Like others, I was always into cars according to my folks. But without question, a family friends chopped '36 Chevy pickup hot rod was the one that cemented it. He let me drive it around the block when I was 14, and I was hooked.
"You could restore it for $10k" uh, yeah. Clearly, this dude has never done a car before. I see $10k in bodywork, plus paint, nevermind the other $25k worth of stuff it needs. But, there's one born every minute they say....