A 17 year old and his '62 Newport

"area man" (hurrburgring) 09/08/2014 at 17:41 • Filed to: None

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Cool writeup !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - a 17-year-old in NJ and his 1962 Chrysler Newport that he bought with money earned through an unofficial pinstriping apprenticeship. Good to see (at least a few of) the kids are alright, even if he did lower the damn thing for some reason. Apologies if it's already been shared.

William Byrd > area man 09/08/2014 at 17:42

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As the author of this , I love to see that.

JGrabowMSt > area man 09/08/2014 at 17:47

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Someone get him here on Oppo. He needs to be one of us!

Leadbull > JGrabowMSt 09/08/2014 at 17:50

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But he doesn't drive a FiST, so therefore he cannot be One Of Us ™.

area man > JGrabowMSt 09/08/2014 at 17:50

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That was my first thought! He must at least know about Jalopnik...

MonkeePuzzle > area man 09/08/2014 at 17:50

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neat!

what's up with the front grill?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > area man 09/08/2014 at 17:53

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I want to be a part of an unofficial pinstriping apprenticeship.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > area man 09/08/2014 at 17:54

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It really bugs me that hes not standing in the middle of the car. Also this kid is cooler than me.

Freakusaurus > area man 09/08/2014 at 17:55

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I applaud him lowering his car because it is HIS CAR AND THAT IS WHAT HE WANTED.

Not everyone wants a bone stock plain just like everyone else car....... Even if it happens to be a very old classic that not everyone else has. We know you love your bone stock Miata, or your ugly, brown, diesal station wagon, but some of us want more.

area man > MonkeePuzzle 09/08/2014 at 17:57

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He's doin his thing apparently.

MonkeePuzzle > area man 09/08/2014 at 17:58

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yeah, saw in later pics the caption said they were added, interesting, I don't hate it

area man > MonkeePuzzle 09/08/2014 at 18:00

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I don't either, I thought it was an unusual factory option at first glance. At least he took the time to make the lines straight.

area man > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 09/08/2014 at 18:01

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Tell me about it. It still kills me that I grew up near an old-school shade tree garage and never took the initiative to go ask for a job as a bored kid.

Anon > area man 09/08/2014 at 19:47

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Him and cletus should be friends!

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > area man 09/08/2014 at 21:35

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NEWPORT REPRESENT

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > area man 09/09/2014 at 00:31

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Watch as my jealousy rises like an exploding volcano.

atfsgeoff > area man 09/09/2014 at 01:20

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As the former owner of a '78 Lincoln Continental Mark V, I cannot fathom why he'd want to lower the car. With such long front & rear overhangs, he's going to be scraping pretty much every driveway entrance, and he may end up beaching it on a sharp hill crest. I remember scraping all the time at stock ride height.

ACESandEIGHTS > area man 09/09/2014 at 10:05

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Nice pinstriped toolbox.

NYT's style also cracks me up sometimes. The 17-year-old is "Mr. De Liberto" no fewer than 15 separate times.

-Mr. Eights
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