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Jerry Wood's 1953 Glasspar G2, with a 331 hemi, and he's not just great at restoring cars, he's a great dad and fabricator. At the Dana Point Concours

I usually post before and after photos differently, but this one is in context and the above photo shows clearly what he's accomplished from the below

Amazing car, 331 hemi, great interior and dash

But before I checked out the car, I noticed the purse the woman was holding. See the first photo at the beginning of this gallery, and you'll notice it too.

That is one cool purse!

Jerry made it for his daughter, and why describe it? You can tell what it's made from

except that you wouldn't know that he used part of his jacket for the inside, and a bit of leather from his tool belt for the snap strap

the handle is removeable, and a longer one can be added, changing it from a clutch purse (get it, clutch?) to a shoulder purse

How awesome, and he even was keeping it shined up for her during the show.

Cara, thanks for the pleasant chat, and sharing with me the cool dad-made purse. I bet a lot of guys are going to try making one now.

for an article about the car, and the source of the before image http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/?p=7703

just how fast was a stock hemi Plymouth Satellite?

Or maybe the speed record was 164 mph, depends on the source of info

Just how stock was it? A hemi, yeah, they wouldn't have super tuned that on a dyno, upgraded the guts a little? Dropped to the tallest highway gears available in a 8 3/4 or Dana 60 which were 2.93 and 3.23... maybe aluminum panels? Headers? Hell, I can see the roll cage, so it was prepped for the salt high speed.

Well, how about that, a little diggin around on the internet turns up that is was a prototype Satellite, the first street hemi to be installed, with special fuel injection ste ups and dry sumps, and the project was shepherded by Peter Dawson a Chrysler factory engineer who shared a garage with Tom Hoover (father of the 426 hemi) and a variety of rear axle ratios were brought along, http://www.moparmagazine.com/2009/may_june/grassroots_engineering

Chrysler advertising tried really hard to hold onto the Hemi for advertising, it's sad

click on it to get the full size version, and you'll see that the first claim is an overhead cam Hemi that will get you 30 mpg... and the little words that make up the red car on the bottom has the word HEMI above the front tire

Jay Leno talks to Don Prudhomme about the 70 Hemicuda and transporter

I'm sorry, the videos were pulled by Vimeo or whoever had hosted them

For a photo gallery of Don's hemicuda and transporter that I took at SEMA: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/don-prudhommes-funny-car-hauler-1967.html

I also recommend you take a look at Tere's post, Don invited her to hop inside the hauler as he showed her how it was restored: http://justacargal.blogspot.com/2009/11/sema-celebrities.html