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- (Dave) First car was when?
1912 or whatever else, a Model T.
And look in 100 years, how much they changed.
It's amazing how they came up with things like that
and made the car do what it does.
Driving a model A, I don't have hydraulic brakes on it,
so it's got standard brakes on it.
So you don't follow too close, because you can push
hard as you can and it doesn't stop right away, okay?
So we kinda stay back.
Fastest I got it going, about 50 miles an hour
and that's probably a real good downhill ride on it.
- ( Cheri) Getting in, you just have to remember to
do all the things, you have to turn on the gas,
and then you have to, you know, do the spark and the,
you know, mess with the levers and pull out the choke,
so it's quite a bit of action getting everything going
to get it started, but it starts right up.
We always had antique cars. My dad would buy them
in bushel baskets and put them together,
some would take longer than others.
My dad was always buying and selling and, I mean,
when you see pictures of us as kids,
we're always standing next to an old car.
We used to joke that if the price was high enough,
he'd sell us too, because (laughs)
he was always buying and selling old cars all the time.
- (Dave) He always wanted to make a woody wagon
and there's a guy it belonged to antique car club
in Boyne City.
He had it and he wasn't gonna sell it.
About three years later, four years later,
Mr. Hayden decided to sell it, so he said
'This is my chance to get it'.
- (Cheri) So he got to work on it
and when we were up for the weekend
and he would enlist my husband's help.
- (Dave) Whatever he needed, he always had plans
for me to come up there, and it was always fun.
- (Cheri) He passed away in 2005.
And then my mom, three years later, when mom passed away,
there were 11 collector cars because
the woody meant the most to my husband
as well because he had helped on it.
We took the woody wagon.
- (Dave) Out of all the cars, that was probably his favorite
and that's probably why I inherited it, too,
Because it was my favorite, too.
Knowing that I helped with it and knowing that
I think we'll keep it in the family,
I think that's the most fun about it, you know,
that knowing what it was and what it is today.
It's really interesting driving it
because you'd be surprised how many people wave at you,
beep the horn at you, little kids waving at you.
Where my mom lives is assisted living,
and its a joy to see the people come out there.
We spot the car over there and they all came out,
gave them a ride, they were all excited
because they remember that kind a car
or they remember how it starts
or remember how the ooga horn goes.
And that's like I said, the door is always open
because I want people to make sure
they enjoy the car, no matter young or old.
- (Cheri) That's me, too. I like to share.
It's fun, its just fun to watch people
as you drive by them and just the history,
it's so cool that you get to drive
something that's 90-years-old.
- (Dave) My name's Dave Garvin.
- (Cheri) and I'm Cheri Garvin.
- (together) This is why I drive.
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