| My dad had a '67 galaxy 500 and it was his baby. He | | | | many years he'd had it and what work he had put |
| loved to take it to car shows and let everyone see | | | | into it. He also told them about the lights he had put |
| what a great car he had. The only problem he had | | | | on it and how they were hooked up. This was the |
| was that he wanted to draw some of the younger | | | | greatest time he'd ever had. I didn't think he would |
| generation in and get them interested in classics too. | | | | ever give up that old car we even joked about him |
| He decided that he was gonna try some different | | | | being buried in it. Then he came across a young man |
| lights to see if that would help. When he first started | | | | that fell in love with the car. He followed car shows |
| adding them he tried using strobe lights in the | | | | and always stopped to talk about the galaxy and one |
| headlights that flashed different colors but he found | | | | day asked dad if he would ever consider selling it. |
| that this put a big drain on his battery. He finally | | | | Dad took some time to think about it and decided |
| came across LED (light emitting diode) lights and | | | | since his health was starting to fail it was time to |
| decided to try a set out. He got them, hooked them | | | | turn it over to someone who would care for it the |
| up and was impressed to find that they didn't use | | | | way he did. Every once in a while dad still heads out |
| nearly as much energy as the strobes. He also liked | | | | to the car shows to see his baby and the young |
| the fact that he could still chose the color that helped | | | | man did as he promised, the car is still in great |
| accent his car. He bought a few more sets and at | | | | shape and you can still see it at the car shows from |
| the next show he couldn't believe how many | | | | time to time, because as dad put it classic cars are |
| questions he was getting from the younger visitors | | | | beautiful and should be shown off to the world. |
| at the show. He told them about the car and how | | | | |