Posted by larry@stinescorner on July 01, 2017 at 00:07:18 from (71.187.22.71):
Its not really tractor related,,but it is Farm related,cant sleep well tonight,,so felt like sharing this story. I don't know why,but this memory popped in my head.I was about 12 years old. My dad borrowed an old chevy flatbed from my uncle.The motor blew up while my dad was driving it to Pa.My uncle saw a 1952 chevy car for sale for 15 dollars.It was owned by a little old lady.She had an accident and the front fender was crushed into the wheel.He bought the car to the farm where I grew up on in NJ. The plan was to swap the motor into the truck. When it arrived home my brother cut the bent fender off .At 15 my brother was already eager mechanic.He was going to swap the motor in the winter time with my uncle,when he got less busy. It was late spring early summer.Since my brother already had an old car to drive around the fields,my uncle said to me,,this is a good car for Larry to drive around a little this summer,and learn how to drive.Talk about a happy kid! Well,,,that summer,,I had my brother modify it a bit,hacked the other front fender off,,then,some friends and I painted some custom numbers and graphics on it,,and I learned how to drive a three on the tree,,,and did I drive,,any where and every where on the farm,,and a round track near the hedgerow and around the field.Nobody really noticed until my uncle came one late fall day.He laughed,,and said you put more miles on that car in a summer that the little old lady did the whole life of the car!Then he opened the hood,,looked at the dust that the little old 1952 chevy had endured that summer. He smiled and and,,you know,this motor is a little small for the big truck,,why dont you just keep the car Larry.It did work out well.at the time my brother was going to the vo tech high school for auto mechanics.As a project in school he rebuilt a newer 6 cyld chevy motor,,He eventually put that motor in the old flatbed.And I got to run the little 1952 chevy a lot more!
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