Classic American

IMPULSE DECISION

When I saw Mike ‘Nashville’ Nash’s 1967 Dodge Coronet 440 at the Boxing Day Romsey Car Show it looked so nice I wondered if it was a recent restoration, or a rare survivor, but I never caught up with him to ask. Fortunately, he attended the Beaulieu Hot Rod and Custom Drive In Day later in the year and he was subsequently able to fill me in on what he knows of the Dodge’s history. “This car was previously owned and rebuilt by a retired Dodge/ Chrysler employee,” says Mike. “That’s what I was told by Greg Flatt when I bought it from him in October 2016.”

Mike had been looking for a full-size car to take the whole family to car shows. “I’ve got a few other cars, including a supercharged 1957 Chevy pick-up with 800bhp and a hot-rodded 1939 Standard Flying 8, so now I

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