The Humble Bee

bargeahead said
Have to sell ? No....... Knowing the car would go to a recently licensed teenager.........No matter what the offer was/is , I could not accept. I do not want to know a kid killed himself or someone else because he didn't know how to handle a 45 yr old car with a "hot" engine. That's just not in my play-book. And Robert, .....I gotta feeling you know that. Appreciated.

71ChallengerSE said
AMEN! I bought my Challenger when I was 15 and without a license, my Dad let me do it only because I had to build it before I could drive it. Any kid that wants a BAD A** MOPAR needs to build it themselves. Its not right if their parents buy them one they can just hop in and drive.

Jamison is really looking forward to the day he can build a 408 for his Duster. He's 15 now and grandad and I simply won't let him build anything more than what he has: a mild built 360 with the 4 speed to back it up will do just fine. Once he gets the handle on that and learns to drive more confidently and gets a start in his career, then he can think about serious horsepower. Until then, though...

Just thinking back in the day. Maybe it's because I was taught by a professional driver - Pop drove truck for a living and put 3M miles on the wheel of a tractor/trailer - that he had no problems throwing me the keys to the big block Plymouth in my signature. Of course, he was along for the ride a lot of the times and was there to guide me through some of the maneuvers, but I also learned to respect the car. At 16 I had limits before it did.