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Thanks everyone for the replies. Wonderful memories! Verne was very truly a unique individual. I met him around 2003 and shorty thereafter I would go to his shop about 4 times a month for an afternoon and evening, working on various projects with him. I got to do that for about 10 years before I retired and stopped being based at EWR airport. ( I was an international pilot for Continental Airlines) In that time I really got to know him well. I rapidly concluded he would forget more than I will ever know about full size Chevy's, especially 409 cars. We both agreed that what goes on in the shop, stays in the shop. We had so much fun working together out there!

Here's a picture I took of him in 2007 when we rolled one of his 62' 409 cars out of the shop to do some work. I really had to work hard to persuade him to pose for me. He never liked this picture but it's one of my favorites.

Anyway, Verne asked me to be the person to direct the selling of all his various cars and huge hoard of parts after his passing so Janet wouldn't be bothered with it. As such, his '63 Impala is the first to go. I think BAT will be a good venue to sell it. I've uploaded close to 200 pictures of it that will appear in the auction. BAT tells me the auction could go live anytime now. Once it does, I'll post a link to the auction. There's a reason Verne owned it for 27 years, it's a sweetheart of a car. I'm confident it will do well and the new owner will not be disappointed. Thanks again everyone for a nice trip down memory with Verne.

Thomas