I saved up and bought a pair of Cragar slots for the back axle on the 1965 Ford Econoline hippie van. My dad was skeptical. He said, "It had wheels on it already." I got a custom steering wheel for it. Same thing, it had a steering wheel already. He just didn't "get it."
So, I had some pushback back then. I think about that sometimes, then and now. I believe I could have been a race car driver if Daddy had already been a car guy. That's what it takes, you have to be in the car family and I was not.
To expand, what if you took Benjamin Franklin on a ride down the interstate at 70 mph? That would blow his mind. That's a lot faster than a horse could go.
Even closer in time, Daddy passed away in 2000. They had a microwave oven but no computer. Mama didn't see the need for one. Daddy never dreamed of a cell phone. GPS would amaze him. A 70 inch TV? Daddy loved TV, but he never saw one like that.
And the new cars from the showroom now are going faster than the fastest ones ever did in the distant past. Daddy wouldn't care. The danged thing has wheels on it, that's all he was interested in. And air in the tires. Those bias tires back then would go flat, and they sure did. More often than not.
So, I had some pushback back then. I think about that sometimes, then and now. I believe I could have been a race car driver if Daddy had already been a car guy. That's what it takes, you have to be in the car family and I was not.
To expand, what if you took Benjamin Franklin on a ride down the interstate at 70 mph? That would blow his mind. That's a lot faster than a horse could go.
Even closer in time, Daddy passed away in 2000. They had a microwave oven but no computer. Mama didn't see the need for one. Daddy never dreamed of a cell phone. GPS would amaze him. A 70 inch TV? Daddy loved TV, but he never saw one like that.
And the new cars from the showroom now are going faster than the fastest ones ever did in the distant past. Daddy wouldn't care. The danged thing has wheels on it, that's all he was interested in. And air in the tires. Those bias tires back then would go flat, and they sure did. More often than not.
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