Father and Son projects

[Russell Ashley]

It's nice to see that there are some Father and Son projects going on here on the forum. It's a great bonding time and good experience for a boy (or girl). My boys are now 41 and 45 and both of their first rides were restorations that we did when they were 15. I didn't take many pics during the projects but I found these and thought I'd post them up. The truck was solid when we got it. We put all new chrome, wheels, bumpers, tailgate, and paint on it. It was a nice driving truck. The Roadrunner was a theft recovery. We got most of the parts when we bought it but had to find a hood, trunk lid, tail lights, and a few other things. It was like a kit, "some assembly required". The pic of it was just after the first test drive. Great memories, hope no one minds my sharing them since one was a Chevy truck.

Happy new Year to all.

[NEWFISHER]

Good times! Do your boys still tinker with classics? Both of those are awesome first car/truck.

[rollinrooster]

Cool pics. Thanks for sharing.

[Russell Ashley]

Originally Posted by NEWFISHER

Good times! Do your boys still tinker with classics? Both of those are awesome first car/truck.

My youngest son, Wes, has a motorcycle business. He's mechanical and a skilled painter but not into cars and trucks other than for transportation. Jeff, the oldest is very much into cars, more so than I ever was. He has a body shop in Savannah, Ga and just sold a restored split bumper 70 Camaro to fund the restoration of a matching numbers 68 GTO convertible. He also has a 69 GTO. The 69 is a clone but the 68 convertible is genuine and will be correctly restored. He also has a drag car and a dirt track car. He builds all of his cars himself.

[OrrieG]

Always good to remember the good times with the kids. I have two girls, the oldest and I restored a 67 Mustang coupe when she was in high school. 6 - 3 speed but Candy Apple Red with black interior. during the resto she drove a 71 Montego Wagon to get all the learning dents, etc. out of the way. She still works on her own cars and trucks is getting ready to graduate for mid life college. High on the bucket list is a 67 Mustang to replace the one she sold when her first child came along. Second daughter picked up enough knowledge to know when she is being scammed.