Someone once said “those who can’t, teach,” and while I have no clue if that’s bad or good for the teachers out there, I think it means one thing, if you’re bad at something chances are you’re good at something else.  Artists are often very good at one thing and that thing sets them apart from others, unless of course your name is Leonardo Di Vinci who was stellar at just about everything.  It may take years to hone in on the skill they excel at, or the ah-ha moment could come quickly.  For Joe Pepitone, or as he likes to be called Joe Pep, the realization of what he was good at didn’t come like a bolt of lightning in the night, it came in the form of a 1954 salmon colored, oil burning, Pontiac Chieftain.

The young Pep bought the car for $100 with the hope of restoring it to its onetime greatness.  Armed with his dad’s woodworking tools and the determination only a glassy eyed teenager can have, he dove in.

“The car use to be burnt orange, it listed to one side, and the vacuum powered windshield wipers would stop wiping when you pushed on the gas, “ says Pep.  “My friends use to call it the Lois Lane car.”

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