jaybird81

So I know this sounds corny, but the other day I went to wash my 81. My son who is 3 and a half always wants to wash the cars with me. Usually he just plays with the hose making a mess and I wash the cars. But this time he was actually washing the vette with me. He was soaping it up and making sure he was gettting every spot. At one point I heard him talking to the car. He was saying "some day I will take care of you too." It was soooo freakin cute. One of my neighbors stopped and said to him "I hope your getting paid for this", I was like Paid?, this will be his someday"....
anyway, when we were done, he asked if he could sit in it while I pull it up into the garage. Which I usually let him do. He is to young and small to go for a ride in it and my wife won't let me put the car seat in the passenger seat ( I also don't think it is leagal), so I asked my wife if I could take him around the block. She was NOT happy..... Told me if anything happens our marrage is OVER..... I know I shouldn't have done it, but it is a real quite neighborhood and the blocks are short so it would be a 5 second ride, so I strapped him in and we went. I swear he was smiling the entire time. I can't wait to take him for a long ride.....

VetteProject

I have a 3yr old daughter, I know exactly how you're feeling!

78pace

thats what it is all about. my son is now 20 and he sinks more money into his project cars. he looks at me and says its my fault I started him down this road.......with the vette when he was young......lol

oldsarge

Really nice to be able to share with your son. He may be the next gen vette head.

larryg3

great story!!!!!

bingham72

I have three kids, my oldest is 6. When he was 2, I had just put in a new motor and took him for a ride around the neighborhood. He was grinning from ear to ear and loved it when I rev'd the engine.
The best was his declaration "Go Faster Daddy!" I have video of that somewhere.Now when he rides in it, he'll sit up and put his elbow on the window sill. Priceless.
My daughter is now 4 and she's the same way, "Go Daster, Daddy!" That's when I step on the clutch and give it a little rev.
It's nice to be able to share your hobby with your kids.

75+78 Corvettes

My daughter is only 1 and I can't wait to take her out for a ride. She's already shown interest in cars by playing and pointing to my models and even says "ca". She smiled nice and big when I cranked the 75 vette up (flowmasters) and pointed at it when I pulled it back in the garage. I'm going to take her baby carrier and put it in the passenger seat one day and take her out for a spin (which is legal) one day when it's not too hot out. So in the meantime, she can just sit in the driver's seat (these are from a few months ago and a few months apart):

Daytona69

I used to put the car seat in both my '70 and '69 and take my son out all the time when he was between 2 and 5 years old...he loved riding in those old cars