[SmallHurst]

Hey Pete,

I forgot to mention that MOM was passenger on that run from Abilene to Lansing. I guess that was how I was able to get 15 mpg out of the car during that ride. (Don't you think you are going too fast!!!!) I blame it on her side of the family anyway for having the car bug! My great grandfather was a horse trader and my grandfather was into fast cars (of course they were Oldsmobiles!!) He had a '64 Starfire that he dusted several Mustangs with off the stoplight and he said that he outran a duststorm in Arizona. My uncle and his friend worked out several 63-64 Impala SS 409 cars then played with several mid year Corvettes. I still remember the 'test drive' that my uncle gave my brother and myself in a '63 409 car. He worked the pedal through both carbs and it seemed that the nose of the car was reaching for the sky!

I could have followed my other grandfather and followed MOPAR! The ride home from the hospital was in a '68 Barracuda and Grandpa had a '64 Sport Fury in the garage at one point in his life.