how old where you when you first work on a car
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we made choppers too think around 73
no welding cut the forks and hammered a piece of pipe over the fork then the rest of the fork in the end
we were riding and my buddy swerved into a car .....after a trip to the hospital .a puctured lung ...he came out ok
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I did my first ring and valve (283) at 15.
Reconditioned my first manual trans in 1968/69,(age 16 IIRC)
The first tool I ever bought was a torque-wrench, and I was the only guy in Highschool with one.
Was also the first guy with a slide-rule, and the first with a mechanical pocket-calculator, and the first to take a brief-case to highschool.
but the last to take a girlfriend, which never lasted long; those French Catholic Girls wanted more than I was willing to give.
Reconditioned my first manual trans in 1968/69,(age 16 IIRC)
The first tool I ever bought was a torque-wrench, and I was the only guy in Highschool with one.
Was also the first guy with a slide-rule, and the first with a mechanical pocket-calculator, and the first to take a brief-case to highschool.
but the last to take a girlfriend, which never lasted long; those French Catholic Girls wanted more than I was willing to give.
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my kid (the jerk) started last summer at 12
he ruined my plans 50 and a new born .....so it pay back
hes better then some of my help i've had
he ruined my plans 50 and a new born .....so it pay back
hes better then some of my help i've had
That's how we did it.
I grew up just outside Trenton, moved to Idaho when I was 13.
i was living in reston va thinking i was 11 or 12
moved back to nj in 77
Red's '72 Dart
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My dad had a repair shop when I was growing up. My first car I had to rebuild the motor to get it on the road! Back in '93!
I put a Water Pump and a Thermostat on a Nova for the Pretty Neighbor Girl when I was 15...
She drove me around all summer. Worth It??? Absolutley!
Took a Hot Girl, Two years older than me that had a car to my first high school dance.
She drove me around all summer. Worth It??? Absolutley!
Took a Hot Girl, Two years older than me that had a car to my first high school dance.
My 6 and 9 year old Grandkids are actually decent mechanics
and race Jr. Dragsters. Logan the 9 year old won his
first Wally at Division 7 Finals last year. Trevor at 2 1/2
loves to work in the shop all day as did his brothers at that age/
My grandkids are 4th Generation Races.
It is their Legacy.
God is so very good to us!
and race Jr. Dragsters. Logan the 9 year old won his
first Wally at Division 7 Finals last year. Trevor at 2 1/2
loves to work in the shop all day as did his brothers at that age/
My grandkids are 4th Generation Races.
It is their Legacy.
God is so very good to us!
Yes i feel blessed
My kid is so much fun but can be a jerk
When bored he aggravates his mother
She wound up like a top and all he does is pull her string
I hate to push him
Don't want him give up
Its hard to teach and parent and be a boss too
I raise my son since birth by myself.
I was in my 40's when I brought him
home from Hospital. I would not have
traded the experience for the whole world.
Phil. 4:13
I can do all things through Jesus Christ
who give me strength!
I was in my 40's when I brought him
home from Hospital. I would not have
traded the experience for the whole world.
Phil. 4:13
I can do all things through Jesus Christ
who give me strength!
Fear This slant 6. Very cool!
No John. That's your legacy! And a great one!
I did similar to a divorced neighbor when I was 14 or 15. I did the job as a boy. I came out of her house as a man. LOL
Kendog 170
Let the boy go !
Basically at 16 when I got my 1st car. At 14 my dad lent his 66 Buick Special wagon to a friend who drove it into a pole a week before we were to drive from Ma. to Florida on vacation. We jacked it up and I kept the frame heated up in a variety of places with a torch while he jacked it all back with a porter power and a sledge. Drove to Florida with a pole size smashed nose dead center. Finally located one about a month later. Good times!
MDchanic
Connoisseur d'Junque
Dad gave me a cleaned-up carburetor with everything loosened as a puzzle when I was about 2.
I remember helping him swap engines in VWs and Porsches when I was about 5 - Little hands are very helpful getting to those starter wires and backing up nuts.
I had the mind for electrical stuff, so any of that was always my job before he even thought about it.
When I was in JHS one of his buddies bought a VW squareback with a burned motor, and we swapped a new motor in. It had a Bosch injection computer that was the size of a shebox in the fender. He'd bought a replacement out of a junker. Thing had to have 30 or 40 wires coming out of it, and when we went to put it all together, they were all different colors than the old one. I sat there for an hour or so, soldered every one of those wires into the harness (all different colors, and no manual or internet), bolted it together, and said, "Start 'er up!"
