Detailing Dad's Car, One Last Time - Automobile
While my old man didn’t wrench or race or even know that much about cars, he did love cars. He learned to drive in a three-on-the-tree ’50 Ford Custom just few blocks from his childhood home on the south side of Chicago. He claimed he set a quarter-mile record in his first car, a 1965 Ford Mustang with a straight six, during an indoor drag racing event (. ) at McCormick Place, the convention center here in Chicago. He didn’t talk much about his dark days when he owned not one Chevy Vega but two of them, plus a Renault Le Car. ) A Volvo P1800 led to a Volvo turbo wagon, which he blew up while racing a Saab on Lower Wacker Drive, and then an 1987 Honda Civic Si led to a 1993 Acura Integra LS, which he gave me when I turned 16. But his favorite car was his 1991 Mazda MX-5... My old man read every issue of Automobile Magazine since its debut in 1986, and he even had a letter, directed at David E. Davis, Jr. , published in the seventh issue: “Just a note to tell you how much I enjoy your new magazine. After seeing you walking into Hermès on Michigan Avenue in Chicago last week carrying a Gucci shopping bag in one hand, it is easier to completely understand why such a high cover price. Source: www.automobilemag.com
