You ever sneak the keys from Dad??

Back in 1971 I was 13 and was sitting in my dad's 69 AMC Ambassador station wagon while he was at work, he worked close enough to walk. I was sitting there behind the wheel and thought I would simulate starting the car that had the ignition switch on the column. I tried to turn it and the car started! Apparently this was the first year for the column switch and they didn't have it figured out yet. I drove the car several times after that and he never knew it. A couple of times he complained about just filling the car up with gas and could not figure out why he had to fill it up again so soon! Thank goodness he never charted the odometer mileage...