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From Memory Lane To

Infinity And Beyond

WRITTEN BY TOMMY RING
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY TOMMY RING

ack in March of 2012
at 7:00 AM, on a
Saturday morning I

received a call from
editor Steve Thaemert.
BI had submitted a 1933
Plymouth for consideration

and he was calling to say the
article was going to print that
very morning. The car had we both loved. It was a musical connection. We both
The connection ran way deeper than rat rods which
once belonged to country understood what it was like to be a touring musician.

music star Marty Robbins and We both had crisscrossed America in bands and
swapped stories for about an hour.
the article gave a little back coverage of shows in the south. I wasn’t interested
I was asked to write for Rat Rod Magazine doing
story of the car and also of my in that, but instead wanted to do a build series. I had
music background. I had never followed hot rod magazines of all types for years
and had never seen a complete build series not even
spoken to Steve, but instantly dating back to the 50’s. Steve backed me 100% and
bonded on the fi rst phone call. we were off. The series was to be about building a
rat rod for under $1500.00 and what followed was

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