I started working in the automotive parts field in 1963 thru a C.O.E. Program at Festus Senior High School.I was actually enrolled in the program the summer before school started my Junior year.I went to work for Bentsen & Roth Automotive in Crystal City, Missouri.And worked there till 1968 when I had the opportunity to manage a parts department at a new Pontiac Dealer named Gene Waren Pontiac GMC in Crystal City,Missouri.(300.00 a week and a new car to drive plus an expense account. I was the youngest parts manager in the Pontiac Division. I left there in 1969-1970 to work in St.Louis.First job there was at Ron Bar Auto Parts in Sunset Hills,Missouri. That's were I met TED KRAMER and raced professionally with him for about 5 years.We spent a lot of time at tracks running a "D" & "E" ALTERED ROADSTER. Named "SNOOPY II".We went all over the country and in 1969 at an Awards Banquit ,I met the following people Linda Vaughn (THE HURST SHIFTER GA...