{"id":491825,"date":"2011-05-02T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=33935"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:04:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:04:24","slug":"chuck-tatum-interview-and-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/chuck-tatum-interview-and-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Tatum &#8211; Interview and Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>Interview by Will Silk and photos courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forgottenfiberglass.com\">Forgotten Fiberglass<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chuck Tatum was what you could say \u201cat the right place, at the right time\u201d by living in California in the early 1950s. 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