The BVM.
Bill Jones ran the local Gulf filling station.
A full service garage as was common in the late sixties.
He also ran a trade school of sorts outta that same shop in such a great way.
Bill taught me how to hot patch the inner tube on my hand me down
Schwinn 20 inch. He showed me why tire spoons were a better tool
than a screwdriver for removing a tire from a rim.
He taught me how to hot patch an inner tube the right way.
Bill`s garage was busier after hours than when it was open.
Many of the older kids and adults had worked for Bill at one time or another.
They all helped each other build their cars.
Al Nydam built a black Nomad.
It was amazing. No other car in town sounded that good.
Scratch in third gear.
There were more than a few really fast cars in town back then.
I heard they raced on Mary Dunn Rd.
MDR had a great long straight that went directly into suicide corner, which was
really two corners if you made the first. Many young kids had a bad night there.
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