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You know what we never get tired of? You know what we always love? Do you appreciate that which gives us joy? If your answer was "barn find," you'd be going home with that brand-new toaster. Or at least a slightly used phone charger.
And here's another one: A '55 Chevy gasser neatly tucked away in a truck trailer used as a storage unit behind a shop, presumably somewhere in Indiana. While you drink in every frame of this video, think about something: the pains and expense that people go through in 2021 to replicate what a bunch of kids were doing with their own tools and friends 50-plus years ago is astounding. Every design cue, custom touch, modification and race-prep noodly-nood was done out of a need to go faster, get lighter, make it cheaper, and break as few things as possible to get back to the race track again the following week. What came out of that effort was the timeless look of a gasser.
So, think about that and then think about this: These things are still out there. Even after a decade of "picker" reality TV and more car shows in a given year than at any other point in human history, not every old drag car has been found yet. So, keep looking. We're gonna do the same. And in the meantime, enjoy this video for no other reason than the thrill of discovering a car like this. Whew!
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