My first car was a 1918 Buick seven passenger touring car. I bought it in 1925 for $6.00, not an easy sum for a 14-year-old to get but I managed.
The car originally belonged to a high school teacher. He had forgotten to drain the water jacket one cold night and the water cracked about half the length of the block.
The teacher gave the car to my brother, who was going to fix ...