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Subject: My first car Author: Jim Nulf, Sr. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 07:29:10 04/22/05 Fri My first car was a 1952 Plymouth station wagon purchased for $10.00 at the age of 13. It didn't run at the time I bought it but that didn't matter to me. I convinced myself I could fix it, after all I knew a lot about bicycles, how hard could it be to fix a flathead 6 cylinder? As it turned out, not so bad but that was only because I had help. If there hadn't been a couple of guys who knew all about cars in my life I would have been up the creek without a paddle. No tools to speak of, no experience, no clue. So with the help of a few books pilfered and leased out of a couple of libraries, a few borrowed tools and a huge desire to show my dad and mom I could do this (my mom had confidence in my ability while my dad was sure I would fall flat on my face), I set about my business. I made a deal with my father that if I were sucessful, he would take me down to DMV in Jacksonville, Florida and allow me to get what was called a "Hardship DL". This license was primarily used for those who lived and worked on farms. It allowed a person of 13 to drive a vehicle to and from school and in connection with the family business. Since my parents owned and operated a small furniture store at the time, we qualified because I was needed in the family business. My father thought it was a safe bet and agreed thinking I would never get it running again. He continually offered to call the local junk yard and have them haul it off and perhaps recoupe some of my foolishly spent funds. Well, he was wrong. I did it. It took me six months of concentrated effort but I did get it going and drove the car for several years. I called the car "Thumper" and had a tarp cover made out of canvas that covered the entire rear of the car from the drivers seat back fastened with snaps just under the windows with a huge Disney rabbit painted on it. The artist was my sister who was really good at that sort of thing. I sure had fun with that car and still wish I had never sold it even if I did replace it with a really neat Shoebox after seeing the movie Thunder Road. Jim Nulf, Sr. Member of The Carolina Cruisers [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]