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Old 04-17-2006, 07:40 PM
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Default Re: You Grew Up Driving Mostly....

Model A Fords, we had two and I had to drop off and pick up my brothers. Dad thought the Model A Ford was a great car to learn mechanics. Mostly it taught me how bad a car could be. Noisy all the time; hot in the summer; cold in the winter; wet in the rain; hard to steer; top-heavy unstable; and the dash was the gas tank.

On family trips, we had an International Travelall. It wasn't until I was in the Marine Corps and bought my first car, a VW microbus, that I really had a car that was mine and actually had some good engineering. Unlike the Model A Ford, is was; less noisy; less hot in the summer; less cold in the winter; dry in the rain; easy to steer; less top heavy; and the gas tank was in the rear.

Bob Wilson

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Automatic, stock, project car.

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Automatic, stock, backup car.
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