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Linda Carlsen Sperry

He made hunks of metal and plastic come alive

He made hunks of metal and plastic come alive

Treasured memories of a father who took joy in keeping stray cars running (sometimes barely)

The year: 1966. The road: the Belt Parkway on Long Island. The car: a 1960 gray-blue Morris Minor convertible, top down and filled with camping equipment my parents just bought at a garage sale on the way home from a summertime visit to my great-grandmother in Amityville.

How to get my 9-year-old self and four younger siblings home to New Jersey as well? No problem! We could be stacked in secure locations on top of the huge-even-when-folded Sears canvas tent, some cooking and lighting equipment, and various other “roughing it” necessities.

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