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

My earliest memory was when I was maybe 5 years old I would watch my Dad work on cars and play gopher for him.If he needed a half inch wrench he would tell me to get the one with the 1 and 2 on it. At age 14 we were getting ready to do our 1st Father /Son project ( 51 Studebaker Pickup and an Olds 303 CI engine) and trans when He was killed in an on the job accident.My Mom had to sell the Pickup but gave me a running 52 Chevy He had just bought.Me and my buddies took it to a friends farm so we could drive it around in the fields(this was 1963 so no helicopter parenting was happening).As we broke it we all would pitch in and buy parts and figure out how to get it going again.Forgetting about a 3 foot irrigation ditch that winter ended the life of that car for good.After that I picked up various cars and fixed and sold them until I turned 16 Then went to work and bought my 1st legally driven car..a 55 Buick with a 322 Nail Head motor that my Cousin had built(cam..4 barrel....Dumps ).Hung around with gearhead buddies until I married the 1st time at 18 that pretty much ended my "Hotrod'days for quit a while.Pretty much just learned everything by trial and error and still consider myself just an average back yard mechanic although I have earned a living at it at various times.Like I told my present Wife" it's in my blood and will never leave" Sorry to ramble but that's about it