Since I started this page many people have asked what got me started in this, why, or something else about my motivation. So here is a brief introduction, with the help of a few pictures. Since pictures were not so commonly taken back then, in some cases the cars shown are “similar” cars.

My first car was like this one. A 1950 Studebaker Champion. With its 6 cylinder engine, 3 speed transmission plus overdrive, it took me everywhere, frequently with wooden canoes on the roof. With this car and many trips to the junk yards I leared how to find the problems and fix them. My car was like this one, but in grey. My father bought this car in the late 1950’s and it basically became mine in 1961.

My second car was like this one, a 1954 Studebaker Champion, purchased in 1962. This car gave me the experience in body work and painting, starting out as a black car and ending up in a metalic blue.

My next car was a 1959 Studebaker Silver Hawk that I bought in January of 1964. With its 259 cu.in. engine, this car was fast, but as you passed 130 mph the rear became light and unstable. The only thing I had to fix, and frequently, was the 4 barrel carburetor. I got it up to 200,000 miles before selling it a year later.

My next car was this 1962 Dodge Dart that I bought in Januaryof 1965. Here we see it passing through Colorado en June of that year.

After the Austin Healy Sprite that I showed here, I spent two years with this pick-up. Although it wasn’t actually mine, it was my responsibility and I used it to work on projects all over the southern part of Bolivia, from Sucre and Potosi to Tarija. Shown here on the main north-south highway in the eastern part of the country.

After this comes the Triumph TR3 that I show here, and many more cars, including a 1965 Ford Mustang and many company cars where I worked in different countries. Finally here we are in Bolivia, where I need 4 wheel drive for most of my journeys.