Good morning and Happy Mother’s Day to all you wonderful moms.
JazA have a particularly great day on one of the few made for greeting card days there is that is worthy. Glad your here…
My learning Permit in Illinois was at 15 years 6 months. I was taught by my dad in a 1968 GTO, a Pontiac that had stupid horsepower that I came to love and respect.
That looks about right, dad’s was a gold tone, from online
The high school driver education class was taught by my freshmen Basketball coach who intensely disliked me because I did not my Sophomore year play basketball, I played hockey. That was not fun but probably very good for me to learn him. He did make me pay attention and I remember his start up rules 44 years later. My license was granted on the day I was eligible, my 16th birthday driving an Electrica 225 by Buick and it was the size of a small yatch.
Dad was a Buick/Pontiac/Opel/ Datsun dealer and he had different cars every month or so for years.
My first car was a Buick Opel Kadett made in Germany for the USA market.
this looks about right 1969 Opel Kadet B off the internet
It was my mom’s and was given to me as a sophomore in college as I needed a ride to work on weekends. I worked cleaning under the assembly lines at the AMC plant in Kenosha, Wi for 2 years as I blew my scholarship my freshman year. My first car purchased by me was a 1974 Malibu Classic with a gorgeous white leather interior, I purchased that 1 month before college graduation in April of 1974.
My car payment was $39 per month for 36 months. My first job out of college paid $150 per week for 90 days. After 90 days it was $450 a week for 13 months before my next raise. Boy times were different.
I never inherited the car gene from dad. My brother still has it going, our daughter has and my wife has acquired. I never have taken a picture of my own personal vehicle.
Trains, I organized my shop, again. The actual shop setup is fine but my client weathering projects were getting unorganized. I now have a dedicated space for items to be weathered, prep, in process and completed. I separated away my personal projects from clients, in the same manner and in much less space. I am finding the last year or so, those who are sending me items to be weathered are sending 5-10 items instead of the 1, 2 or 3 items with 3 being rare. I am still using the 4-6 weeks lead time and as per normal will not be accepting orders in June.
After visiting the new place on both Friday and yesterday and with the dry wall up in what maybe the train room I went back with my daughter last night and took measurements. I am going to figure out the shop space and start the design on the NEW layout. I am going to start over. After months of decision delaying, it’s done, start over. Even the 4 modules I have set up here will not be used. There is a slight possibility of using the space in the stables ( would need to be built) but I really want to have everything under one roof.
enjoy the day
