Nothing disturbs the notion of your ol' granny until you remember gettin' her stink-eye. And who wants to have their notions disturbed? Not me, that's fer sher. But, that's what I got every time I pilfered her pin cushion when I went to visit. Occasionally I would try a pitiful look attempting to gain sympathy for my plight. Then a, "What ya gonna do?" gesture. What's this got to do with cars you ask?
When I spotted the pin in the gutter, it shot me way back. Back to the days I would pirate one or two away from her to use as shifters and cool shifter knobs in the minature interiors of my plastic AMT model hot rods. It was worth the stink-eye, wouldn't you say...
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I remember buying velvet (?) ribbon from the sewing section at the local five and dime and glueing it to the seats for more realistic upholstery.
ReplyDeleteThe imaginations of kids are sooo creative before older life tries to take it out...it should be cherished.
Deletehere's another one .... I recall takin ball point pens apart and usin the metal ink shaft for tail pipes .
ReplyDeleteThat was fifty years ago .
giddy up , Carson
Carson, I would also use those for tail pipes, I forgot about that.
DeleteI would take Mom's black thread, tweezers and pins. I would heat the pins and make holes in the little distributor, glue the thread in the hole, and attach to the spark plugs on the engine(plug wires). Here's a good one - get a fork out of the drawer, heat it and make machine holes in the body of your model airplanes.
ReplyDeleteThat's cool Howard, I also used black thead for plug wires...
DeleteWhen I was a kid I would use a hot knife to heat up the suspension peices on model cars so they could sit lower and tuck a little wheel! It's funny how the older I get the more my old memories reinforce the fact that I am a car guy since birth!
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