Thread: How I got addicted, in 100 words or less.

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It was easy for me-a neighbor was a old hotrodder that I looked up to. My father was an idiot mechanically and I wanted to go fast and couldnt afford to buy stuff like the rich kids!

i have always loved cars , you know how it was when you were just a little guy and seen the cool rods at the drive in .
i remember being very young taking things apart just to find out how they work and sometimes i never did get them back together

there is nothing better then working in the garage on a nice rainy summer night .

Dave

One further memory flashed in my head after my earlier contribution. Back in the late 50's - early 60's my parents had taken me for a Sunday drive in Pennsylvania, and on a small road we passed a drive-in hamburger stand. In the parking lot was a group of people standing around an early hot rod. We passed the scene in a few heartbeats, but the image is still with me 50 years later. Maybe that triggered much of what is car-related in my life that followed.

For me it was all my dad....I followed him around when I was young and the mechanical genes rubbed off. I rebuilt my first lawn mower engine at 11 years old and decided that the oiler/splasher attached to the connecting rod was not needed...of course that caused a 'little' problem. (dad still has the piston hanging in his shop). I rebuilt my first SBC at 13. Dad would just leave the parts laying around and make suggestions when I was stumped.....like when I couldn't figure out how to compress the rings to install the pistons....His comment was "they should make something to wrap around it and hold everything in place....Like a can or something?" I later asked my mom if I could have the coffee can which I cut up and used.

I built many Camaros, Chevelles and Firebirds when I was in my late teens and early 20's (Wish I had any one of them) but then went away from it while the family and career was being built.

Proud to say that Dad and I started to build a car earlier this year. He is older (we both are) and we don't get a lot done each time we have a car day but who cares. When it is done it will be awesome to have something he helped with.

Dan