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a little context......
my parents were in their mid 40s when I arrived on the scene; so there is an entire generation between us. I have siblings 20 years older than me. one of my father's good friends was a retired mechanic when I was a kid, and I remember being in Mr P's garage many times. My older brothers were friends with Mr P's son, Bob.
Well Bob is a car guy, and he stops in now and then to see what I'm up to. He's sometimes sporting his 54ish Olds convertible, a very nice show/driver. He has been cutting up and restoring Oldsmobiles for 50 years and currently has a project going on that I have helped with on occasion.
I happened to pass buy the old Mr P homestead this morning and Bob, who is 79 years young was on a step ladder cleaning gutters; so I pulled in to yell at him and hold onto the ladder.
when he was done, he says "you never saw this one"........ we go into the old garage and his 1940 Olds is there under a plastic cover, he had restored it in the 70s. He said it was rusty at the time, just like what we deal with on our cars. Then in a wooden "box" he had an original 68 Olds 98 survivor. Pretty cool stuff.
my parents were in their mid 40s when I arrived on the scene; so there is an entire generation between us. I have siblings 20 years older than me. one of my father's good friends was a retired mechanic when I was a kid, and I remember being in Mr P's garage many times. My older brothers were friends with Mr P's son, Bob.
Well Bob is a car guy, and he stops in now and then to see what I'm up to. He's sometimes sporting his 54ish Olds convertible, a very nice show/driver. He has been cutting up and restoring Oldsmobiles for 50 years and currently has a project going on that I have helped with on occasion.
I happened to pass buy the old Mr P homestead this morning and Bob, who is 79 years young was on a step ladder cleaning gutters; so I pulled in to yell at him and hold onto the ladder.
when he was done, he says "you never saw this one"........ we go into the old garage and his 1940 Olds is there under a plastic cover, he had restored it in the 70s. He said it was rusty at the time, just like what we deal with on our cars. Then in a wooden "box" he had an original 68 Olds 98 survivor. Pretty cool stuff.
