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(Model shot with Mamiya RB67/180mm/Acros/Rodinal, background shot with Cambo 4x5/210mm/Delta100/DD-X).

Lith print on long-expired Agfa. (Lith printing is like regular darkroom printing, but uses very dilute lithographic film developer instead of the usual paper developer). No scanning or digital retouching.

Mr. Potts is 15 and he's my boy. He recently lost a ton of weight, found out he has a malignant tumor on his liver. We had an appointment to put him down three weeks ago, but they had us also try thyroid meds since his tests were jacked. 15 minutes before his "last appointment", he came out and started eating again.

Three weeks later, he's put on nearly three pounds and is back to being a bossy little turd, but he does love me and the Mrs. But this is a new thing, he's on the desk going "So what exactly do you DO all day? Oh, this?" Anyway, we're very happy he's back and happy and healthy. Been a really nice bday with the boy.

This started as a 71 stripper - 350 2BBL, column shift, crank windows. Buddy and I rebuilt the motor, it got t-boned within a month. Found a '74 with a seized motor, dropped the '71 350 in, but kept the 4BBL from the '74. We pulled a complete interior from a '78 Trans Am (the tan velour) and swapped everything out, added the spoiler cuz "why not?" Found a dual-scoop hood, got it all painted. Within a couple weeks it got taken out by an old Asian dude in a tiny Honda, ran a stop sign. This was around 1983.

So not an epic classic, but fun while it lasted, and a real looker, showroom-new inside and out. My girlfriend took in on a beer-run when her car was blocked in at a party, got back going "god damn, that car is fast". Hey, it was no 6.6, but the 350-4 had plenty of oomph!

EDIT - thanks for the upvotes gang - there's some serious cars posted here, this is just memories from my 20-something days. I grew up in Detroit and moved to Dallas at 21 with the guys in my bar band, 25-foot U-Haul with a little furniture and a lot of amplifiers... the rust-free Texas cars just blew out minds.