It was different for you guys, cars were more hands on.
I mean, when your dad pulled over and you'd get out and shovel more coal into the engine.....


Seriously, I've always been a car/truck guy. My family was ashamed of their blue collar backround and knew nothing on building or fixing anything, so there was no help there.
My dad told me once that "Every tool has it's use." To which I said, "So you need a REALLY good telephone, right?"
I was a little bitter maybe as I'd been working two jobs (lawn mower repair and a farm) ages 10-15 and got pretty handy at fixing things.
Was out on my own at 18 but too poor to do anything other than keep my old junk running.
Only recently have I gotten my family settled in a nice house, and met all my obligations to them to where I could afford to pay myself a 'hobby salary'
So I guess I started at age 10 but couldn't do anything about it until age 30.

All uphill from here,
Drew