As some may know another of my hobbies is racing classic and historic cars. Recently fixed two old diatonic harps C and I think an E to the front of my 1930 Brooklands Austin 7 historic racing car, told by various spectators it sounded fantastic. Probably the car plays diatonic harps better than I do 
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@Jay1 LOL. this reminds me of a time back in the 70s when I had put a new Kayaking roof rack on my 340 Plymouth Duster. the first time I drove the car I was going nuts straining my neck searching for where the heck the ice cream truck was that I kept hearing. it finally dawned on me that it was the extra holes in the roof racks cross bar playing a tune at different speeds. a little duct tape quieted the music. 
BTW. my high school buddies dad had a D Jag in their barn that he had raced for years. I hear his brother finally sold the car a few years ago for mega millions. my buddies dads name was Paul Pfohl by the way. rock on!
@RussSkyman That’s a name I’ve not heard this side of the pond for quite a while. Think Paul had the ex 1952 Le Mans Allard J2X and D type Jaguar XKD524 but mainly raced sports cars. I’ve driven a D type belonging to a friend, very twitchy, lots of opposite lock. Apart from my Austin 7 Brooklands all my ;toys’ are open wheel single seaters. Beauty of harmonicas is they don’t require heated garage/workshops and are a lot less expensive to repair 
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My first car was a 1957 T Bird. Paid $2,700 for it. Drove it ten years and then did a complete frame off restore. Just became a dad so I sold it. Looked brand new as I went though everything. I liked the music played when the car was about six years old and on. I still miss my bird. It was fun till responsibilities took My T Bird Away. Had 5 girls in it at once, one of which is my wife. Those were the days.
We drove on the opposite side of the same street 
. In 1961, when I was 11 years old and the TV series Rt 66 came out, I became anamored with the early Vettes and dreamt of owning a 62’ for the next 50 years. the stars finally aligned in 2011 when I purchased a very sad example and fully restored it, including the installation of an L98 fuel injected 350 and 6 speed from a wreaked 90’ Corvette. I’m fortunate to still own the 62 and put 1K miles or so a year on the clock. I told my wife she could save money on a casket when the time comes and just bury me in the car. Isn’t it amazing the connection we can have with a hunk of steel (or fiberglass in my case) 
If you ever get to Amarillo Texas go west of town and you will see 11 old cadies a rancher had buried when he died many years ago, Saw them in 1977 and a couple of years ago and they have not moved a bit. I almost bought a 57 vet by decided on the bird. I was looking at a 52 jag but the upkeep was too much. great job on the restoration.
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