Docent Spotlight

Merle Houck

September 2024

We asked the KCAM staff to describe Merle in a word. Here’s what they said!

Intelligent
Kind
Quick Witted
Friendly
Quiet
Reliable
Generous

When did you begin volunteering at KCAM?
2011, helping at info displays, set up car shows, etc

Why do you volunteer at KCAM?

More variety vs Mustang or Chevelle car clubs.

What was the first car you owned?
1962 shiny black VW Beetle

What was your favorite car you’ve owned?

My first project. A 1968 sunshine yellow Dodge Polara convertible rescued from a salvage yard.

What is your dream car?

Early Pantera or Acura NXS

What is/was your profession?

Adhesive Chemist; almost everything is glued together.

What is your favorite movie and/or music group?

Barbershop Harmony, The Platters, McGuire Sisters, Chordettes, and Beep Beep (a 1958 car song by the Playmates)

What is your favorite book/author?

A Painted House by John Grisham

What are you currently learning about?
History of just about anything

What hobbies do you have outside of the automotive world?
Restoring vintage fans and radios.

If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?
Iceland

What is your favorite food?
Chili (Bennye’s recipe)

If you could have dinner with any historical figure, who would it be?
Ben Franklin  

What was your favorite subject in school?
Chemistry and French

Favorite way to spend a weekend?
Going to estate sales, reading, listening to history or well-crafted history-based novels.

 

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