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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 03:04 PM
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Saturday I was blessed by my daughter asking to accompany me on a ninety mile solo cruise to Solvang Ca to meet up with a fellow California Stingray member (Bee Jay) at the Wheels and Windmills car show. Day was awesome, weather was great, show was incredible, car ran perfect but I believe the best and most important part of the day was when my twelve year old asked if when she turns fourteen would I help to pick her a car we could build together “Dad, that gives two years to get it done before I turn sixteen, we can do that right?” Oh hell yes sweetheart, we can make that work together” Yeah, that kinda made my day.



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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 03:13 PM
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Good stuff Tod,

My daughter likes my car too. My son still plays with Legos but he is coming around.

Her coat makes me laugh. We had mid/upper 80's in NC this weekend.
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 03:19 PM
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You found the right road this time???
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 03:46 PM
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You found the right road this time???
Thanks Steve......Yup gotter right this time, I even showed her the dent that Darrow put in the embankment on the back over the hill. If we do it again next year I got us all dailed in.
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 03:50 PM
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Good stuff Tod,


Her coat makes me laugh. We had mid/upper 80's in NC this weekend.
No, it was mid 80's here too, she's just kinda weird that way.
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 04:26 PM
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Ain't is rough living Northern CA? Just another crappy day on Hwy 1. In Solvang, we are all Danes... That cycle shop is quite an experience.
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 04:48 PM
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You know you did things right when the start getting to their teenage years and still want to do things with you. Good job and enjoy.
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Why did you let her stand on your car?


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Originally Posted by Snoopysvet
Why did you let her stand on your car?


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It's just a thing she likes to do...
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Old Aug 27, 2012 | 05:54 PM
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Hi Tod,
Quite a wonderful day for you.
Those pictures could very well go in the 'keeper' file!
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awesome! My daughter is 23 and we still work on cars together. Those are memories she will have long after we are all gone. Cars are here for a while then gone, but daughters are forever.
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Originally Posted by Snoopysvet
Why did you let her stand on your car?
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The same reason that he likes to park underneath boulders.

I have to agree that you're a great Dad when your daughter wants to spend a long day with you and she is asking about a father and daughter project that may take years. You are very fortunate.
Priceless!
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I guess in 2 years you will have two cars heading up to Solvang! Great story!
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Pretty cool Tod sounds like something my daughter might say as she loves cars also
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why is she standing on your car all the time?????
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Wow, it's been a while since I posted here. Yep, I hooked up with Todd at the Solvang Windmill Car Show. Lots of cars, but this black 70-71 really caught my eye. The car had a Procharger supercharger and a Holley LT1 style fuel injection. NO intercooler because he was running Methonal Injection to cool the charge. A very well engineered car and it was local. I forgot the owners name, but maybe someone here knows him. I think he lives in Paso Robles or Atascadero. Here are some pictures I took.
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