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Subject: My first car a 1951 Ford


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Jeff Brookings
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Date Posted: 08:26:50 05/31/05 Tue

I grew up in a gas company camp that had 35 families and a bunch of baby boomer kids. My best friend and I pestered one of my dad's friends until he sold us his 1951 Ford 2 door sedan for $10.00. We didn't have the required funds, so we proceeded to mow yards and wash cars until we both saved $5.00 Everyone in camp helped us with old tires, mechanical expertise and old parts until we got it running. We tore low and reverse out trying to spin the tires and the hood came loose at about 80 mph and was discarded on a dirt road in the oil fields. In six weeks, our friendship was on the rocks and everyone in camp was ready to see that car gone. We sold it for $40.00 to one of the men that worked there for a parts car. We salvaged the friendship and both of us became the "car nuts" we still are today. Second car was a 1949 Ford, but that's another story for another day.

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