......"got to go rob a bank to pay for those parts, lol"......
When we were kids we had jobs pumping gas, working on farms, working in small stores etc. I even had a job shoveling out hen houses every 49 days. Minimum wage but we loved having BIG money as my dad called it, as opposed to 50 cents to a dollar for mowing lawns. And down at Ellsworth Auto Parts in 1965 we could buy all the parts we needed, rod and main bearings, rings and gaskets to rebuild a small block Chevy or 1950 Ford Flat head motor, for $40! You almost need a home equity loan to buy parts for a Ford flathead today. And SBC's aren't far behind. That 406 was a good motor. In a 63 two door sedan and a 4 spd that was a great hit when I was in high school I remember how cool it was to see that 406 emblem on the front fender. Those surely were the days and sadly they are gone now.
Lot of kids today don't want to work as they were raised that way. Pumping gas is a thing of the past. God knows how many hot cars were built in service station bays while the owner was not busy at the pumps. There was a tremendous amount of pride, and satisfaction, at being able to say you built it yourself. The well to do kids had fancy cars but we had the pride as we rode around in our 55 Chevy's, 56 Fords or 48 Fords with Chevy motors. We had great fun, for very little money really and I think most of us remember now much fun it was. Circle track racing at the local fairgrounds horse track attracted tens of thousands to watch the races in Maine and I am sure many other states especially the rural ones.
Sometimes I get tothinking about those days and wish we could have them again. I spend a lot of time what kind of memories our kids are going to have when they get to be our age.
MB