Kids & Cars & Outside Playtime

"thebigbossyboss" (thebigbossyboss) 01/22/2014 at 09:20 • Filed to: None

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Great little read here about kids and cars and their imaginations.

When I was a kid in the 1950s, my dad brought home a new car. At least it was new to us. The car made him happy, but for me, the best part was that he drove the old car into the backyard and left it there. People used to do that - they just left the car in the yard, or the driveway or behind the barn. If it sat a long time, the car would sink to its rusty floor boards or become overrun with weeds or brush or both. Dad took the wheels off and put blocks under the axles. My sister and I were thrilled. We had a car! He left the engine in, and at first the car would start when you turned the key. But then the battery ran down and died. That meant we had to make the sounds of the engine and of the gears as they shifted until we found ourselves on our pretend highway....

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505Turbeaux > thebigbossyboss 01/22/2014 at 09:30

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lol my daughters now have an E30 with a bad head gasket for play car

thebigbossyboss > 505Turbeaux 01/22/2014 at 09:31

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Gaskets? We don't need gaskets for where their going!

RacecaR > thebigbossyboss 01/22/2014 at 09:33

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I grew up with an Olsmobile station wagon in the garage. It was still used by my mother, but when it was parked, it was fair game. I remember one of my older brothers and I would fold down the rear seats and play in the back for hours. Sometimes he would leave me back there, exit the car, and sneak around or crawl on top of the car and bang on it and shake it. It would scare the living bejeezus out of me.

Even while driving, it was fun. We had the rear facing seat, so we would sit "backwards" while going to the grocery. We would pretend the person behind us was actually chasing us, and we had to gun them down (like fighter pilots).

Good time!

505Turbeaux > thebigbossyboss 01/22/2014 at 09:33

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haha yup, it still starts but if left on too long the coolant tank turns into a geyser