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Monday, August 18, 2025

HELLO MARY LOU!

 This blog is dedicated to our "new" 1955 Dodge Coronet Lancer.  We have been waiting 35 years for this moment.  A true car guy from Newton (Gordon "Gordy" Jones) owned this car.  Unfortunately he died from Covid and his son Justin made the decision to sell the car.  A big thanks to Randy Jones of Nothing But Customs for getting it ready.  We took possession on 8/5/22 and got the title on 8/12/22.

We are still learning the history of the car.  We know before Gordy owned it, Bob and Lonnie Clark of Mitchellville had the car. Bob is the one that built her the way we see her and Gordy added the Hemi.

"Mary Lou" is the name we gave the car...named for Cindy's aunt Mary Lou Cass.  She would have loved the car and we know she's smiling down on us now.

Posts will appear in chronological order...that's just how blogs are set up.  I can "label" (categorize) posts by a name or topic and that is how I see the blog being used.  See the menu (File Cabinet) on the right.  You can click on a category that way and see the related posts.  If you get to the bottom of a category, look to see if it says "Older Posts" and you can continue until there are no more posts in that category.  Then on to something else if you want and you can also click at the top of the page to go "home".



(Photo by Diane McKillip)

Sunday, August 17, 2025

BRICK ROAD - MARY LOU ON LOCATION

I'm always looking for locations where I can get photos of Mary Lou that look old and timeless.  This is Amick Ave in Beaverdale and has a stretch of brick street.  I went out after 5pm knowing the sun was going down and not sure if that was the best time.  I wanted the focus to be the brick and the car knowing there was a big lawn in the background.  In hindsight, I could have pulled forward a bit more to capture more of the house I was trying to downplay.  But they turned out nice and thankful to have my grandson's camera to capture every bit of light.







My initial thought was focus on the brick and not the house behind, but this turned out to be the best of bunch.

Friday, August 8, 2025

IOWA STATE FAIR - 2025

Words to follow.  Cindy was ill and did not come.  Lost knock off on the way home.






































Photo Dump - Pictures I didn't post on Facebook













































































Hello, Mary Lou!

HELLO MARY LOU!

 This blog is dedicated to our "new" 1955 Dodge Coronet Lancer.  We have been waiting 35 years for this moment.  A true car guy fr...