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Originally Posted by kieth
My first driving experience was on the farm, 1958 i was 8 yrs old, drove my grandfathers ford tractor pulling a trailer with irrigation pipe on it. Could not mess up, those old guys in those days were tough and mean....drove his ?studebaker pickup, and a grain truck.....tough love....allll of these vehicles were standards, my first car was a 3 speed on the tree with no power steering. Passed with fyling colors....kieth
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My grand father had a heart murmmer (sp.) and after a day of driving the tractor baling hay he was just too tired to walk accross the hay field we were at to get the ford 8n .. at 8 years old ,I said " i can drive it " and he said are you sure , to which I replied , " I have been watching my brother drive ,I know how .. " I will never to this day ever know what made him say yes , but he said OK go get it ..... so I got it started , and drove it to where he was , just barely getting it stopped , because I could not press the clutch and the brake at the same time so as to get it to stop .. .. biggest mistake I ever made in my life .. the next day I found myself raking hay with that same ford 8n tractor and that lead to being as valuable as any other hired hand on the farm for the rest of the summer.......