She's No Mary Ann
September 26th 2008 04:55
I, like many Americans, have been fascinated with American muscle cars. I’m not talking about wimpy fuel-efficient, stripped-down cars either. I am talking about my love affair with pony cars that make a lot of noise and generate a tremendous amount of sheer horsepower. Nothing is more beautiful to my ear than the growl of that big block engine at full throttle! They are big, loud, smell funny, and drink gas like a drunk in a vodka factory, but when you put it next to some modern wind up toy, there is no comparison.
From the time I can remember, my father, my uncles, and my granddad were always “Car guys”. Quite simply, they “got” old cars – they weren’t just the people, who bought them, but people who understood them, the people who worked on them, they truly loved cars. Hour after hour were spent working on and discussing old cars and talking about the intricacies of each make or model. We would pour through manuals, books, and magazines about old cars as we could. These guys didn’t get very much time off of work, so when they did we made sure to enjoy it. I didn't care too much about what we did; I just loved hanging out in the garage with the guys . I was hypnotized watching them perform "surgery" as well as resisutate cars that were generally thought to be "goners." The more I learned about old cars, the more I too became fascinated with them[ Click here to read more ]
From the time I can remember, my father, my uncles, and my granddad were always “Car guys”. Quite simply, they “got” old cars – they weren’t just the people, who bought them, but people who understood them, the people who worked on them, they truly loved cars. Hour after hour were spent working on and discussing old cars and talking about the intricacies of each make or model. We would pour through manuals, books, and magazines about old cars as we could. These guys didn’t get very much time off of work, so when they did we made sure to enjoy it. I didn't care too much about what we did; I just loved hanging out in the garage with the guys . I was hypnotized watching them perform "surgery" as well as resisutate cars that were generally thought to be "goners." The more I learned about old cars, the more I too became fascinated with them
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