Originally Posted by TQ29m:
Dave, my folks both worked at Arvin's, during WWll, then after the war, they stayed on for a while, and I stayed, during the day, at the Barkhimer's, Bob and I and Ronnie Freese ran around together, that musta been about 1947 to about 1950, but we sure put in our fair share of time at Dan's, that's been a long time ago, lotta miles on this ole chassis since then, if I'd a known it was going to hold up this long, I might have taken better care of it, but it's still in pretty good shape, for the shape it's in. Those were the history days, that a lot of folks will never understand, when you made almost everything yourself, and were smart enough to make it work, and cars were plentyful, 2 or 3 guys helping each other, that was a team, and they did it because they loved it, not so much for the money, they all had a hand in it, to be able to do something themselves, that would make their car faster. Bob
You are right about the old days, and the pride that they all took in their cars. Do you still have your T.Q.? I worked for Arvin for 37 years (before the merger)nd in the 50's we would play Basketball at Ronnie Freese's goal on the east side of the Arvin parking lot.Sure miss those "good ole days".