Waiting to put the pedal to the metal?

Buzzing of the saws, and humming of the flame thrower lightly singeing the rough exterior of the car, is all you hear in the air. A man appears from beneath the car wiping sweat and grease from his forehead and patting it into his work uniform, Thomas Dyer, a man who’s worked with cars basically his whole life. As he leaves his job, he nears home to start over again. Pulling in the driveway there sits an unfinished 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Super Sport. He’s been working on it for some time, and his work is showing.

The question in the mind of many people is Do the men who work on these cars want them to be finished or do they enjoy building? The answer lies in the heart of the man or women.

For this dashing man, the answer is “Yes, I wish someone would come take this car and fix it and bring to back.”

He got this car after he scarified his 1969 Chevelle SS for a cougar xr7 which was a more suitable family car when he had his son Damian. Thomas and Kelly got married, and he got the car sitting in his drive way right now. They had a daughter and Tom started his habit of putting off working on the car to support his family.

Life got hard because his work moved to Mexico, which he couldn’t do because it was too much of a struggle to get up and move. He searched and searched for a new mechanic job which he found to be difficult even though he’s a full time worker who knows what he’s doing. He’s an ASE (Automotive Service Excellence) certified. He finally found a job and began working again. He made a lot of progress but stopped for the winter.

His only dream is to have his baby up and running again. He really deserves it.

Most men in America work on old cars, new cars, and restore cars just for fun. It takes years, but it’s a natural interest and a big pastime. They enter car shows and contests to see whose car will end up on top. The real answer to that question is they want the car to be finished, but they love strapping on those gloves and diving into the world of tools and cars.

Thomas Dyer is planning on starting again soon in hopes to finish his car.

Slams down the wielding mask, starts the flame and turns around and puts on the side panel. The banging begins again. The smell lights up the air and the car rocks back and forth from the hard work. Garage doors close.