I think I know why my father was such a great mechanic. It was out of necessity. It would've cost my father way too much money to have someone else fix what he had broken. He drove his cars hard, fast and loose. If he would've been born in the South, his name might be mentioned in the same breath as Buddy Baker, Cale Yarborough, or Richard Petty. He shared that same mentality of the Nascar legends. The "I can make a car do anything I want it too" mentality. However, just like those Nascar legends he also totaled his fair share of vehicles throughout his lifetime.
