[Jim Brierley]

I took mine in my '29 Hudson Super-six. This was on my 16th birthday in 1953. Everything worked on the Hudson, including the turn signals as long as the drivers window was open. There was only 1 car parked on the street as we returned to the DMV office, the tester told me to pull along side of it and parallel park behind it. I was about two thirds in and he said "that's far enough, your going to make it". When done he gave me a score of 99, because he had never given a 100% score. This was in the Monrovia, CA office, I chose it because it was open on Thurs. & Fri., my birthday was on a Thurs. I ha never looked at the DMV booklet, so missed 2 questions on the written. Of course I had been driving since age 11 or 12. The son of a friend took his test in a brass-era Model T touring car. The tester looked it over carefully, shrugged his shoulders, and said lets go! He passed easily.