My Life in the Past

[dustymars]

One of my hot rods in high school:



Then at 30:



Now that is as conservative as you can get 
 

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A young conservative makes sounds at 16 and then 30 years later:



$30 Silvertone then an expensive Gibson ES-335.
 
 

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I learned to drive in a WWII Army Jeep and got my license at 15 years old.  My first hot rod was a 1934 Ford 3-window couple with a 1947 or 48 Cadillac flathead engine, 4 carbs.  I traded it for a 1940 Ford Standard Couple and installed a 1956 Chevy engine that was just right to run loads from west Tennessee to east Tennessee.  Then a 1934 Ford Custom 2-door with a 1957 Chevy engine. I loved dirt and grease, so I worked as a mechanic at a local dirt track.  At times I dove it around the track and asked the owner to teach me to race.  He laughed and told me he would not wish that on his worst enemy.  I took his advice and gave that up early.
 

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yikes, these were taken ten years ago!

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[Miketx]

I learned to drive in a WWII Army Jeep and got my license at 15 years old.  My first hot rod was a 1934 Ford 3-window couple with a 1947 or 48 Cadillac flathead engine, 4 carbs.  I traded it for a 1940 Ford Standard Couple and installed a 1956 Chevy engine that was just right to run loads from west Tennessee to east Tennessee.  Then a 1934 Ford Custom 2-door with a 1957 Chevy engine. I loved dirt and grease, so I worked as a mechanic at a local dirt track.  At times I dove it around the track and asked the owner to teach me to race.  He laughed and told me he would not wish that on his worst enemy.  I took his advice and gave that up early.
 

 

What is a couple?

[dustymars]

I learned to drive in a WWII Army Jeep and got my license at 15 years old.  My first hot rod was a 1934 Ford 3-window couple with a 1947 or 48 Cadillac flathead engine, 4 carbs.  I traded it for a 1940 Ford Standard Couple and installed a 1956 Chevy engine that was just right to run loads from west Tennessee to east Tennessee.  Then a 1934 Ford Custom 2-door with a 1957 Chevy engine. I loved dirt and grease, so I worked as a mechanic at a local dirt track.  At times I dove it around the track and asked the owner to teach me to race.  He laughed and told me he would not wish that on his worst enemy.  I took his advice and gave that up early.
 


 

What is a couple?

 

I think something came lose either in the speller or the forum posting.  The word I typed was "coupe" and somehow it posted as "couple."  I have been having some difficulty with posting here for some strange reason when I hit Submit the screen goes out to some error page and when I return to the original post, I made things seem to be jumbled up.  Weird.

[dustymars]

I learned to drive in a WWII Army Jeep and got my license at 15 years old.  My first hot rod was a 1934 Ford 3-window couple with a 1947 or 48 Cadillac flathead engine, 4 carbs.  I traded it for a 1940 Ford Standard Couple and installed a 1956 Chevy engine that was just right to run loads from west Tennessee to east Tennessee.  Then a 1934 Ford Custom 2-door with a 1957 Chevy engine. I loved dirt and grease, so I worked as a mechanic at a local dirt track.  At times I dove it around the track and asked the owner to teach me to race.  He laughed and told me he would not wish that on his worst enemy.  I took his advice and gave that up early.
 




 

What is a couple?



 

I think something came lose either in the speller or the forum posting.  The word I typed was "coupe" and somehow it posted as "couple."  I have been having some difficulty with posting here for some strange reason when I hit Submit the screen goes out to some error page and when I return to the original post, I made things seem to be jumbled up.  Weird.
 
 

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