Hey Guys. Want to share some pics of my 17 year old Sons latest project. He bought this 78 about a year ago. So far he has replace the interior, had some bad luck with a dash wiring harness fire, been to Corvette at Carlisle to find bargains, and now he has learned to paint. I really enjoy the time we spend in the garage together.....even the times when he knows everything and I'm an old guy that has no clue.....

 

Great to see another generation taking an interest in working with their hands, experiencing the satisfaction of doing it themselves. You cannot put a price on that and it will stay with him the rest of his life.Nice project. But will he let YOU drive It?

 

nice
good to see a youngin wrenching.
add in his knack for body work and paint.

 

Have fun for me! It's good to see a father-son team!
Keep us supplied with progress pics...and roadtrip pics.

Read my Signature below to see why I'm "Jealous"......

 

Of course he knows everything. He's a teenager and good onem! Remember being a teenager?
And remember the old saying, Hire a teenager, Quick! While they still know everything!
seriously, I am a bit jealous. My younger sons may learn to drive one day. Maybe.
But there only in there 20's.
I know, waste of oxygen.
they were raised by there mother.

 

Awesome, rare treat to see a teen with a wrench in their hand. Car looks great.

 

Bad ***.......I started in the garage with my Dad at about age 10-11......first job he ever had me do was sand his 65' Vert......'
Over the years we worked so much **** together......became like best friends.......he taught me how to do body work, prep, paint.......and when I got older I taught him how to build engines and tune.......he passed in 2008 suddenly at 58 and I miss him terrible sometimes.....
I am 52 now and had no sons.....just my daughter who doesn't care about cars......BUT...my 4 year old Grandson might.....only boy in the family since 71'.......
Your son will remember every moment of the time he spent with you.......you cannot buy that.
It's funny......the very last Vette I did bodywork on was a white 77' for my Uncle......ran up to Paragon around 2004 and got a hunk of vent for the drivers side.....cut the broken piece out and glassed the new one in......we had the car prepped and I told him I would help him take turns shooting it after work......I was 33.......I came home (I was in between living quarters having moved back from Long Island) and that crazy SOB shot the whole car himself.......he was 53 and had a lot of back pain.......I asked him how he managed that and he pointed to the table in the office...there were about 5 empty Big Blue Labatt's Oil Cans on the table.....
Thanks for sharing and letting me share.....

Jebby

 

Thanks for the nice comments and stories. My Dad helped and supported me when I was a teenager and he is now getting to see his Grandson follow in our footsteps.

Doorgunner: Very Sorry and THANK YOU for your service.

Mr. D I like your profile picture. This is my Sons other passion:

 

That car looks way better than MY first attempt at body & paint !

And I wish I'd had a gun like that when I started shooting Trap. BT 99?

 

Looking good in 10-12 years hopefully ill be doing a project with my boys.
do you have more pics of that pass side rear quarter repair you can post,i always like seeing those kind of repairs.

 

love that!!!!


He will take it all in...everything you say, even its an off hand remark or sarcastic but good advice. Just stick with it and enjoy it.

My story of My Dads advice that stuck with me for 40 years plus
I remember back in 81 when I was a kid learning the hard about cars, and just by luck with setting points when I was 16. I put them in the exact same spot buy the stain in the distributor and it started right up. My Dad said good job and asked what i set the points to and how I did it. I told him and he explained how to do it correctly....I still remember.
But this is what stuck with me
I then put on an air cleaner that looked like a small butterfly fuel injection hat. I spent good money on it that I had worked hard for and he looked at it. HE then asked me, " Is it it was going to make my car any faster....?" I looked at him funny, said "no" in a condescending way a 16 yo would, thinking his Dad was daft. I wanted it because it looked good. I never forgot it and It wasnt for a very long time that I realized what he meant. He was trying to make me think about what I spent my money on and that it isnt worth the money if it doesnt help the performance. Looks should always be secondary to performance in his eyes. He was brought up during WW2 along with my Mom. They always took care of what they had, repaired it if it broke, and paid cash. Ive come around to the way they think slowly but surely. Almost all of it through watching them and finally listening.

because of that I bought my car pretty so I wouldnt have to spend money on that part. That and its difficult to do. Once it was functioning perfectly and safely I started on performance. The wisest advice I have gotten on the forum is, and I want to make a shirt, is "MAKE IT GO, MAKE IT STOP, MAKE IT GO FASTER......"
When I got to a certain goal I would then do something to make it look better if it also helped its performance. The only thing that doesnt fit that is the graphics.


Enjoy your son while he is young enough to listen and old enough to enjoy being with you. At some point a girl will catch his eye and you might not see him that much after that.

 

A young man like that will never be out of a job.