Here’s a photo of me and a 57 I’d just aligned at my shop in Hawaii.
![](https://i0.wp.com/joetrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Me-57.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
I started out in the tire business in 1979 and it was downhill from there. Though by the end of it in 2019 when I closed my shop, the view was pretty good. There was a whole lot of wrenching between 1979 and 2019. Maybe I’ll elaborate on some of that here before I forget it.
![View from the shop in Hawaii.](https://i0.wp.com/joetrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/B5D55B55-49D2-43CF-9CEB-373E304CAD63.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)