I remember my father telling the story of his first car, a 1917 Model T Ford an all the fun he and his friends had with it.
He also loved telling of the 31 Model A Roadster that he courted my mother in. (Pictured) Other than that his car were
functional ones like the 54 Metropolitan I learned to drive in and a series of station wagons that we used for family trips
and Boy Scout outings. Then he bought a lightly used 53 Cadillac Fleetwood which lit the fire for string of Cadillacs from
a 47 Conv. a 48 Conv, a 56 Coupe Deville and a 58 Eldorado Biaritz Conv.
By that time my brother and I had a few cars too, but well used ones. He switched to newer cars, then new cars.
When I came home from Germany with my 57 Porsche Speedster and my brother brought back a 63 Super 90 Cabriolet.
My brother, with a new baby was assigned to Washington and traded the Porsche for the Biaritz.
A few years passed and I bought my first 34 Ford, which my father enjoyed with me, after I restored it. He died at 64 and
missed all the cars I restored after that, including my 15 Model T. He influenced me on the T and a few of my Model A's.
P. S. Car were always part of my life, by age 5, my brother and I had 81 cars & trucks.