Easily the most eye-catching of the trio was his '57. A factory injected car, the Colonial Cream, Laurel Green paint scheme looks great on the classic body style.

Items like the 'new' 4-speed, stainless exhaust system, and fine detail were not what caught my attention, but the drag racing history behind the car did. As can be seen from these two photos Don ran the car at the 'old' Mission Raceways, and baby, this puppy was quick! Don says that he gutted it with hi-tech racer tricks like taking out the radio and heater, but swears it was basically a very good tuneup that had the car running deep into the thirteen second zone. "The Americans couldn't believe it" he says with a gleam in his eyes.

Today the car sits on Comp TA's, sports dog-dish hubcaps, and is detailed inside and out. What really gets people's attention however are those fender flags. Open the hood and one behold's a marvel of 1950s engineering, and good ole' Yankee ingenuity. Take a good close look at the Rochester system and you see a maze of copper fuel lines under the plenum, a complete mechanically-timed port fuel injection system.

The system flows about the same as a 750 cfm carb, and was featured on more than just the hipo Chevys like the Corvette. Apparently there were a very few that found their way to family cars such as a station wagon or two. "The convertables are the most sought after right now" says Don. One just sold for $85,000 at the Barret Auction. "But it was bought by a woman who just HAD to have it" he said. "A few of my friends were there", he added. "That car went for an unrealistic price, but it was being bid on by two people, and that often inflates the price."

Don has owned this car for years and has put many miles on it. In this state for about two years now he says the car sees the road each summer.Like all true hot rodders he does deals like trading motor work for, in this car's case, interior work.

Meanwhile, in another area of the shop sit the '55 and the '56 side-by-side. The newer car has an older paintjob on it (that still looks plenty good to me), and is a bit of a sleeper when it comes to the modifications department. Under the hood lives a plenty stout 350 LT1.

Behind it sits a rather 'interesting' transmission. How does a massive Borg Warner 6 speed backed by the latest Centerforce clutch grab ya? Featuring more thinking and figuring than many enthusiasts put into an entire drivetrain, Don's ingenuity really shows through here.

As you can see from the photos the big six is just 'slightly' larger than a four...

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Don says that the shifter is completely fabricated, and features a tiny switch he found, at of all places, Radio Shack that electronically controls....hmmmm now I forget, but regardless, it is very, very slick.

This one has far more stuff than I had time to document, but everyone was talking about the humongous 12" front disc brake rotors...

Over on the side of Don's place is this little spray booth...oh doesn't everybody have one?...or an engine stand to run-test all those sets of injection?...

The Buick is his wife's car and has been in the family for many years. The black interior is near perfect.

Just a couple of motors lying around...

Don says he's rebuilt approx. 50 Injectors over the years.

This thing is too cool...

It would be nice if Don could keep things neat though...

And I know it's got nothing to do with cars, but this little electric outboard caught me eye. It was a gift from a very good late friend of Don's and is a treasured keepsake.

A friend sent this March 30, 1957 two page spread ad from the Saturday Evening Post. Can you find the near twin to Don's '57?

Many thanks to Don and the BCHRA for allowing HH to share this with you!