Sorry for your loss, Anthony. My Dad is going to be 91 in May. He's still a tough old sum' b....
He drove a 53' TD for about twenty odd years in Warren, Mi. He ice raced t, too on St Claire.
I cut my teeth on 400 grit wet/dry paper and a bucket of water sanding his fenders as he changed the color of his MG five times while he owned it.
Patrick