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In the Beginning… There Were Sportscars

May 12, 2020 By pete

Sean Smith, 1 1/2 years old, with his father’s Porsche 356.

Story and photos by J. Frederick Smith and Sean Smith

The Editor and I were going over ideas for stories to do; at the moment it’s not all that easy, with this COVID craziness going on. Pete floated the idea of digging into my archives and talk about a favorite car or event.

That gave me the idea of doing my automotive ancestry and what brought me to this point in my life.

I will start out with a disclaimer: there are no French or Italian cars in my past. That doesn’t mean there won’t be any in my future. So accept my apologies from the beginning and grant me your patience while I climb through the branches of my vehicular tree.

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