SURF CITY, HERE WE COME

I love the Woodies. What a great beach car. They had a mini-revival a few years back, but kinda like the P.T. Cruiser, not a lot of success.

But I have an idea. Willy Loman might call it a one million dollar idea. How about an anniversary revival of the '57 Chevy? If that wasn't the greatest design, it was one of the best. Pattern it after the Thunderbird re-make and voila! you have a merchandising hit.

I saw a beauty, a black '57 original in the Minneapolis Airport this summer. For the first time in my life, I was tempted to call the seller. It didn't have the big sticker price the Barrett-Jackson ones have either. But I really couldn't see me tooling around in it on Arizona streets.

I never had a '57, but my friend Seig did. He called it the Mellow Yellow because of its canary color. It was pretty neat, but he only had four starts in it a day, I believe. I actually thought the black was the best looking, though.

Another friend of mine, Bobby, drove his dad's '58, but that was no classic design at all. I learned to drive in the snow in that car though as we we did donuts and full slides in the Shopping Mall on South 10th where the new post office is now.

If Chevrolet takes on my idea with a 50th anniversary car, they better get busy. And all I'd want for the idea is one of the reproductions. In black.