My dad had an Oldsmobile that had metal lettering installed on the trunk lid from the dealer, Something like "SamSmith Buick - Oldsmobile"
So I thought my dad drove a "Buick Oldsmobile" for the longest time. After all, the metal plate was designed to resemble a car logo.
Ironically, when I grew up I once owned an Oldsmobile that developed that problem with the ignition way inside the steering column, so I got another column from a wrecking yard... Out of a Buick.
A childhood belief about cars
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that Metal music was when a bunch of people would bang metal together to make noise. Ha ha.— Kassandra
- I used to wonder when reading the obituary column how people always managed to die in alphabetical order.— diane
- When I was a child, I thought that the Heavy Metal was Satanic music.Anon
- I used to believe the large metal structure in Paris, France, I thought it was the "Eye Full Tower"— Janet
- When I was about 4 or 5, I used to believe that instead of bones, we had metal pipes. — TL
- I used to believe that water towers were giant metal spiders. Don't ask. — Goatgirl