Fibber:
A little history is in order....first: I sold my 87 Porsche Carrera and then bought my 53" Merc Convertible. It was in a 1000 boxes, so I learned about the car...first the wiring, then the interior, then the motor.....the radio is the original 6 volt tube type, and it is great to hear the static when you drive under the power lines and the station fades at night....but since I am 6 years older than the car, I remember riding in my parents 50 Merc Convertible and then the new 54' Merc with the "new y block engine". We have a great AM channel here in the Denver area, so it is easy to hop in and slip back in time, especially if it is early morning and the roads are empty. The only difference is that now I am driving the car rather than being a passenger. I rebuilt the engine in the 87' Porsche and have also rebuilt the flathead in the 53' Merc...both times it was a great learning experience, but now I have the advantage knowing just how it works and of being able to remember what it was like to hear the flathead in the 50’ Merc when it was new...with the right song on the radio it is not much of a stretch to imagine my parents in the front seat and riding in the back seat, with not a care in the world, because life was great sitting there thinking about going for a ride on my Schwinn when I got home with the playing cards in the spokes….
