Mine started pretty early. My father liked Studebakers, so naturally I thought they were pretty cool! During High school, my father bought a Studebaker pickup that had been modified and raced by a local mechanic and brought it home to use as a work truck. It had tuck and roll interior and a bunch of chrome in the engine compartment. It made me want to make it faster. I then found the 53 Starliner attractive, bought several from junk yards
and built one with the drive train from the race truck. Went to college and found a TR-3 for sale for a couple of hundred bucks and brought it home.
After college, Army posted me to Germany and before I even saw one, I ordered a 914/6 for delivery in Brussels. Still Have it.
My son and I then built another Studebaker Transtar pickup and displayed it at SEMA and Starbird car shows. It features part of the original pickup drivetrain and the 4 speed and Blower from one of my friend's Daytona.
The car bug was passed to my son and grandson, as they have a lot of blood and sweat equity in keeping these cars alive.