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Subject: First car Author: Bill Krieger [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 07:02:00 04/20/05 Wed My first car was a 1929 Model A that I bought in 1956 (I was just 16 years old). My buddy Jim rescued it from a farmer's field in Frankfort, Illinois and got it running. Since the wood and cloth in the roof had disappeared, he covered it in galvanized steel. You would open the trunk with your finger (the handle had long ago disappeared) and you saw the road - the pan had rusted out. Also despite the fact it was a five window coupe, both doors and the right rear quarter windows were gone. Anyway, Jim wanted $55.00 for the car and I had the cash from car hopping at a local drive-in so I asked my Dad if I could buy the "A". He said a flat "NO!" My grades weren't too good, I had no money for insurance and he wasn't going to give a 16 year old a car until he understood the responsibility of having a car. I listened to him closely and then went out and bought the darned car! Amazingly - I didn't get thrown out of the house but Dad was awfully silent for a long time. I had a lot of fun with that car and learned a ton about the inner workings of the automobile because I was always tinkering with it. I have a bunch of stories about that Model "A" but I've taken up too much bandwidth now. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]