0NE BAD 51 MERC

I AM 55 AND I BECAME A CAR ADDICT WHEN I WAS SIX AND A NIEGHBOR OF MY GRANDFATHER'S SON PULLED UP IN A CHOPPED BLACK 1950 MERC, THAT WAS ALL IT TOOK. I TELL PEOPLE THAT SEEING THAT CAR CREATED THE SAME INNER YERNING'S THAT SHORT SKIRT'S AND V NECK SWEATER'S DID A FEWW YEARS LATER! ABOUT THE SAME TIME I MET THE MERC I ALSO MET MY UNCLE BILL'S 58 PANHEAD! HOT ROD'S AND HARLEY'S EVER SINCE. I STARTED TEACHING MYSELF TO DO BODYWORK, CUSTOM PAINT AND ANYTHING MECHANICAL BY THE TIME I WAS 14. CUTTING VIRGIN METAL AND LAYING DOWN FLAMES ON SHINEY BLACK PAINT IS STILL MY FAVORITE PASTIME. AS LONG AS I LIVE AND CAN DO IT I WILL KEEP BUILDING AND BURNING RUBBER.