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16 | July/August 2016 ARMSTRONG WITH WIFE JENNIE AND DAUGHTER SAVANNAH Trading them out Adam Armstrong, a soldier at Fort Bragg, has been bitten by the car bug, too. "My older brother was the one who got me started," he said. Right now Adam owns a 1927 Ford Roadster, which he bought off Craigslist and picked up in Fort Mill, South Carolina. ere's also a tan bare-metal 1965 Mustang, which belonged to his wife's grandmother. He's working to build a new motor and get the car back to its original factory green color, hopefully by the end of the year. Adam's first car was a 1970s Monte Carlo. Before he had the Roadster, he owned a Co- bra. Adam is less into hot rods and more into rat rods. "For a rat rod, it's about throwing everything on it to keep it on the road," he explained. To the Roadster, he added an electric ignition and switches for the fuel and radiator fan. Coffee bags wrap the interior to cover the fiberglass and even windspeed indicators and manifold pressure gauges are an addition from an airplane. "ey're there to be there," he says. Adam and Jennie and Savannah, their 11-month-old daughter, love to ride in the car on the weekends. Even though Adam's head comes above the windshield, "I get hit by bugs and rocks," he still loves it. Like Art, Adam answers questions along the way. "I get stopped everywhere I go. It attracts lots of attention." is year at the Dogwood Festival, people were curious about the car. Kids were hop- ping in and parents were taking photos. Originally, Adam said the Roadster caught his eye, but it seems he always has his eyes peeled for the next best car so that he can switch them out. Just in the past three years, he has owned seven, almost eight, cars. "When I buy one, usually I will have it less than a year," he said. But his wife, Jennie, doesn't want him to ever get rid of his Roadster. "I love it," she said. "It's my favorite of all the cars he's had."

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