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Life with
Rileys *and some other stuff, too
Above: At Speed-- let's pick up
The Interview the pace through a marathon
conversation with Mike Long
Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Mike Long, 75, like Franklin, Tennessee home. He recently made time
Steubenville?s most famous son Dean Martin, is to talk shop , including explaining the story of his
a guy that seems to have a perpetual twinkle in fascination with automobiles and his Life with
Rileys. Tme to raise the curtain.
his eye. And, like Martin, known as the ?epitome
of cool?, Long laughs easily at himself, is a genial Q.Most people in the United States have drivers?
t
host, and loves to joke-- even about his cars. licenses, but a license doesn? mean that you will
automatically be ?into cars?. When, where, and how
If Long were a singer, his approach to motoring
did you get the bug?
would be described as a combination of That?s
Amore and I Did it My Way. His relaxed and A.My dad was a car lover and we always had more
breezy style may just leave you humming a few cars than drivers. I?ve always been a ?sketcher?
bars as you remember your own car adventures. and old cars, sports cars, and hot rods were usual
subjects for me from about 3rd grade.
A 30 year member of the Nashville British Car
Club and a former president x2, Long, calls Continued on page 28
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