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I went to college in a 1976 beige Chevy Nova. The choke didn't work, so my dad hooked up a cable to the choke to a push-pull mechanism on the dashboard. The gas peddle would stick at about 5% so I would have to put my foot under the peddle and pull up every time I wanted to stop. In the winter I had to get the gas peddle and manual choke just right to start the car. It was crazy. Do you guys remember setting your timing using a timing light? Remember Bondo? Remember having to spray stuff into your carb in the winter when it wouldn't start? I restored out 1966 Mustang Convertible with my dad in the mid-80s. Nothing like cutting out rust in a 25 degree garage in upstate NY in January!
My first car I learned on was a 1974 Pontiac Catalina with something like a 400 cubic inch V-8, four barrel carb, and bench seats with only a lap belt. You have not driven a boat until you drive a car like that. Pretty much everything I drove was a POS until I bought a 3 year old 96 Corolla back in 1999.
In 8th grade we tour down and rebuilt a Briggs and Straton lawn mower engine. Pretty cool. I doubt they even teach auto body and mechanical repair in high school anymore.
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