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rnellums
post Oct 9 2011, 06:15 PM
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I was thinking it would be cool to set up something like a pro Bono support group for our younger members. The wisdom is already out there, but something like a used Parts stockpile to help out the youngsters getting these cars back together. I'll be the first to start. If you are still in high school, and restoring one of these cars, PM with parts you need and if I have one in stock it's yours. Just cover shipping.

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post Oct 9 2011, 06:30 PM
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Hey... what about us old guys that have to scrape by to feed our 914 habit? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chowtime.gif)

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post Oct 9 2011, 06:42 PM
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Would it not be considered child abuse to hook teens on this addicion?
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post Oct 9 2011, 07:07 PM
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QUOTE(swl @ Oct 9 2011, 08:42 PM) *

Would it not be considered child abuse to hook teens on this addicion?


Well Im not saying that I am an enabler of sorts but... Most Kids now days know the line "Just Say No!" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

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post Oct 9 2011, 07:17 PM
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We aren't trying to hook them, just supporting the addiction.
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post Oct 9 2011, 08:12 PM
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QUOTE(rnellums @ Oct 9 2011, 04:15 PM) *

I was thinking it would be cool to set up something like a pro Bono support group for our younger members. The wisdom is already out there, but something like a used Parts stockpile to help out the youngsters getting these cars back together. I'll be the first to start. If you are still in high school, and restoring one of these cars, PM with parts you need and if I have one in stock it's yours. Just cover shipping.

-Ross


I like this idea , when us old farts need help they would be more inclined to ablige. Foster esteem in thier abilities and accomplishments , there sure is not a lot of them that cares to get thier hands dirty anymore .

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post Oct 9 2011, 08:12 PM
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QUOTE(rnellums @ Oct 9 2011, 09:17 PM) *

We aren't trying to hook them, just supporting the addiction.


But hold on, I have three teens, they have all my money - I need support for my addiction!
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post Oct 9 2011, 08:20 PM
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I started off in the 15-20 age group and now I'm in the 20-25 age group. Honestly I think we have it easier than the old farts- we don't have children to support, mortgages to pay, or spouses to evade. The next half decade will be automotive nirvana for me. Maybe we need a mid life crisis support group....you know, the 40 year old guy who wants to restore a car but has no time or money, and a nagging wife. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Oct 9 2011, 08:27 PM
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QUOTE(rnellums @ Oct 9 2011, 09:17 PM) *

We aren't trying to hook them, just supporting the addiction.


But hold on, I have three teens, they have all my money - I need support for my addiction!


Decide which one ( s ) you want to keep , give away / get rid of the rest . Let them know that there will be a rebudgeting (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) ( downsizing ) of the bottom line , nothing personal , just priorities / goals need to be implemented and achieved.






Of course it would probably lead to a muntiny. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif)

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post Oct 9 2011, 09:06 PM
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QUOTE(wertygrog @ Oct 9 2011, 10:20 PM) *
I started off in the 15-20 age group and now I'm in the 20-25 age group. Honestly I think we have it easier than the old farts- we don't have children to support, mortgages to pay, or spouses to evade. The next half decade will be automotive nirvana for me. Maybe we need a mid life crisis support group....you know, the 40 year old guy who wants to restore a car but has no time or money, and a nagging wife. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I was in the 20-25 group at one time and had (2) 914s and a Lotus Europa Special. Guess what got pushed to the back burner (or off the cook top completely) once marriage and family came along (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Now in the 46-55 group and back into the car that I love (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) though with two kids in college and one at private school, the money is tight. I may not have the prettiest 914 out there but I sure do (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) it!
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post Oct 9 2011, 09:42 PM
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You overlapped your groups. I can go into 25-35 and 35-45...depending on how I feel today I will pick one. Back to being a statistic.

BTW, I always help out the young folks with the transmission stuff (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Oct 9 2011, 10:28 PM
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I know that one. I bought my first at 14, and progress was diabolically slow until college since funds were so tight. Now at 22 in grad school, funds are still tight, but at least I have SOME income.

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post Oct 9 2011, 10:47 PM
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I got my first 914 at age 17 in 1999. Had no money to fix it up the way I wanted to then, car gone by age 21. Fast forward to last year when I found my first car again by accident. I still don't have the money to fix it up the way I want to. Glad I have a patient wife. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Yeah, I just turned 30.

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post Oct 10 2011, 01:52 AM
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I was given mine when I was about 23.......then it sat under a Tarp in my parents back yard til about two months ago.....I'm 35 now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Oct 10 2011, 02:36 AM
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Wazzup with this poll Ross!?
- you give the youngsters 5 year blocks, then pile 56-70 in one group!
.... Geez, I know I'm getting up there, but it didn't fall off when I turned 59 last month! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Good suggestion you made though! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
... as Doc E said, there are many out there already helping.

Got my `73 914-2.0 in Dec. 75 at 23 - about a year & a half out of undergrad, drove it as my DD for almost 10 years, then it got whacked May `85 by a ditz in the parking structure while I was in grad school, sat for 25 years while I raised a family, ran my business, etc.; now working on restoring it. My one & only 914 - not counting the parts car! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Oct 10 2011, 07:15 AM
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QUOTE(Tom_T @ Oct 10 2011, 04:36 AM) *

Wazzup with this poll Ross!?
- you give the youngsters 5 year blocks, then pile 56-70 in one group!
.... Geez, I know I'm getting up there, but it didn't fall off when I turned 59 last month! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


I wanted to figure out how many young guys were on here, so far its really only one. I was gonna go 5 year increments all the way but my hands were getting tired from entering all the data into my smartphone!
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post Oct 10 2011, 08:13 AM
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Woohoo! Loks like I'm the youngest. bought mine a day or two before my 15th birthday, and have been drivin' it ever since. I'm now 18.
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post Oct 10 2011, 08:30 AM
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Jeeze. Having got my first 914 at 19 I started out in the second group. Now I've moved all the way to the 46-55 bracket!?!

I only have two more groups to go and then I'm . . . dead! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

ah well; Eric Shea is still a year ahead of me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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post Oct 10 2011, 08:38 AM
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Heres The link to a previous post on this subject, lots of age info.
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post Oct 10 2011, 09:25 AM
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Woohoo! Loks like I'm the youngest. bought mine a day or two before my 15th birthday, and have been drivin' it ever since. I'm now 18.

Well, maybe youngest now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I bought Bosser two weeks after my 14th B-Day.
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