Classic American

Runnin' in the Family

Growing up surrounded by American classics must sound like a dream to most of us, but for 25-year-old James Reed that’s exactly how he remembers his childhood years: “My dad, Steve, has always had interesting classic cars, the earliest I remember was a ’54 Packard Clipper,” James recalls. “Spending my days around his cars at shows was always bound to have a long-lasting effect on me!” It’s certainly an enviable position to find yourself in and unsurprisingly James has already begun to follow in his father’s footsteps.

Aside from the Packard, James has lost count of the many classics his dad has owned. “He’s had a ’65 Corvair, a Viper, a Ford Falcon and a few Barracudas,”

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