They were shocked when it ran.
- Eric
I remember helping him swap engines in VWs and Porsches when I was about 5 - Little hands are very helpful getting to those starter wires and backing up nuts.
I had the mind for electrical stuff, so any of that was always my job before he even thought about it.
When I was in JHS one of his buddies bought a VW squareback with a burned motor, and we swapped a new motor in. It had a Bosch injection computer that was the size of a shebox in the fender. He'd bought a replacement out of a junker. Thing had to have 30 or 40 wires coming out of it, and when we went to put it all together, they were all different colors than the old one. I sat there for an hour or so, soldered every one of those wires into the harness (all different colors, and no manual or internet), bolted it together, and said, "Start 'er up!"
They were shocked when it ran.
- Eric
All YOU old guys are admitting to just how old you are!!!!! 
I leaned to shoe grand pas mules when I was 5... does that count???
I leaned to shoe grand pas mules when I was 5... does that count???
At 12 I changed the water pump on my mom's 1971 buick 350 with only telephone help from my uncle, on the other side of the city.
It took almost 5 weeks.
But was a great learning experience.
Good thing mom took the bus to work.
It took almost 5 weeks.
But was a great learning experience.
Good thing mom took the bus to work.
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Professor Fate
Push the button, Max...
I'm happy to acknowledge how old I am. It's a privilege many will never know.All YOU old guys are admitting to just how old you are!!!!!
I leaned to shoe grand pas mules when I was 5... does that count???
In another ten years I'll think about how "young" I was now!
Damn right!!!! Most (not quite all) of my friends and relatives never reached minimum SS age!!!!!I'm happy to acknowledge how old I am. It's a privilege many will never know.
In another ten years I'll think about how "young" I was now!
When I was 20, I thought 35 was old, when I was 35 I thought 55 was old, now that I am 77 I understand I am still a BABY>>>> Yes I have entered my second childhood!!!!!!!
Who's changing your diapers old manDamn right!!!! Most (not quite all) of my friends and relatives never reached minimum SS age!!!!!
When I was 20, I thought 35 was old, when I was 35 I thought 55 was old, now that I am 77 I understand I am still a BABY>>>> Yes I have entered my second childhood!!!!!!!
My older one i had at the shop more then a few times...very smart kid with 2 left hands
But it was great when he was young he could get his hands in places I never could
Big help doing a heater core
The problem with him he needs constant activities...if I turned me he he was gone
The jerk has been in the shop his whole life
Its just last summer did he get into cars
But I pay him too much and expect too much
so when he's slacking I get mad .
..I don't want to piss him off so he give it up
And at 13 dont want to push him too much
But it was great when he was young he could get his hands in places I never could
Big help doing a heater core
The problem with him he needs constant activities...if I turned me he he was gone
The jerk has been in the shop his whole life
Its just last summer did he get into cars
But I pay him too much and expect too much
so when he's slacking I get mad .
..I don't want to piss him off so he give it up
And at 13 dont want to push him too much
jeff alder
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Grandpa Elmer Rife's Allis deck belt. Approximately 8... I can't remember the age for sure but I remember putting the belt on as he watched and criticized me from behind. It was a 1/3 twist between each pulley belt install. Then he boosted me up to check the oil, trans fluid, and coolant in his 455 Rocket Buick in the "car shed"...otherwise known as a garage. LOL
8 years old. My brother started drag racing a Nash Metropolitan in stock class.
Brother # 2 was drag racing a few years later with my dad's 68 Coronet R/T.
I was working at a gas station by age 13. 50 + years gone by. Still a car junky.
Brother # 2 was drag racing a few years later with my dad's 68 Coronet R/T.
I was working at a gas station by age 13. 50 + years gone by. Still a car junky.
Professor Fate
Push the button, Max...
That's how the saying goes-Damn right!!!! Most (not quite all) of my friends and relatives never reached minimum SS age!!!!!
When I was 20, I thought 35 was old, when I was 35 I thought 55 was old, now that I am 77 I understand I am still a BABY>>>> Yes I have entered my second childhood!!!!!!!
The older we get, the more like a baby we become again... no hair, no teeth, wearing diapers...
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