Those of you that read this regular series know that I am from Hackett, Arkansas, just a mile or so from the Oklahoma border, and just about 10 miles south of the Arkansas River. It was a rural sort of place that did not particularly appreciate education, and just zoom onto my previous posts to understand a bit about it.
My dad was passionate about old cars. As far back as I can remember he would restore them, some to keep and some to sell. When we moved to North Little Rock when I was three, he had been working on a 1919 Model “T” Ford Touring. He put it on a trailer and brought it with us so he could finish it. There will be more on that car later.
I also remember him with a 1923 Studebaker Touring, a 1949 Willys Jeepster, a 1955 Ford Thunderbird, and his pride and joy, a 1941 Packard 110. I helped with some or all of the restorations on all of these cars, but was too little to do much with the Model “T”. However, there are more memories associated with the cars.