Wow ;
You're quite the catch Trish . I hope Kevin understands this .
I think teaching your children as your folks did you , is very important ~ not so they'll grow up to be gearheads but so they'll grow up responsible and realize how life works .
Were you raised in Texas ? .
Although I'd hoped my son not decide to be a Mechanic , I'm not sorry I taught him all the related details of mechanics in general , fire arm safety , financial responsibility and so on .
-Nate
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> I may be a female, but in my family we weren't allowed to drive until we
> could change the oil & a tire. I got the application for my learners permit
> when I turned 16, not a car! After I took drivers ed and got my license
> that summer I was allowed to borrow my parents '70 Delta 88, (Do you KNOW
> what kind of motor that car had???? What were they thinking?) but I had to
> write down the mileage and pay .07 per mile and replace any used gas!
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> Many years later I had a Pacer. Yes, the aquarium/roller skate car. My
> water pump went out. I got home from work one afternoon to find my dad had
> taken my car apart, laying each piece out the way it had to go back in! I
> had to hurry because it was starting to snow and we had no garage or
> carport!
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> Years later I bought a '67 Mustang for $600 that had been sitting in my
> landlords pasture. I did most of the restoration work myself. It was much
> like this car. Hunting for that one piece, connecting with others like
> minded.
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> I loved my brand new T-birds, but they wore out. I'm looking forward to
> years of enjoyment out of this car for the payment of proper maintenance.
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