Ford Performance Parts Revving to Record Sales Year

When Pat Nelson was 12 years old, he bought his first car for $15 and a baseball glove. He kept the car in a garage about a mile from home, so his parents wouldn't know about it. "Every other kid had a bicycle. I had a car and worked on it, even though I didn't know anything about cars," said Nelson, a 60-year-old resident of Houston. "I was always fascinated with parts."