So I’m interested in who got you into car’s, who inspired you and taught you about car’s.
For me I never had a chance. My dad was one of those guys with motor oil in his veins. I was born in 72 and we had a dairy farm but my dad’s passion was drag racing and hot rods. In the 70’s the local drag strip, Onondaga Dragway, was only 6 miles from the farm so I was going to the strip before I could even remember. He and my mom campaigned a 65 Plymouth up until the strip closed in the mid 70’s. Then they joined the Mid Michigan Street Rod Association and he started building rods. On the farm I was my dad’s shadow and learned how to fix almost everything. He taught me to love God, family and country.
In the mid 80’s he turned an old hog barn into a body shop and we built all kinds of hot rods and muscle cars. I learned everything about cars from my dad and had years of bonding time with him in that shop. He closed the body shop in the mid 90’s but continued to work on his own stuff. He always had a rod to drive and was always working on the next one.
I took what I learned from my dad and have worked in the automotive industry for 25 years.
In the last couple of years his health was failing and he couldn’t do what he loved as much as he wanted. I lost my dad this week. He died in his sleep at home.
For me I never had a chance. My dad was one of those guys with motor oil in his veins. I was born in 72 and we had a dairy farm but my dad’s passion was drag racing and hot rods. In the 70’s the local drag strip, Onondaga Dragway, was only 6 miles from the farm so I was going to the strip before I could even remember. He and my mom campaigned a 65 Plymouth up until the strip closed in the mid 70’s. Then they joined the Mid Michigan Street Rod Association and he started building rods. On the farm I was my dad’s shadow and learned how to fix almost everything. He taught me to love God, family and country.
In the mid 80’s he turned an old hog barn into a body shop and we built all kinds of hot rods and muscle cars. I learned everything about cars from my dad and had years of bonding time with him in that shop. He closed the body shop in the mid 90’s but continued to work on his own stuff. He always had a rod to drive and was always working on the next one.
I took what I learned from my dad and have worked in the automotive industry for 25 years.
In the last couple of years his health was failing and he couldn’t do what he loved as much as he wanted. I lost my dad this week. He died in his sleep at home.
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