Restoration on wheels

Fontenot relishes in restoring a 1966 Chevrolet truck
  • Paul Fontenot is pictured behind the wheel of his newly restored 1966 Chevrolet truck. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
    Paul Fontenot is pictured behind the wheel of his newly restored 1966 Chevrolet truck. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
“The very first car I purchased at the age of 15 was a 1976 Monte Carlo. My friend Robert Holmes’ dad gave him a 1965 Chevy truck when he started to drive. At that time my dad owned a 1966 Chevy truck. I thought it would be cool to have a truck like Robert’s so my dad and I traded vehicles. Robert and I spent our high school years semi restoring them ourselves,” says Paul Fontenot, owner of Paul…

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