Driving his 1970 Plymouth Road Runner 440 is a flash from the past for Harry Holloway and now his car will help people keep track of future dates in 2008.
Holloway's car is the November pin-up car in the 2008 Snap-on Mini Shots calendar, Renee BubRozek, spokeswoman for Snap-On Inc. said Tuesday.
Holloway, 62, of Worcester, said he spotted the Road Runner along the roadside in Maine in 1990 and purchased it for $700. He brought the car home and didn't do anything with it until he retired in 2003.
"I had some time to spend with it," Holloway said. "And I had the money to spend on it."
Holloway said he was the money man and his friend, Dan Jackson, was the hands-on man who did most of the work.
"It was orange when I bought it and, based on things we discovered when we were working on it, we think it had originally belonged to the New Hampshire State Police," Holloway said.
After three years in Jackson's garage, the car emerged as a showpiece that has won prizes at car shows, but Holloway said he enjoys driving the car more than showing it.
"I drive it on Saturday and Sunday when I get the urge to feel like I am 21 again," Holloway said with a laugh. "You can't drive that car more than 50 miles without having someone ask questions about it."
Holloway said his $700 1970 Road Runner is now valued between $50,000 and $100,000.
Holloway said he is also in the process of restoring a red 1969 Road Runner with a black vinyl roof.
"A '69 Road Runner was the first car I ever had," Holloway said Tuesday. "I bought it with a few options on it in 1969 for $3,041. The paint on it was called bronze fire."
Holloway said Jackson showed a photo of the restored 1970 Road Runner to his Snap-on dealer and they decided to enter the photo in the calendar contest.
BubRozek said the Snap-on dealer is Dan Sturtz.
The Snap-on Snapshots calendar was originally developed in 1996 as a tribute to technicians and hobbyists that use Snap-on products. The calendar has annually showcased custom and classic vehicles that have been created, restored or maintained, according to a media release.
After hundreds of snapshots are submitted to the contest, Snap-on representatives review the entries and narrow them down to a final group that is featured in the calendar, with the car owner's name, home state, and the vehicle's make and model incorporated into the design.
Holloway said he was told that his Road Runner made it through 12 elimination rounds before it was chosen for the calendar.
The calendars are only available through Snap-on dealers. Holloway said he received a small sample version of the calendar, which will eventually be printed as a wall calendar.
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