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Not long after Randy Brumwell returned from the Korean War he unexpectedly inherited his grandfather’s hardware store. Having been a supply sergeant in the Army, Randy had a pretty good business sense and soon was able to grow the hardware store with the housing boom in full swing as GI home loans were readily available. Randy also had an appreciation for advertising and when the opportunity to link up with the Trustworthy Hardware organization popped up he jumped at the chance. But Randy also knew he needed to get his new brand on the street and in front of the local handymen and contractors. Thus he pulled his grandfather’s ’56 T Bird out of the lumber shed and stripped it of non-essentials. Randy had the T Bird painted in Trustworthy colors, changed the oil and plugs, put new wheels and tires on. It didn’t hurt of course that his cousin was an ace when it came to building high performance Y block Ford engines. Randy proceeded to race it at area dragstrips, thus earning the reputation as Rapid Randy and getting his hardware message out to the public.
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Recently picked up model car building after 50 years! I love designing cars from two models. This one is a 1962 Thunderbird base with a 2010 Shelby Mustang drive train. The windshield is raked and the roll bar is from a portion of the Mustang roof. The front air dam and rear spoiler are handmade. Sorry I did not take pictures of the build. I am chronicling the current build I am working on.
