Thread: How young did you start, and did it result in obsession?

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I started at 11years old (read the first issue of Hot Rod (wish I had kept it), bought myfirst car at 13 (a 33 Ford roadster), brought it home in a wheel barrow and two years later was driving it. Moved up to a 47 Chevy (which I chopped and added a 303" Olds with 37 La Salle trans) then a 40 Ford, etc, etc Sixty-three cars later hear I am at 71 driving my rat powered 76 Seville.

Istarted drag racing in 1956 and ran stockers, modified production, gassers and by 1967 was flogging a Jr. Fueler (7.92 @ 192MPH)

Then converted the fueler to a modified roadster.

I quit cars cold turkey 8 times and took the back up nine times!

A few of the cars are pictured here.

It's a disease, but I still resist the cure!!