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DrMaddVibe wrote:

Had a 55 chevy with the 265 cu V8 three on the tree in high school. The car had been beat on pretty hard by the time I got it. Looked good from a distance but rarely was reliable. I think I thumbed my was to school more days than I drove it.

I was so used to hitch hiking that one time I got it running and drove it to school and when class was over I thumbed home.

deadeyedick wrote:

No muscle cars, I had a 1952 MG TD I bought from a family guy who was restoring the car, but didn't have the time. It was in pieces, the short block was done and he had run new wires, only a few were terminated in an unlabeled socket under the dash. The wires, all white insulation, had no identification tags. I had to figure out and finish the wiring and assemble the engine, then install the body parts, but I got it running.

I had a problem getting the engine to run, I had not adjusted the lifter arms. I took it to a local foreign car garage, the owner/mechanic figured it out, liked what I had done, and offered me a job.

I drove the crap out of that car on mountain roads, glad I survived.


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Gene363 wrote:

So didja take the job? 🤔

Palama wrote:

I did, part-time while I was going to Citrus College. The owner, an immigrant from Scotland, wanted me to work full-time and split all the jobs, but he always struggled to write paychecks on time. You couldn't just work on cars, you had to deal with customers calling to see if their car was done and wanting to get their car back for less $$$$ than the parts cost.](*,) 😣 😣

Probably why I took a job as a dam operator living in the mountains without many neighbors, and, I was about to get married so I had to think responsibly, at least somewhat.

Gene363 wrote: