I started working on my toy car at five years old, and I would "help" my father with the real cars.
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At eight years old, I started working on real cars. My first "job" was to find the gas leak on our 1964 Valiant with 170 slant six and automatic. I found it... the sending unit seal was seeping, but it was intermittent depending on fuel level and driving conditions.
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I continued working on my parents cars through adolescence and teen years with the Valiant, 1958 Belvedere 318, 1962 Chrysler 300 with 383, 1966 Charger 383, 1968 Sport Satellite 383, 1966 Coronet wagon with 361, and 1973 Duster 225, and many others for friends and family, until I got my own car, starting with a 1970 Duster 318.
I further continued with cars until this day, but I gave up the cigars at five.