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The Boyette
Law Firm
105 N. 6th Street, Wilmington
910-251-9213
www.BoyetteLaw.com
Geannine M. Boyette practices
in the areas of Domestic and
Criminal Law, dealing with
issues such as Child Custody
and Support, Spousal Support,
Equitable Distribution, Divorce,
DWI, criminal and traffic violations.
Geannine also devotes a fair share
of her practice to defending
individuals against the
Department of Social Services.
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weekend and about 500 miles during
the weeklong summer event. Cars
that old have horsepower numbers
roughly equivalent to the year they
were made so it’s a slow parade, but
fellow motorists don’t seem to mind.
“You get waves, horns blowing,
thumbs up, I’ve even got a couple of
peace signs,” Benton says. “You don’t
see these cars on the road anymore.
The generations that knew about
them, who drove them, they’ve all
passed away. The younger generation,
they couldn’t care less. The car only
goes 40 miles an hour? That’s no fun.
But I love them. It’s nice to go slow
because you see so much more, and
you get to enjoy it more. Everybody
goes fast nowadays and you miss out
on so much. That’s why it causes so
much attention. They stand out. Cars
don’t look like this anymore.”
Other collectors meet up to drive
their antiques. Cruising the Loop at
Wrightsville Beach on a sunny week-end
afternoon is a popular pastime.
The BMCCF regularly heads out of
town.
“Several of us will get out and go
to Shallotte or somewhere, just get
them out and drive them,” Allcorn
says. “It’s fun to do that. At our age,
we don’t know what else we’d be
doing. My cars have kept me from a
lot of bad TV.”
While most collectors like to get
behind the wheel, few use them as
daily drivers. Even the best main-tained
car is a dinosaur by today’s
standards.
“You have to think ahead because
they don’t stop as fast as modern cars,
and they don’t accelerate as fast,”
Dillow says. “The two Chevys have
about 80-85 horsepower. And they
are over 3,000 pounds. Their suspen-sions
are not like modern suspen-sions.
They tend to kind of lumber
down the road. If you hit a bump
they go up and down big time. And
the steering isn’t as tight.”
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