My Daddy was a master mechanic and master welder, he had his own
Mechanics garage complete with junkyard. My first 6 yrs we lived next
To this business, then until I was 11, my life was closely entwined with
It. The junkyard was my playground, I found hood ornaments and car
Parts for my playthings to fit my rather forward thinking imagination
(Space ships and flying saucers etc). Daddy would put together car
front halves with truck back ends to make things that Ford and GMC
Later duplicated in the "El Camino and the GMC Sprint(that was short
Lived). My brother also became a welder and auto enthusiast, and HE took
To restoring old autos, he even had and restored a "Model A" one of the oldest.
Sorry for the history lesson, yes, I did enjoy seeing the "Beautiful Old Lady"
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