[or-roots] automobubbles

[fulltiming at peoplepc.com]

Les,I learned to drive in a 57 Club Victora Ford.It was a beauty.Much to 
much engine for a 16 yr.old girl to learn to drive in.I remember going 
around the corner of our apartment and my foot came off of the brake hit gas 
petal and up 5 concrete steps I went.I didn't dent car ,husband dented car 
getting the darn thing off of porch.LOL!!! Barb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <reedsportchapmans at verizon.net>
To: "Oregon List" <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 8:17 PM
Subject: [or-roots] automobubbles


> Still remember it, heck I still own it. After an eight year apprenticeship
> driving an 1949 Alice Chalmers model B tractor and occasionally the old T6
> dozer, Dad started teaching me how to drive in the '59 ford PU. Clutch and
> Brake are on opposite sides on the AC from what they are in autos, so when 
> I
> went to hit the brake going down the hill from line fence gate (about 1/10
> mile into my first lesson) panic set in as it raced away from me and into
> the ditch. Back to the house to bring down the AC and pull it out so we
> could continue the lesson. Ironically the '59 is also the first hand me 
> down
> vehicle that ended up in my name for a while, then back to my baby Brother
> (he being 8 years my senior) and since I returned from PC it has often 
> been
> my "reliable" transportation.
>
> These days it is mostly still around because I can't quite bring myself to
> part with it. No longer much of the original truck left besides the frame,
> bottom half of the engine and those portions of the cab that still haven't
> turned to rust. It does sort of still have the original paint job though,
> where I haven't had to rattle can over the bondo and chicken wire patches.
>
> Of course since I'm just a kid this isn't much of a story.
>
> Les
>
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