24 - Southpoint Sun
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
1932 Plymouth with a story to tell Drew and Patti Sproat of Lakeshore, Ontario, own a beautiful 1932 Plymouth street rod. Many years ago, when Drew was in the home renovation business, he was making a sales call and his product binder had a picture of his ’32 Plymouth on the cover. Imagine Drew’s surprise when the man he called upon said he had been a previous owner of the car! He told Drew about his time restoring the Plymouth from its drag racing days with no hood or side vents, no interior other than a basic seat, and cheater slicks replacing the rear fenders. The man also showed Drew an old black and white photo of the Plymouth as a drag car in Prince Edward Island. This gentleman also had the original rare flying lady hood ornament and gave it to Drew, who had searched high and low for one. It now sits on Drew’s 1932 beauty. The initials W.P.C. (Walter P. Chrysler) and D.D. (Dodge DeSoto) are on the underside. The lady was applied with Loctite to discourage any sticky fingers from taking her home.
THE OLD CAR DETECTIVE Bill Sherk Years later, the Plymouth was transformed into a show car by Drew and his brother in arms, Morris Jackson, earning an invitation to the 2005 Detroit Autorama. On the first day of the show, an older couple approached the car. The woman said to Drew: “This looks like a 1932 Plymouth.” She then said her grandmother had driven her to school every day in a 1932 Plymouth. She returned the next day and gave Drew the original owner’s manual from her grandmother’s car! Also at the Autorama, Drew met the King of Kustomizers, George Barris, and had their photo taken together. Drew’s car was assembled in Windsor in 1932. The original four cylinder engine has now been replaced with a detailed 318 cubic inch Chrysler power plant with a 600 Holley carb and Edelbrock intake
Francine Honey releases new ‘double-single’
LEAMINGTON — Local singer-songwriter, Francine Honey has released a new ‘double-single’, which is availble now. “2020 Vision is a song about what was supposed to happen in 2020,” says Honey. “Can’t Press Reset is a song that summarizes what has actually happened in 2020 and a transformational call to action.” Like all of us, Honey had big plans for this year — some that were decades in the making, as she relates in the soulful piano ballad ‘2020 Vision.’ ““I had all kinds of dreams and plans for what would happen, what I would do when I retired,” she said. Those goals were instantly dashed when the world, the whole year and all our plans went down the tubes, as she chronicles in the gently chugging straight-up Americana folk-rocker “Can’t Press Reset.” Honey’s music has received critical acclaim and sees airplay on CBC, Radio-Canada, BBC, AM800, CTV, SiriusXM, Folk Roots Radio, and more across Canada, the US, and the world. She performs regularly online with her series ‘Honey In Your Coffee’ and streams almost every live venue performance. She is a member of the Americana Music Association, Songwriter’s Association of Canada (SAC), Nashville Songwriter’s Association International, and Canadian Country Music Association, and co-ordinates the SAC’s Leamington & Windsor Regional Writer’s Group, mentoring other songwriters. She continues to co-write with other artists, aiming to have her music recorded by fellow performers and licensed for TV. “If I could get a song on a TV or Netflix series, that would be cool,” she laughs. “But really, I just want to keep going, writing better songs. I’m finally a songwriter and I know I’ll do this the rest of my life.”
with many other features. The memories of people’s kindness have made this ’32 Plymouth extra special for Drew, with special thanks to Pat Kettels for suggesting Drew should share this story. I’m always looking for stories. Email billtsherk@ sympatico.ca.
Drew Sproat’s Windsor-built 1932 Plymouth street rod with original flying lady hood ornament.
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