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Old 08-23-2006, 10:29 PM
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Here's an idea - buy your boy a muscle car

I bought Benjamin the '69 Nova SS when he was just 1, now he's almost 5 and knows full well that it's his car. If this doesn't work - then I don't know what will, and Slammies prediction will come true


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Old 08-23-2006, 10:40 PM
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It is my living will to go to my son, and from him to my grand dauther.

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How old is your grandaughter and is she single? .
Please send pics....of the Yenko! .

Just kidding of course....still love to see pics though!

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Old 08-23-2006, 11:49 PM
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I am praying that M is right. At least he got the kid on the right track! There will always be straglers here and there but for the most part......... I am just not to sure that Benjamin or any of my kids will lay out $150,000+ on one of these Yenkos like this generation did. They are going to be like our parents who were farmers. Once the farm got turned over to us bang!!! for sale and subdivide. Nowwww we can buy a Yenko! Thanks mom and dad.
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Old 08-24-2006, 12:03 AM
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IMO, if the kids of the future aren't into the cars you are into, its your own fault for not getting them involved. I'm 31 and my brother is 27, and we were both brought up with classic chevy's all around us. My dad took us to swap meets, car shows, showed us how things worked on old cars, how to fix stuff, and how to drive one. My dad never had any Yenko's or Motion's, just your basic musclecars... but it was enough to get us into it, and to be honest, I'm now more into these "old cars" more than my dad ever was. While he doesn't eat, sleep, and breathe all things Yenko like I do, he gave me the spark that got my juices flowing for these cars, and its something that will be with me forever. When I was 15 he helped me buy a 400.00 rusty old 72 Nova, and showed me how to fix it up, from the engine to the interior, to the paintjob. That experience not only got me the coolest car in high school, but it got me hooked on the car hobby for good. This whole process was repeated a few years later with my younger brother and the 70 Chevelle he still owns to this day.

I have no kids, but if and when I do, you can bet they will get the same kind of insight, understanding, (and hopefully interest) in the cars I am into, just as I did when i was a kid. ADULTS, and especially parents are the most influential people to kids, regardless of if they'll admit it or not. I teach Kindergarten through 5th grade, and see over 750 kids each week for just 35 minutes at a time, but even at that, alot of them now know what a Camaro looks like, what a Yenko is, and how to tell a 67 from a 68. As the saying goes, "take a kid to a car show." get them involved and interested, like Marlin is doing with his young son. Trust me, they'll get hooked for life just like the rest of us.

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Old 08-24-2006, 12:15 AM
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I have my son on the right track also he is seven and loves to go to the shows and cruises with me. He loves corvetts. But as he gets older he is starting to know all the gm cars. I hope to restore a car with him too some day. I share the same opinion as SC69sam. I have friends that are into old car but very few. I started to notice it at shows and swap meets 75% of the people that are walking around looking at the cars are older than me. I kinda started this post to get everyones opinion. I will always love old cars and enjoy working on them. I would rather work on my old car than my every day driver. I hope the hobby keeps on growing and I will start saving my penny's for a Yenko nova.

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Old 08-24-2006, 12:39 AM
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Took them to the drags and car shows for years. Even took them to the Ford nationals at Maplegrove a few times. Big Foot was there. Like I said, its not that they don't like cars and that stuff it is just they would not buy the cars from my era for that kind of money. They are more into trucks and SUV's. Don't worry Joe I take my little grandaughters all over with me and their parents do bring them to the car shows I enter. Just don't know how long that lasts though. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink. Wait till you get some kids....easier said than done! Schonye is lucky! Hey it may skip a generation and the grand kids may get all my stuff! P.S. My dad was not into cars but I have oil for blood so don't always know how it will work but you are correct about exposure! Take em with you. Look at Caleb!!!
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My Dad is not into cars at all, he just sort of shakes his head at me
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Schonye is lucky! Hey it may skip a generation and the grand kids may get all my stuff!
Not if I can help it!
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Old 08-24-2006, 03:29 AM
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I agree with Marlin and Joe 100% My son is 2 y.o.a. He goes to school every day (approx. 7 mile one way trip) in a '68 SS 396 Chevelle with open headers. He is mad when for some reason we have to use my wife's Trailblazer.
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