ESPN: An Inspirational Story About Richie Parker

ESPN, Jul 22 2013 - Tom Rinaldi reports on the life of Richie Parker, who overcame being born without arms to become a chassis and body component designer for Hendrick Motorsports.

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Richie's car - a 1964 Chevrolet Impala SS.

Photos below by Randy Berg: 1959 Chevrolet Impala Convertible - Glendale Cruise Night 2013 - The 1959 Chevrolet Impala, following the styling excess of the late Fifties, was radically reworked and veered away from the GM pack by shooting its tailfins outward rather than upward. Admakers always were fond of naming nearly every part, but this year's "bat wing" fins above "cat's eye" taillights earned no such designations in the sales catalog. Those nicknames came later, though brochures did brand the deck "saucy." http://auto.howstuffworks.com/chevrolet-impala2.htm