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story on the Chevy brought such a great memory. In 1950, I was 16 years old. With the money I saved up shoveling snow and my paper route, I bought a 1940 Chevy coupe for $150. It smoked really bad. My mom said it must have hung around with other bad cars that also smoked. I decided to overhaul the engine, so I went to our local trade school in Springfield, Massachusetts. There, an auto mechanic teacher walked me through it. In order to get the pan down, I had to remove the tie rods, as they went under the pan. Also, in really cold weather, it was very difficult to shift from first to second on the “three on the tree,” because of the vacuum system. After the car heated up, no problem. I drove the car for over three years; I wish I
