Need Help at Carlisle...Ride in a Muscle Car!

Ouch jos51700! Those were some Deep Thoughts right there.

Interesting comment about him being goal-oriented, that makes sense.
As long as the goal is short term and well defined, I think he's good.
He's a smart kid, and I've noticed he's doing more than just gaming, he's actually modded the game using JAVA programming language.

My comment about time and money wasn't an excuse, it was MY choice to put them both towards my family with no regrets. But, fast forward to today, and I feel my window is closing for father and son to enjoy this hobby together.

What is my goal? It was to collect these cars before they were crushed...They're not making any more of them, and most that have been completed are out of my reach ($$$). So, I decided that the first step was to get them, then go from there. I use the parts cars I'm not using myself to raise money for my projects...plus fellow members get parts they are looking for at reasonable prices, all because I made an effort to recycle them!

As for the original intention of the post, it was to get him encouraged again in the hobby, as it's not really out of reach...I have a 74 Valiant, 318 auto, that is perfect for a father/son project...It needs to be gone through, but I actually drove it home. However, I'm not interested in working on it without him.

That's why I'm asking for help from FABO...Hopefully, you haven't derailed my post...I wasn't looking for a life's lesson here, just a small act of kindness from a fellow FABO member.

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It's cool, and I appreciate your clarification. I see lots of people that try to get a kid interested in what they are interested in, (sounds like you were there, but it's slipping) but kids like goals and challenges, and I have better luck presenting it to them as a goal "I think we should do this and this and this and this, and do so for less than this $$$, and done by this time. What do you think? Can we do it?" and then stand back and let the kid put their creativity to work reaching the goal. (Be sure to listen to their input in the project, too)

I dig what you're doing with the parts cars, I just didn't know your background and from your original post, it sounded a lot like "Imma fix 'em up someday" guy talking. We all know that guy....

By the way, Props for taking an interest in spending time with your kid. Lots of parents kind of miss out on that these days.