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Old 04-14-2004, 04:15 PM
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My very first oops--

I must have been about 5 at the time.

Dad was working on the '56 Studebaker in the carport, and I asked him if I could help him.

Being the ace mechanic he was, he must have thought I carried enough of his genes to know better, but that was yet future.

Car was in neutral, brake was on. When he asked me to step on the gas, I did. Floored it. Left it there.

Put a fan blade thru the radiator.

He understood that training, not punishment was in order, but it was awhile before I had enough nerve to come near that car while the hood was up.
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