk Bassett hound in the County Judge’s GTO, and getting pulled over in the Chevelle and having to explain a brown bag of
Bologna. That evening Scotty showed us his modified stock car and ‘47 Ford Sedan that he has been restoring. Later we went over to see the Lawless brothers who were working on their Pro Mod Camaro that used to belong to the M0thers Car Wax race team and the body shell of a Super Stock ’69 Camaro that started out as a Yenko.
Monday morning we had breakfast with Scotty, and then tracked down Corey Bolton from
HillbillyHotrods.net. We delivered some shirts, and parts for his ’81 Trans Am Daytona Pace Car including a pair of Texas TA Mufflers. I knew from all the old stories he had told me, that with David back on the streets of Kennett it wouldn’t be long before we heard the sirens of a municipal sedan. Sure enough from inside Corey’s house we heard it. Corey’s wife looked out the window to see what the attention horn was all about. “It’s the Fire Marshall.” She said. “I wonder what he wants.” “That’s for me.” David said. It was just Scott Tutor, another of David’s High School friends who is a Captain in the Kennett Fire Department. He noticed David’s Suburban parked outside and wanted to have us over for lunch. We followed him back to his house for sandwiches, sweet tea and to visit with his wife, where David finally got public credit for pin striping Tutor’s silver Trans Am in High School.
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"Restoring Old Dreams"
Owner
and Operator, Mr. David Mars
Serving the community since 1991
Email: david@texastransams.com
4588A Kennedale - New Hope Rd.
Fort Worth, TX 76140
Phone: 817-563-2121
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