Let's start at the very beginning.

The first vehicles I can remember from about age 4 - 5 were my parents.  They included a 1958 Corvette, a 1969 Honda CT Trail 90, a red gold medal flake flat bottom boat with a blown 392 Hemi, a 1956 Willys Wagon and yes of course the mid 70's Ford Gran Torino wagon.  The wagon was brown but had very cool mags with fake knock offs.  Needless to say it was like a red hot branding iron pressed into my brain.  Cool cars/boats/jeeps/motorcycles were always going to be a part of me.