Steve Anderson , 1950's . My Uncle Jimmy has a record of a motorcycle at B'ville . The motor breaks up a little get started through the gears , but soon smooths out as it hits its stride .. OH HOW SWEET!! 1960's , high school auto shop , I put rod brg's in PLY. 6 , it wont turn over even with push ,so loosen rod bolts and it turns over !! First car '29 Mod. A , put ring gear on other side , 3 reverse gears !! First job at Bob Looneys ESSO station in Kensington MD. Pump gas ,change oil, search under back seats for loose change .. Garage next door (owned by Costa Rica guy , who I work for later) has '57 Chevy w/ 6 / 2 bbls , '58 Corvette, (the best Vetts ) . Next door is a plumbing shop with a guy who gets off work , fires up his '50 Ply and immediately floors it screaming out in to the street and around corner as fast as it will go !! Buy '52 FORD and life takes off (not that I realized IT THEN ) .. Heat frt. springs, red rims , fake Appelton spots , French head and tail lights , Olds frt caps , primer spots. Pull the choke idling through HOT SHOPPE .. Drive parts truck for Rockville Ford ,get to go to DC to pick up stuff from FORD rebuild center, ( where I have 286" flatty built /flat rate guy at dealer doesn't bother to clean oil filter doing eng. swap ).. Join AF . drive '52 to Moses Lake , Wash for duty as Titan 2 missle mech. Blow eng. in Pomona on way back from sch. in TEXAS , put used flattie w/loose valve seat and drive to Moses Lake , WASH .. Own a 48 Caddy for awhile , than another '52 FORD that was used for chickens !! Build another 286" flattie , blow a clutch racing '55 Chevy V8 going for 2nd !! One head milled to much ,eats a valve , scores cyl. Leave service, work CONOCO gas station, open to close , get fired for using customer car after hours doing donuts in snow with open exhaust , (cops can hear) MOM sends $100 to get home to Maryland , (finds out I got title from mach. shop when I left WASH.) ,makes sure I send payments, that karma thing. Work in DC at garage for THOMPSONS DAIRY in parts dept. Build 296' flattie for '52. Get into drag racing !!
IF this isn't to much , more later