[Fot] FW: Don Stanford: The Red Car

[Norlin Engineering]

Justin

Thanks for sharing that.  What a great story and just in time for Fathers
Day.  

My dad was a wonderful mechanic and trained me in much the same manner as
your's did.  My first car was a 1960 MGA that had lost 1st gear.  I got it
in 1968 for $400.  My mom drove down to Oregon State, where I was attending
college, in our '57 Chevy and towed it home to Portland.  I think that was
the only time she ever towed anything in her life and she was terrified.  I
was planning to work on the gearbox over the summer, but much to my
surprise, when I got back home after finals a couple of weeks later, my dad
had already rebuilt the tranny and the car was ready to go.

The greatest compliment he ever paid me was when we were together at the
race track one day and he told me I was a pretty darn good mechanic.  Can't
remember what I'd had to fix in a panic, but I'll never forget the moment.
I sure miss him.

Jim