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well my first wife and I had 4 girls. So when they were in their teens I always wanted the 2 older ones to help with the car to get them involved. They thought it was not cool
to ride around on that antique 70 chevelle yuk!!
Well one day they came to me to get permission to go to their first school dance.I told them there was only one way
they could go.If I drive them to the dance in my 70 chevelle
4 speed m22.No way we are going to the dance with that thing.
Well the only way they could go was to get in the car. So
on friday night about 6 oclock they reluctantly got in the car and I drove to the school, all the while hiding so no one would see them in the car. The school dance was outside
and when I arrived I put the car in first gear and drove into the parking lot at about 15 miles per hour,the trany screaming like a 747 jet and stopped close to the dance crowd. Well before
they could get out of the car all the boys that were dancing
left their partners and came over to the monster car to admire
Asking my kids if that was your fathers car. Boy were they popular at the dance. Then every dance after that I had to drive them. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif
PJ

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That Gavin is such a cool kid! Can't wait to see the family again this year.

Holly doesn't really help out in the garage much...but she's riding shotgun 90% of the time we go to Pavillions...LOL

She also will still hold my hand when we walk around at car shows...or the mall. I am enjoying every minute of it...as I know there may come a day when she will be uncomfortable doing it https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Its the other way around with me. I'm 23, and I usually have to drag my dad to the garage. He likes cars alot, but not the work associated with them https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif. He's more of the I'll observe while you work type. Alot of times I'll be working on something and often times he asks, do you like doing this? I'm like more than you would ever know. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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James, my oldest @ 3 1/2, loves the '67. He was out in the garage "helping" me change the oil and putting rebuild kits in the brake calipers. He also likes our motorcycles and helps out with those, too. And for his age, I think he shows great focus on the small projects he's given to do. His favorite tool is the hammer and he uses it with gusto https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif

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My youngest son helps sometimes. Occasionally we let him paint something and hope he doesn't run it to much. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif

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My daughter is now 27 and my son 25 were into the car thing at an early age. My daughter loves telling people how she went to wrecking yards on Saturday mornings when she was 3 years old. When she was 14 she was at my shop one day when I was rebuilding a drive shaft. I told he when she started dating if any guy started putting the macho car image on she should say "when I was 14 I helped my dad install U joints in a 71 Olds 442 W30, using a 5 ton arbor press". When she got her own car at the age of 20 she wanted the best stuff for it and was always keen to do her own maintenance and we would spend a Saturday at my shop.She has been to many car shows and even came to Spring Carlisle one year.
My son and I have worked together on cars since he was 10.When I bought my welder about 6 years ago he wanted to do all the welding. He became so good at it I now wait until he is in town (airline Pilot) so he can do the welding. When I am rebuilding an engine I wont do the fireup and breakin unless he is there. We have a routine.
He is now building his own car,scratch from his own computer design. Its a race car that will be street legal based on the Lotus Seven concept. I had to move my cars from our house garage this past December so he could have the room.
Live has been good with their involvement. My niece wants to visit my shop next time she is in town.

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I have three teenage daughters and they all love to drive the cars but won't lift a finger to help out in the garage. Their boyfriends on the other hand keep the shop spotless and the cars clean enough to eat off of. The wife trained them girls right https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif She grew up on a farm and when it was hay baleing time all her dad had to do was get her and her sister to drive the tractor wearing daisy dukes and he never had trouble getting volunteers to throw and stack bales LOL.

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My little buddy Benjamin (6 years old) loves to work on his '69 rally green SS Nova!

Amanda is only 2, and would rather play with her princess dolls. Daniel is only 4 months, but perks up when the dragsters are running on TV!

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