Sorry, Rap... There were gear-heads and then there were ***gear-heads***... I lived for Hot Rod magazine... I had over a hundred model cars in my room by the time I was like 12... Built and painted and customized 'um all... Then when I was 13 or 14 my dad bought me a complete Craftsman tool set and box and I began working on junk cars that I bought for like $20 and had a drive way filled with 'um... Got most to run and would sell them and get other ones... By the time I was 15 I was building engines for the older kids...
I donno... Most kids were into other stuff but I couldn't get enough...
Then when I became 15 and had a license I got this opportunity to drag race an AC Cobra for Ford Motor Company... Long story... But by then I was not only a gear-head but a gear-jammer...