Who has children that help them in the garage?

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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.