How did you get into Cars,and the Car hobby ??

It started for me in 1956. I was 6 years old. Back than my father used to drive my mother to the supermarket, once a week ( she didn't drive at the time). I used to go with them and, while they were shopping, I would sit by the magazine rack, across from the cash registers, and "read" ( what words I could read a 6 years) the various car mags. I also used to have a decent collections of Matchbox cars and trucks, as well as some other brands of the day. That year I also started building model cars, and trucks.

One day, while at the A&P with my parents, as they were on line at the register, my Dad asked me if I wanted the magazine I was looking at. I did, so he bought it for me. It was HotRod. Magazine. IT wasn't long after that that he would buy me a magazine on cars or model cars every week. HotRod, Car Craft ( and they were vastly different then to. Hotrod concentrated on mostly pro-built cars, and Car Craft was mostly home built stuff). There was also Moter Trend, Rod and Custom, Car Life, Motor Life, Rodding and Restyling, Custom Rodder, Popular Mechanics, etc....

So, I became a car enthusiast at 6 years old, back in 1956.

First motorized vehicle: 1958 ( 8 years old) 2.5HP lawmower engine on a J.C. Higgins bike

First purchased motorized Vehicle 1959 (9 years old) 5HP go cart.

First car in 1965- (15 years old) It was a 57 Ford Fairlane inline 6 cylinder engine, 3 on the tree, $25.00 ( 2 payments). lol

First MoPar in 1966 - (16 years old) 1956 Wayfarer Flathead inline 6 cyl. 3 speed. $48.00

First New MoPar in 1968: (18 years old) 1968 Hemi Roadrunner, 833-4sp, Dana 60/4.10 Rear.

First van. 1969 (19 years old) 1969 VW Bus. Blue and white, with black and read interior. I needed something to carry my basses and amps, and stuff. ANd something that get better than 9 MPG around town ( Hemi RR).