Good things Come...
Eric Staniforth has been a long-time fan of the Chevy Bel Air since he first saw one back in the Sixties: "I was working in Hunstanton very close to an American air base," Eric remembers. "We used to drink in the same watering holes as the guys from the air base." It was common practice back then for American employees working at US military stations to bring a car over to the UK with them and Eric soon began to take notice of these huge impressive cars he would see on a daily basis.
"It all started when I was dropping a couple of the guys from the air base off in my Ford Anglia on a regular basis," Eric remembers. "George, one of the Gls, soon insisted it was his turn to drive us back instead." George didn't have a Ford Anglia, in fact far from it, as instead he cruised around in a black '56 Chevy Bel Air. "One night on the way back, George asked me to 'fill
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