Father and son project, time well spent., Handing over the tools! Options

[914itis]

Most of you may remember the green car that started this addiction. After acquiring the red one, I decided to give my 16 year old whom has been wrenching with me for the past 2 plus years.
As he will turn 16, on 9/14 of this year, he will be able to drive. We have decided to take the car back to fuel injection.
A very generous member here, donated a full system, including Ecu, trotle body, mps, distributor to name a few.

I handed him the responsibility to have everything mounted and get the car running under my instructions as needed.

I am proud to report that so far he's is doing a great job. He removed the carbs, installed the intake runners , now he is routing the fuel lines.

I will let him take over this thread and post progress pics.

[JStroud]

That's awesome, I did the same thing with my son, before he turned 16 we bought him a Toyota pickup that needed a rebuild. We tore it down together and rebuilt the motor.
He drove it for 4 years until he went in the service, and probably took better care and respected that truck more than any since, it means more when your personally invested like that, and it never hurts being able to work on your own car.

Good for you for teaching him, and good for him wanting to learn. Too many kids these days are more into video games.

Ok now we need pictures, good luck with the progress.

Jeff

[rick 918-S]

Skills that will take him through life. I will be waiting to see how this turns out. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)

There are some good photos on where stuff in located here.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=57169

[914itis]

thanks Rick,

I will print them out for him

[Mikey914]

Time well spent. I've done this with both my boys.

[mepstein]

My son has seen me work on my car, pour money into it and not be able to drive it while I'm chasing down problems. He wants a Honda. I don't blame him.

[914itis]

My son has seen me work on my car, pour money into it and not be able to drive it while I'm chasing down problems. He wants a Honda. I don't blame him.

Mark, I need to come down and get that car running right.

[mepstein]

My son has seen me work on my car, pour money into it and not be able to drive it while I'm chasing down problems. He wants a Honda. I don't blame him.

Mark, I need to come down and get that car running right.

I think I just did. Thermo time switch wasn't hooked up correctly. (my fault)

You know I love these cars.... They just aren't for everyone.

[DBCooper]

Time well spent. I've done this with both my boys.

Me too. I gave each an old VW when they got their licenses, with the agreement that I'd buy all the parts they needed and help them if they got stuck, but they'd do all the work. Nothing like the incentive of your own car when you're 16 and are given open horizons. They both built little hot rods, worked night and day, learned how to take a project through from conception to end, problem-solve, both have excellent work ethics and practical intelligence. They may have turned out well anyway, I can't know, but I credit those cars. Probably a more valuable real-life educaton than college. Certainly cheaper.


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[ThePaintedMan]

Time well spent. I've done this with both my boys.

Me too. I gave each an old VW when they got their licenses, with the agreement that I'd buy all the parts they needed and help them if they got stuck, but they'd do all the work. Nothing like the incentive of your own car when you're 16 and are given open horizons. They both built little hot rods, worked night and day, learned how to take a project through from conception to end, problem-solve, both have excellent work ethics and practical intelligence. They may have turned out well anyway, I can't know, but I credit those cars. Probably a more valuable real-life educaton than college. Certainly cheaper.


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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Hell, if I hadn't started working on cars in high school, I would have been screwed in college. I broke down all over Tallahassee but I always knew how to get myself home. Even made a couple dollars fixing other students' cars.