It’s…. An Old Car!
Sep 20th, 2008 by craig
Jamie made a comment on my last post (It’s…. A New Car!) that I should have gotten “the oldie” and that she would like to see a picture of me in it. It’s still there for sale… he’s only asking $5500 for it if anyone is interested; however I’m not so comfortable going down the street and asking if I can get a picture of myself in it. But that brought to mind this picture of me and Kristin in an old Model A. There is a jump seat in the back with David, J’Neil and Sam sitting in it. This was up at my Uncle Marvin’s place in Garland, Utah. He had a couple of them and was fixing them up. We drove this one up and down the road in front of his place, and as I recall, driving it was a little bit of a challenge: all the controls were by hand. You had to throttle up and down by hand: I believe it was on the dash. Also you had to do all the shifting by hand, on the steering column. I think it even had hand brakes. I kept trying to step on controls like clutches and brakes and accelerators, and they weren’t there!
I love the picture. I especially love Davids hair.
Wait, are you wearing an A’s hat?.. interesting choice for a mariners fan
Ok, here’s the story on the hat. This picture was taken many, many years ago (note your haircut, David). Many, many, many years ago as part of my job I traveled a great deal to San Francisco to conduct training classes and attend various other meetings. It was during that time that I became a 49ers fan, and went to several games. I wasn’t really into baseball then (having not yet fully realized that baseball is the perfect game), so I didn’t really have a preferred baseball team. So, when my buddy and I took the BART over to Oakland and attended an A’s game during one of my trips, and I needed a hat, I got one, there at the game. I still have that hat, and wear it when I’m doing yard work: its pretty beat up – as opposed to my Mariner hats, which are all in pristine condition.