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SURVIVOR, from page 7________
order and we went to see the car the
following Saturday morning.
“After a successful test-drive and
giving the car a decent once-over, I told
George I’d like to buy the car, and we’d
be back to get it after I had made pick-
up arrangements. He said that wouldn’t
be a problem at all, so we headed back
to Vegas, with me the new owner of an
old car.”
Kelly, a Portland, Oregon native grew
up fixing and tinkering with anything
from 1940s radio equipment to teletype
machines to older Chrysler cars.
“My first real car was a 1970 Plym-
outh Fury I and it was a former Alaska-
state Highway Patrol car.” said Kelly. “It
was a wonderful old monster — four-
door version, so even more massive than
the one I have now — that I pretty much
grew up in.
“The thing would pass anything but
a gas station. It had a massive engine in
it, and it was just a lot of fun. I can still working on just falls into place one
remember idling through the parking
lots at the local grocery store and setting
off car alarms due to the extremely loud
dual exhaust. ”
According to Kelly, he plans on re-
storing Fury as he is able.
“It will be something of a work-in-
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due time, the paint and everything as
well. Given my experiences with the
year-prior version of this car, I have a
lot of sentimental attachment to the old
Plymouth Furies. They might seem ridic-
ulous by automobile standards of today
by their cantankerous size, but this one
is an everlasting symbol of back when
Detroit-made products ruled the road.”
Kelly stated he often gets a hand in
the repairs from his friend Airman 1st
Class Sean Donohue, a 99th Logistics
Readiness Squadron vehicle maintainer.
“Working on old cars is like making
a piece of history come back to life. It’s
so much fun,” said Donohue. “When
we start working on a project Tom goes
through several stages. First he is like
a kid in a candy shop just so excited to
start on something new.
“As we move along with the refur-
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us gear heads know all too well. We’ll
get to the point where the job we’re
piece at a time and we don’t want to stop
because we can see the light at the end
of the tunnel. Then we realize the day is
already over and we need food and rest.”
Kelly stated that he plans to keep
Fury for a very long time. He said he
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has no set timeline on when it will be
fully restored because chances are when
he does restore it, he will continue to
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that’s what he likes to do.
“For me working on cars is a chance
to get down-to-earth, to spend some
quality time working with your hands,”
Kelly said. “It’s a chance to be outdoors,
and work on something that you truly
enjoy. Besides, what other kind of ve-
hicle could you leave in the Arizona
desert for more than 40 years, 20 of
which it sat unattended, and with a
minimum amount of parts and work,
bring it back to life and be able to drive
it on a daily basis?”
Kelly added that for him, working on
older cars is a chance to preserve an oth-
erwise lost piece of American history.
“Working on older Mopars is, and
has always been a great hobby and inter-
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older machines back on the road; it’s a
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nowadays wouldn’t care for a vehicle
that weighs over 4,000 pounds and gets
terrible fuel economy, but that’s ok with
me. I like knowing that with a little bit
of care and feeding, I can help keep a
behemoth that was made back during
the days of disco, on the road.”
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people lose their careers because
they wanted to drink and drive,”
said Lopez. “I believe I made a
difference by just volunteering a
couple hours because I was able
to drive an Airman home and
prevented a DUI or something
worse.”
Harris said the overall mission
of LVAADD is to be the safety net
so good Airmen don’t make bad
choices.
LVAADD runs from 11 p.m.
to 4 a.m. on Friday and Saturday
nights. All calls are anonymous.
Airmen in need should call 702-
652-2233 and give the dispatcher
their first name, their location
and destination, cell phone num-
ber, and what they’re wearing so
the volunteer Airmen know who
they’re looking for.
Each volunteer shift consists of
one dispatcher and at least four
male and two female drivers or
navigators. Prospective drivers
need to have a current and valid
driver’s license and automobile
insurance.
Those wishing to volunteer
their time can sign up by emailing
aadd22@us.af.mil.