About dracer398
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:15 am
Hi all.
My screen name is dracer398, The dracer" comes from drag racer. This is something that I used to do in the "80's". The 398 came from AOL back around 1995 when I first signed on to the internet.
I am working for a large gas turbine company as a field engineer. I have always been interested in mechanical things. When I was little I'd tear things apart to see how they worked, many times not being able to reassemble them. In high school, I took auto shop and had the best auto shop teacher ever!
He seen my deep interests in auto mechanics and encouraged me to participate in orginizations like Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) where we would compete against students from other schools in the automotive field. I took a bronze metal in the state competition.
In my senior year of high school he signed us up for the Plymouth Trouble Shooting Contest, our team took a 3rd in the state for that competition as well.
After high school I attended college but did not earn a degree.
I started in the work force in a GMC truck garage working on anything from semi's to pickup trucks. My father offered me a job as a construction millwright working on machinery such as pumps, conveyor systems and turbines. This work led me to where I am now. "Thank You Dad!" (RIP)
I'm married and have been blessed with two wonderful sons ages 13 and 20. Both gear heads! LOL!! I believe in Christ and he has given me so much!
I still have my drag car from the 80's, a 1951 Cub, a 1979 International 184 LoBoy and a 1945 Farmall H. I love my tractors. I think collecting them and working on them is a sickness! LOL!! My family does not understand...
My Cub brought me to this forum and all the wonderful people here and I am truly thankful for that!!
Well, that's me...
Brian
My screen name is dracer398, The dracer" comes from drag racer. This is something that I used to do in the "80's". The 398 came from AOL back around 1995 when I first signed on to the internet.
I am working for a large gas turbine company as a field engineer. I have always been interested in mechanical things. When I was little I'd tear things apart to see how they worked, many times not being able to reassemble them. In high school, I took auto shop and had the best auto shop teacher ever!
He seen my deep interests in auto mechanics and encouraged me to participate in orginizations like Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) where we would compete against students from other schools in the automotive field. I took a bronze metal in the state competition.
In my senior year of high school he signed us up for the Plymouth Trouble Shooting Contest, our team took a 3rd in the state for that competition as well.
After high school I attended college but did not earn a degree.
I started in the work force in a GMC truck garage working on anything from semi's to pickup trucks. My father offered me a job as a construction millwright working on machinery such as pumps, conveyor systems and turbines. This work led me to where I am now. "Thank You Dad!" (RIP)
I'm married and have been blessed with two wonderful sons ages 13 and 20. Both gear heads! LOL!! I believe in Christ and he has given me so much!
I still have my drag car from the 80's, a 1951 Cub, a 1979 International 184 LoBoy and a 1945 Farmall H. I love my tractors. I think collecting them and working on them is a sickness! LOL!! My family does not understand...
My Cub brought me to this forum and all the wonderful people here and I am truly thankful for that!!
Well, that's me...
Brian
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