Who has children that help them in the garage?

[Canuck]

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.

[L34Pace]

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 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.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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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[Supergas990]

My son is 6 and will join me in the shop anytime. I willed him my old toolchest and at every swap meet he gets a new tool or something that he will have forever.

He definitely has his favorite car (my 67 Malibu), but I encouraged him to wait until he's ridden in the L78 car. If he gets tired of helping he usually asks to sit in his go kart and practice the gas and brake pedals. We even went so far as to paint two walls of his room orange and put a white Yenko Duece stripe on it.

My daughter is 4 and she's not the gearhead my son is. She loves going to the go kart races and is certain that as soon as she's old enough she will drive it.

I have one more coming in May, so I've warned my wife that we'll have to get at least one more car, just to keep the kids even

It's a great way to spend some good time with your kids and have them learn something they can use forever, including a work ethic.

Blair

[bilede]

here is my 5 year old. always with me where ever I go with the cars, or even not with the cars for that matter.

[Nova Jed]

I remember when I was 6yrs old, I was snooping around my parents bedroom one night, and found a flamed out 55 Chevy model. My dad told me a story of how he had a 55 Chevy and it was stolen one night. That's all it took! I would build models every weekend and do chores around the house just to pay for them. I had to beg my parents to take me to car shows at Maple Grove. I subscribed to Super Chevy Magazine when I was 11 and read everything I could. Bought my first car at 15 (71 Nova) and the next thing I know, I own 8 cars and my dad has built a 30x40 garage to house all of his fishing toys and my projects. I think the best memory I have was when he enrolled me in an autobody shop course at night when I was 17 and he helped me get my Nova ready for prom! My dad wasn't much into doing the car stuff, but he likes to bring all of his friends down to show them what I am doing. Most of them are taken back by the fact that there is a 70 Nova body turned sideways on a scratch built rotisserie in the garage! So watch out if one of your children ask you to pick up some 2"x2" 10' long square tubing in your truck one day!

[firez]

My son was quite sick when he was young so instead of going to school he hung out with me as I was putting together 2-68 Z28s and a 69 z, As he got older he was operated on for 12 hours to fix him up. Today he is 23 owns a 2000 Camaro SS plus a 2005 Z-71 pickup and plays in the garage at home every night with his buddies just like I did when I was his age. He also just passed his Industrial Millwright provincial test. He makes more money than I do as a 21 year Captain on the local fire department. Boy I am proud of him,keep them in a shop playing with cars and sleds and out of the local malls and hangouts.