The Boy's got the bug

Longgone said
When my son was just a babe he went everywhere with my wife and I, even Saturday nights at the local Jack in the Box for show and tell. Our family car was a 69 Super Bee with a 440-6 4spd. with Dana 60. I can still remember the lightning bolts that would shoot from my wifes eyes if I dared crack the throttle open with our son in the car. Needless to say, the car had to go and a more family friendly car replaced it. I was without a muscle car for about 5 yrs. when I finally was permitted to get another. It started with Z and ended with 8, (OK it wasn`t a Mopar). Unfortunately my son never really took an interest in cars ,and still sees them today as nothing more than a mode of transportation. I think it`s fantastic that fathers and sons can share in any hobby,especially one such as the restoration and modification of the old Mopars.

Boy Longgone, your story sounds very familiar. My last car before the Demon was a 69 Bee also. It had a 440, dual 4 barrel, 4 speed with the pistol grip and a Dana 60 with 3.55 gears. When that monster hooked it would damn near lift the front wheels off the ground, not bad for a 4000 lb car eh. Anyway I remember my son and daughter in the back seat and my son with his hands over his ears (he was 8 yrs. old). I sold the car when he was about 12 and went without for 6 yrs. till my wife said I should get a hobby and I was going to tell her to be afraid be very afraid and that's when the Demon came along. Last year I finished it off and started the beast for the first time and my son was behind the car and told me there's something wrong with the engine cause it was idling rough and sounding bad and I told him your hearing three things son. A lumpy cam, big bore exhaust and the sound of pure unadulterated testosterone, don't ever forget it. He was driving a 2000 Pontiac Grand Am 3.4 L and still is but says he now gets goosebumps when I fire up the Demon.

He's hooked really Bad :thumblef: