IMO this 15 year old will miss all of the hands on experience
that comes from changing a huck-a-buck into a ride that expresses
one's personality. Back in my day girls loved it when a boy got
creative with his car and being seen in a ride that was cool was
the thing to do. Even a dork could get lucky.

At 16-18 kids in the neighborhood were taking hand me down
cars or getting them from the junk yard and fixing them up.
Some of the work was done at school. (They still had auto shop at school back then)
It took a while to finish a project but from my period came lowering cars,
reversing rims for the wide track look, cutting steering wheels in half, and moving the gear shift to the left side.

When those cars were finished it was a sense of pride for those
who put in the work, and they took care of them like it was the
last car they would ever own. Maybe kids still do that but I haven't
seen it going on.

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