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Like many of us, Ron Buck acknowledges that he has
too many cars. And like many of us he discovers it
when the annual insurance premiums come due and
he realizes that some of the cars haven't been driven
since the last renewal. That's why he made a
practical decision several years ago to part with two
Oldsmobile Cutlasses; it was a decision he regretted
almost as soon as he'd made it. Buck set about
filling the void. He bought this 442 three years ago
from an owner in Franklin. The final result was the
top down appearance of the little over two year,
frame off, restored Oldsmobile at the AMC Parking
Lot during Cars & Coffee on July 16th.

With Buck at the wheel and son EJ in the navigator's
seat, the car proudly processed down the parking lot And t he Brit ish Tie-in? Brush up on your
until it, all of it, came to a stop in a space where it Shakespeare. Alt hough t he bard didn't writ e
promptly drew a crowd of admirers. Heart over head
Sonnet 18 for a muscle car, he might have
tends to produce that result every time. This is
had he seen t his one-- half a cent ury old, t op
made easier if , like the Bucks, you live on a farm in
Fernvale that happens to have a "barn" that has in down , lovely lines prist ine in t he summer
part been turned into an auto shop that includes its heat , t imeless except for memories. As a
own paint booth. The stunning upholstery package classic car lover, you can appreciat e t hat a
was done by a local craftsman, Allan Bennett.
sonnet must describe more t han t he
The mighty 442 shares the real estate with other cars, obvious.
including Buck's Mini Cooper S. Another of his sons
once found a Mini Cooper convertible in Florida "Shall I compare thee to a summer?s day?
which Buck acquired. He says he still can't believe Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
how much fun that first experience with the Mini was Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
to drive , something he admits his son had been
And summer?s lease hath all too short a date.
telling him for years. He liked it so much that he went
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
to the Mini dealer, locally, and asked how hard it
would be to build a new one. A wish is a dream your And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
heart makes. Buck purchased his new build in 2019 And every fair from fair sometime declines,
and matched his first Mini right down to the color. By chance, or nature?s changing course,

untrimmed;
Meanwhile, EJ, 15, has his own automotive concerns.
NBCC members Ron He's embarking on getting his learner's permit and But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Buck and his son EJ just a bit nervous about it. When he gets his license, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow?st,

cruised in with their he'll be taking over dad's 2014 Infiniti Q 50, a hybrid Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,
with 360 horsepower. Buck says when he bought the
When in eternal lines to Time thou grow'st.
restored- at- home 1972 Infiniti, he didn't think he would be interested in a So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
Oldsmobile 442 and hybrid but was pleasantly surprised and thinks that So long lives this, and this gives life to thee."
the safe, stable, pride of Nippon is the right car to
muscled in on the give EJ his first taste of the joy of motoring as a driver.

asphalt. For more about the 442, please turn the page.
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