As the restoration was in progress
they learned a lot as they went along. As far as they can tell,
this car was the oldest car in Cacklefest III - dating it back
to 1955 or 56... at least that's what the officials at Bakersfield
told them. You can tell by the V-back chassis that it's one of
the very earliest K-88's made by Scotty Fenn. Along with restoring
the car, they also rebuilt the original Hemi.
Chassis builder Pete Ogden was
involved in the restoration - he re-crafted the body panels and
did the zoomies. He recognized the steering box as one he built
originally for Fenn. The Westhaver's were very pleased and proud
to have Ogden as their team's guest at Cacklefest IV and to have
Pete ride in the car for the parade lap. He was very excited
to be there. He would have driven it down in the Cacklefest but
he'd had some recent surgery and couldn't push the clutch pedal
in.