hey harleyboy. i lived in that neighborhood twice myself. carolina beach 1976-79 and castle hayne 1995-97. after hurricanes bertha and fran i was ready to move north again. i rode out both hurricanes in my shop in castle hayne. fran was pretty rough. i was picking tree branches out of the roof rafters. i owned the sign shop (Tri County Signs) right in the "y" of rts 133 and 132. i had a fax and copy store there too. and a bunch of hot rods including a gold 64 elky, and a bunch of other el caminos, an olds v-8 powered rear engined dodge d-50 pickup truck. a silver and purple lowered shortbed silverado, and others. if i ever hit the lottery i'll probably move back to that neighborhood. it would cost a fortune to move my shop now since ive accumulated so much stuff (junk), lol. my brother still lives in carolina beach. i drag raced at most of the tracks around there, coastal plains (jacksonville) harrels, delco, dunn benson, piedmont, rockingham and a few others. they race year round down there. i remember winning street class in the gold 64 elky at harrels in december. while living in castle hayne i met ben (440shorty). he lived and worked right down the street. in fact ben rebuilt the powerglide in my 64 elky. weve been messing with hot rods together pretty much ever since.
took a brake from building my rod to ride my Harley along the river to my local watering hole for a beer
