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I am helping a young guy who works for me redo an 86 F150. It's not like our old stuff but its V8 RWD, and now carbureted. First pic was the awful running EFI we got rid of. Truck engine starts and runs great now. A late model 5 speed manual will be swapped in once we have all the parts. I love helping the young ones get into the hobby. The point is I am teaching him the right way to put mechanical stuff together and attention to detail. And yes it needs a fan shroud. The one on it in the top pic was incorrect and we have a new correct one that was delivered by fedex today. The body is rough, but that's not what we care about at the moment. We are going through all the mechanical stuff to make it run and be reliable.

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melcardona said:
the only reason i like darik at vice grip garage...is he teaches the young....you dont have to have all the bling and noise to enjoy old rides.....truth is...to many boomers have killed the hopes and dreams of the younger we are to teach and encourage into the old stuff by being insaine about dumping stupid money into a prodject and saying......''oh this is how you do it...this is how it should look..this is the best....this is the only way to do it....fact is....those garage queens.....are dream killers......how many boomers walk up to the young man at a show standing or sitting next to his rusty ol oe ride...and look it over and give him real encouragement....simple nice ol car son........nope...none...ive watched....very sad.....and how many of the dumb money car owners...are snobs to the young , who come and look.....too many.....why have prices fallen so much on the old stuff.............kill the dreams of the young...and the dream you lived has no value to them......yes its my opinion.....value...1.5 cents
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Here is a young gun I met at the Make-a-Wish show this summer. He inherited his Dads car, got it running and drove it to the show. We talked a good 15 minutes, because he has the same mindset as he does. Get it running, drive it and enjoy it in honor of his Dad. I voted for his car as best of show, because he deserved it. I’m sure he didn’t win because of all the shiny iron present that day, but to me he is hot rodding, not just opening the check book and writing checks to someone else.

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cosgig said:
Here is a young gun I met at the Make-a-Wish show this summer. He inherited his Dads car, got it running and drove it to the show. We talked a good 15 minutes, because he has the same mindset as he does. Get it running, drive it and enjoy it in honor of his Dad. I voted for his car as best of show, because he deserved it. I’m sure he didn’t win because of all the shiny iron present that day, but to me he is hot rodding, not just opening the check book and writing checks to someone else.

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this is what its ment to be.....learn...enjoy..teach...and enjoy all over again!!!
 
moparmat2000 said:
I am helping a young guy who works for me redo an 86 F150. It's not like our old stuff but its V8 RWD, and now carbureted. First pic was the awful running EFI we got rid of. Truck engine starts and runs great now. A late model 5 speed manual will be swapped in once we have all the parts. I love helping the young ones get into the hobby. The point is I am teaching him the right way to put mechanical stuff together and attention to detail. And yes it needs a fan shroud. The one on it in the top pic was incorrect and we have a new correct one that was delivered by fedex today. The body is rough, but that's not what we care about at the moment. We are going through all the mechanical stuff to make it run and be reliable.

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nice and clean!!! give him a attaboy!!! looks great...good mentor!!!
 
The best part about helping yoing guns on their way is seeing them get their projects where they want them, and knowing and hoping you helped in some way. There’s a couple of young guns here that I’ve helped, and watched grow into fine Mopar folks that are now flying on their own wings, or should I say soaring.
 

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The best part about helping yoing guns on their way is seeing them get their projects where they want them, and knowing and hoping you helped in some way. There’s a couple of young guns here that I’ve helped, and watched grow into fine Mopar folks that are now flying on their own wings, or should I say soaring.
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The other thing to remember is everybody likes something different. Doesnt mean it's less cooler than our MoPars. I never in my life thought I'd be junkyarding and wrenching on a bullnose Ford F150 with a 302 in it, but here I am. Hot rodding tricks and rebuilding techniques are all pretty much the same no matter what the old car or truck. These young guys and gals buy what they can afford. A bit of kindness and help as a mentor goes a long way. Heck, we did an HEI 4 pin module conversion on his truck and used a ford duraspark distributor, with vacuum advance. Hid the module inside an old duraspark module case. It works great, appears stock. When he gets older, he will likely pay it forward and be someone else's mentor remembering the tips and tricks I taught him, including my love of salvage yards for parts instead of getting robbed for everything on evilbay.
 
cosgig said:
Here is a young gun I met at the Make-a-Wish show this summer. He inherited his Dads car, got it running and drove it to the show. We talked a good 15 minutes, because he has the same mindset as he does. Get it running, drive it and enjoy it in honor of his Dad. I voted for his car as best of show, because he deserved it. I’m sure he didn’t win because of all the shiny iron present that day, but to me he is hot rodding, not just opening the check book and writing checks to someone else.

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That old mach 1 is pretty nice considering its age. I hope y'all traded phone numbers. You can show him how to slowly upgrade it and make it better looking over time. A lot of stuff under the hood can be rehabbed with sandblasting or sanding, and a repaint. You are a perfect mentor for this young lad.
 
