Hotrodding Couple
Corrupts Parents

Janice Sisson Waltjen must have inherited her love for cars from her father. But it was Janice and her husband, Steve, who actually started the family addiction to classic cars. Her father was into hotrodding long before she was even born. He was featured in Rod and Custom magazine in 1961 with his race car. Then he dropped out of the hotrodding scene to raise a family. It was not until last year when Steve and Janice purchased their fiery orange 1932 Willys that his desire resurfaced. Janice said, "We came here last year with this car. Then my parents got involved, my dad used to have a Chevy when he was younger and race it. He just had a love for cars. Then one day Steve decided to go buy this and corrupted my parents." Her father ended up purchasing a 1931 Ford Coupe. "Now Mom wants a car and I want a car!"

Steve had a high performance boat repair shop for 20 years and was considering building a hotrod himself. "I've been around big engines all my life, more like offshore boats, we do some racing," Steve said. But then his friend decided to sell a 1932 Willis-Overland. "After I had looked at a couple of cars and realized how much money they had in them, I realized I could drive it for cheaper already done." Steve elaborated on the features. "It's a one of a kind pretty much. Apparently the guy who restores this type of car said this is the only hotrod on the East Coast of this style. It looks like a '32 Ford, but it's a Willys. It's missing the fenders, the step boards, and the hood. We have all that for it, but the guy who put it together said that everybody told him it looked better without it. We might put them back on, or leave it alone, we haven't decided."

Steve and Janice stay busy with their shoreline erosion control business in Pasadena, Maryland www.chesapeakebaystone.com, but their free time is spent enjoying their 1932 Willis-Overland. Steve said, "It's just a fun thing to do in the area to be able to ride around and have an investment car that you can drive." Janice added, "We don't know what happened to my parents, but they're addicted. We're just having too much fun with it. We love it!" (Read the story about Janice's parents, Ray and Donna Sisson and A Dream Come True! about Donna's new car.)