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Originally Posted by muscle_collector
eric, thanks for taking the time to post all of this. out ouf curiosity, what type of doctor are you?
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A Damn Good one!.... LOL A Chiropractic Physician. Don't ask. Ahhh I'll tell you any ways so you understand some of it...
With all of the math, mechanical drafting classes from 8th grade through 11th grade I took. Plus add to it starting with the General Motor Craftsman Guide competiton in 9th grade for a GMI scholarship. I had plans to going to either GMI or Lawrence Tech.
My estranged father was an engineer for Packard and then Chrysler. Later consulted to mfg's around the world.
Step father, (from the time I was 10) his father and four uncles owned four scrap yards along a mile of Dort Hwy in Flint. My Step dad and grand father won several contracts with Fisher Body, Buick, Chevrolet, AC and GM Turnsted.
After my grand father died and step father sold their yard to the uncles. He started supplying the auto parts stores around Detroit and suburbs including Flint and Pontiac. He bought a few stores along the way with machine shops. Including one on Woodward. We supplied others along Woodward too.
It was at the customers' stores I'd build my cars so my Dad did know about then until they were done...LOL. My step dad was too close a freinds with the guys at Berkley Auto Electric. They campained a '57 Vette and where almost next door to Booth and Aaron's. They would bug my step dad to have me bring by my '57 Vette.
Another uncle owned a tire store on 8 Mile off Woodward.
I'd stop by several of the near by dealerships in Royal Oak including Royal Pontiac periodically. For a while in high school I only lived in Royal Oak Township approx. three miles from Ace Wilson's. But when not doing homework I was out on Woodward with my friends. Woodward was approx. a mile and a half from the house.
I had friends who's fathers where engineers or tier one suppliers to the industry. Their dads brought home the latest and greatest advance engineering stuff and limited production cars for us to take out and drive. We had a ball racing.
While in college we moved 15 minutes away from Woodward to West Bloomfield. It was just a quick shot down Maple RD (15 MIle Rd) through Birmingham onto Woodward.
My step dad wanted to send me to Northwood Institute to learn the automotive dealership trade. I rebelled blow off engineering too. I did not like the sight of blood. I almost passed out while observing surgery at one of my parents friends offices. So I ended up as a chiropractor. I thought at least as a doctor and the family owning auto parts stores, scrap yards and a tire store I'd get discounts on parts and machine work plus have enough money to afford my hobby. Ask me how that has worked out for me...LOL
So I approach every pateint with a technical evaluation of their body mechanics. I measure every x-ray segment, pateints range of motion and run a computer Surface EMG.
I have been very lucky having grown up around the industry. I have been on a few evaluation and focus groups for automotive advance planing through the years. I got the opportunity to meet many industry leaders, icons and the regular guy on the line by growing up with them, through my step dad's auto parts buisness, my office, the hobby or my community involvment. It has been a great ride!