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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