Anthony Bishop’s 1951 Henry J hadn’t been driven on a road in 48 years until Saturday’s sixth annual Back to The Strip.Once on the street, it didn’t take long for the Henry J to grab attention as it purred up and down New Smithville Highway with a 496 engine built by Bishop himself.“This sat in my mother’s basement for a while and it was sitting in a field before I started working on it,” said Bishop. “I rescued it from the weeds and been working on it for 20 months.”Bishop wasn’t 100 percent sure the Henry J would be ready for Saturday’s big event, but he woke up bright and early that morning and put in a couple hours of work to make sure the finishing touches were complete. A Viola resident, Bishop said the car hasn’t seen the road since 1969.“It’s an interesting car,” said Bishop.
Trip down memory lane
Classic cars cruise The Strip