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Subject: Re: My First Car

Author:
Robert

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Date Posted: 11:12:26 02/07/05 Mon
In reply to: Robert 's message, "My First Car" on 11:11:03 02/07/05 Mon

>I generally say my first car was a '57 Chevy, but
>actually that was just the first car I had that ran.
>
>When I was 9 years old (1958), in the third grade, my
>father presented me with a 1930 Ford Model A Tudor
>sedan. I was a flegling motorhead even then and loved
>that car.
>
>It had thrown a rod as it was being delivered to my dad
>and he parked it behind his warehouse. I spent many
>days just sitting in it and planning how I was going
>to restore it, and imagining all the trips I would
>take and the races I would win.
>
>The car came from the gulf coast of Texas and you
>could read a newspaper through the rust holes in all
>four fenders.
>
>I also spent hours pouring through J C Whitney
>catalogs making lists of parts to order to restore the
>car.
>
>A buddy and I used Dad's tools to remove the head, and
>Dad acutally had the carburator rebuilt. But, fate
>was against me. Dad's business was failing and when I
>was about 13, just before I was old enough to have a
>job and get a driver's license (you could drive at 14
>in Texas in the 60's) I was persueded to sell the
>Model A.
>
>The $75 I got for it went with Dad's $50 two years
>later for my '57 Chevy (two door sedan). I learned to
>drive a standard when we bought the Chevy and I had to
>drive it home.
>
>I'd still love to have a Model A, but I have no where
>to put one.

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