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One of the rewards in life is if and when we learn to find joy, that is not too man dollars that we can not afford such.

I had a bud years ago that had a huge gun collection, lots of $$$. He is also Mopar guy with the "good" stuff, several hemi E bodies, etc., big fancy garage. He flew to Quail hunting trips down South, Pheasant hunts in S.D. etc. One day we were talking his recent quail hunt down in S W Ga were I had lived decades ago. Funny he was at a farmer neighbor I had lived right down the road from. We get to talking guns and all, he asks to see "my" guns. So I explain how I had never had any fancy guns. I show him my .38 special revolver, dad carried as a side arm in Korea, an old Winchester model 12 pump, my father in law carried in Korea, and my favorite, an old bolt action .22, model ???? He laughed.

So I explained, yea, I had the "good" Mopars back on the 80s.90s and I have worked my way "down" to those I enjoy the most, "common" cars I can build to suit me, drive and never worry. He then tells me , "he gets it". Does he really??

Then I explain , IF we were back in S W Ga in Sept. I would take him to a "dove shoot". He gets all excited, and then I explain he would take his high $ shotguns and a case of shells, he would go to the far side of the field, and I would go to the cow pond, sit on a 5 gal. bucket with my bolt action .22, open site,and shoot the doves in the head when they land on the sand!

The guy with the most doves buys dinner! Would no be me!! :thumbsup:
 
barbee6043 said:
One of the rewards in life is if and when we learn to find joy, that is not too man dollars that we can not afford such.

I had a bud years ago that had a huge gun collection, lots of $$$. He is also Mopar guy with the "good" stuff, several hemi E bodies, etc., big fancy garage. He flew to Quail hunting trips down South, Pheasant hunts in S.D. etc. One day we were talking his recent quail hunt down in S W Ga were I had lived decades ago. Funny he was at a farmer neighbor I had lived right down the road from. We get to talking guns and all, he asks to see "my" guns. So I explain how I had never had any fancy guns. I show him my .38 special revolver, dad carried as a side arm in Korea, an old Winchester model 12 pump, my father in law carried in Korea, and my favorite, an old bolt action .22, model ???? He laughed.

So I explained, yea, I had the "good" Mopars back on the 80s.90s and I have worked my way "down" to those I enjoy the most, "common" cars I can build to suit me, drive and never worry. He then tells me , "he gets it". Does he really??

Then I explain , IF we were back in S W Ga in Sept. I would take him to a "dove shoot". He gets all excited, and then I explain he would take his high $ shotguns and a case of shells, he would go to the far side of the field, and I would go to the cow pond, sit on a 5 gal. bucket with my bolt action .22, open site,and shoot the doves in the head when they land on the sand!

The guy with the most doves buys dinner! Would no be me!! :thumbsup:
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I agree 100%. I love G scale model trains as well as my old MoPars and firearms. My collection of model trains is pretty big, however I buy the stuff that needs repair, or rebuilt. As such i have some really nice LGB steam locos, and USA trains rolling stock. Ditto for LGB brass rail track. I buy the grungy green tarnished stuff fresh out of somebody's old garden railway for pennies on the dollar, disassemble, clean, and drop the rails in a tarnish remover. Polish and reassemble with new rail joiners. Sure it costs me time, but I have that, patience, and know how. I once bought a rough Anheuser Busch referigerator car for $8 from evilbay. New in the box it goes for $65. A bit of time, cleaning, and a couple roof hatches i cast myself to replace missing ones, grab irons, NMRA compatible knuckle couplers, and i think i have maybe $20 in it including purchase

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Or this $9 special USA Trains box car that was pretty beat. Dipped it in isopropyl alcohol to strip it. Fixed the plastics, painted, new grab irons and brake wheel, and lettered it as Rio Grande 3147 in honor of Trump as 47. Making another as 3145 soon. It was a fun rebuild.

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moparmat2000 said:
That old mach 1 is pretty nice considering its age. I hope y'all braded phone numbers. You can show him how to slowly upgrade it and make it better looking over time. A lot of stuff under the hood can be rehabbed with sandblasting or sanding, and a repaint. You are a perfect mentor for this young lad.
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Agreed, and it appears to have the ram air ducting still in place, suggesting that it was born with a 351 CJ at minimum.

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Makes me kinda bittersweet to see this thread come up. I got to meet Tony and his lovely wife Thelma when they came through Macon on their way to Florida. We ate at the Cracker Barrel and Tony even let me drive the car. We had a great time. I do miss him. I'm the big fugly one on the left.
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im sooo looking forward to my madin voyage in the 225....as a young wrench i was relly impressed on there power and responce after tune ups..late 70s.....
 
melcardona said:
this is what its ment to be.....learn...enjoy..teach...and enjoy all over again!!!
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m1 stang..was the only pony i liked to work on....though mostly the same as the others..the 70 m1..was just better looking......my 1.5 cents
 
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