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P re se nt s
Presents
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for the Classics

Featuring Byran Kyer

work and some interior work as well. “I
By Casey Leger
am far from a body man,” he jokes.
In terms of car projects, he’s got a
s the second generation of his
lot going on. “I picked up a 1932 Ford
Afamily to own the South Branch
Garage, Byran Kyer knows cars, 7 Window Rod and had it for about 3
years, but it was not a muscle car like I
including the classics. “I’ve always
been into classic cars, probably for wanted. So, I sold it and bought a 1968
Fire Bird in 2016. It needed some work.
about 40 years now,” he says. “I’d be
working on cars with my father at night, I had it for 4 years and then just last
year, in 2020, I bought my 1965 Nova
before my dad opened South Branch
Garage. Every night we would be in our SS. This one also needed quite a bit of Photo Submitted
work! I could not bring myself to sell
house garage working on vehicles.”
my Fire Bird and the Nova is still a work
At 52 years old, Byran is a lifelong in progress.”
resident of South Glengarry. “I have a
1968 Fire Bird and a 1965 Nova SS,” “In the last 11 months I rebuilt the
350 cubic inch engine in my Nova,” I changed the drum brakes on the front to be.”
he explains. “I first had a 1979 Monte
Byran says. “It is now 355 cubic inch to disk brakes, changed the colour of the Byran loves to go camping and
Carlo, back in the day, and I sold it to
with fuel injection and around 380 carpets, and reupholstered the seat. I put to hang out with his friends, and 13
get married, so I had not had a classic
horsepower. I changed the transmission new rims and tires on it, as well as new months ago he picked up a new hobby:
car for about 20 years.”
from a 3-speed to a 4-speed automatic front control arms, upper and lower, and being with his granddaughter. “The best
As a Class A automotive technician, Hurst shifter. I put in a new instrument a new sway bar. And the work is still stories and memories are yet to come
Byran does all his own mechanical cluster. It’s digital but looks like analog. not done to where I would like the car with my granddaughter,” he says.
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