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S t o r y b y C A N D E E H A R R I S / P h o t o g ra p hy b y J O H N R I D D L E
Hazel Rae has been featured in Southern Weddings Magazine and has been crowned “Best of Show” at an Altamaha Classic Cruisers car show.
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car enthusiast since a young age, Alan Jones first got the bug around age 11 while helping his Uncle Jack with restoration on a 1930 Ford Model A Roadster, a sassy convertible with a rumble seat. The simple task of cleaning the brake drums and other mechanical parts of the brakes hooked him, and he dreamed of someday owning an antique car himself. But as a teenager in the late sixties, Alan’s head turned and he fell hard for the sleek Corvette Stingray. He bought his first one, a 1973 model, after graduating from the University of Florida and returning
HAZEL RAE E V E RY O N E N OT I C E S WHEN ALAN JONES R I D E S B Y I N H I S F U L LY RESTORED CLASSIC
Alan Jones acts as the chauffeur for friends and family in his fully restored four-door 1930 Ford Model A Deluxe for weddings and special occasions.
to Jesup with his wife Lynn to work in his family’s business, Jones Drug Company. Over the next two-anda-half decades, four more Vettes followed. They included a pre-owned 1982 that was originally owned by
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