The '34 Chevies; the '33 was probably about the same; were some of the best 
cars Chevy ever built. I had a '35 Chevy which was probably the worst car Chevy 
ever built.

Someone in the family clan had one of those gasoline heaters which "were" 
fantastic, but I don't remember them in the late '30s. I remember comments 
about how dangerous they were, but don't remember anyone getting burned.

High school friend Charley had a '34 Chevy during WW-2. The muffler blew out so 
he ran it straight pipe since new parts were unavailable, and there were no 
mufflers in the local junkyard that would fit. He would load up 5 or 6 of us 
high school boys and go roaring through our small town in 2nd gear  right past 
the police station. The town marshall never bothered him since Charley wasn't 
speeding and he knew about the parts shortage.
Several of us learned to fly Civil Air Patrol (CAP) planes and Charley was one 
of them, but he yearned to fly a low wing guy wired army trainer at the airport 
that belonged to a local hatchery owner.
Charley "borrowed" it one evening after the FBO closed and had a great time 
doing acrobatics. He ended his adventure by buzzing his girlfriends farmhouse, 
but something went wrong and he crashed in her daddys corn field. The damage to 
the plane wasn't too severe and Charley wasn't hurt. In restitution, Charley 
had to spend several hours every day after school at the hatchery cleaning 
cages and "shoveling sh*t" as he described it. Since Charley was basically a 
good kid that nearly everyone liked, the hatchery owner finally took mercy on 
him, taught him the fine points of flying the traimer, and let him fly it at 
times since he was a natural pilot.

Charley dropped out of high school and joined the army, thinking he would be 
sent to flying school, but the war was over in Europe soon after and Charley 
unhappily went into the infantry.


Marshall Field wrote:
> My first car was a '33 Chev coupe which I paid 35 bux for.  I used it to
> deliver newspapers and go fishing in the summer.  After my first sub-zero
> Minnesota winter of driving it, my Grandfather sold me his '36 Ford two
> door which had a marvelous gas fired heater which gave you roaring heat
> within a minute of start up.   It was a grand combination which I used for
> the rest of my paper boy career.
> 
> When I came back from VN, I bought two cars at the same time.  The first
> was a '66 Shelby GT350 which I stupidly sold with much regret 5 years
> later.    I was living in South NJ at the time and would slink down to the
> deserted road to Atlantic City late at night to open it up full bore and
> keep the plugs from fouling.
> 
> The second car I bought was a '67 Ford Bronco with 289 and limited slip
> front and rear.  I drove that car for the next 44 years and 623,000 miles
> all over Canada, Mexico and the Southwest US.   I was doing a lot of off
> road driving in those days and never once did the Bronco strand me or fail
> to get me home.  I only did one engine rebuild, and that was close to
> 500,000 miles.
> 
> My first MB was a 114 series 280 sedan.   IT was a delight to drive but in
> those days, the MB engineers had to use hot water in an attempt to control
> emissions.  Pipes and hoses ran everywhere under the hood and the car was a
> monster to keep running because of it.
> 
> Of late,  I have been strictly diesel.   I have two 123 diesel sedans, a
> '77 and a California version '85, and a '81 300TD wagon
> 
> I live in a brutal desert climate.   If you break down, you can die in a
> half day from the heat and dehydration.    So I keep the cars in tip top
> shade and do not skimp on tires, oil, under hood rubber or scheduled
> maintenance.   My orientation is Aviation, so I maintain the cars as if
> they were aircraft and follow the MB recommendations strictly by the book.
> 
> Marshall Field
> Phoenix, AZ
> 
> 
> 
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