Flatheadgary, cool stuff,,,, thanks for the pics, I bet your "story" about what got you hooked on cars could be interesting,,we have a thread for that.....post up your story if you want.....
......You had a 53 Ford gasser at age 15,,,hmmmmn,,,,,kinda different. My first car was a V8 Pinto station wagon that I built in Auto Shop in High school.