Unnerstan that. Most all of the time I have worked on the Midget my now
23 y/o daughter was there to help in one fashion or the other. She is
graduating from Templ U next month and all she wants for a grad present
is an MG. Go figure. ;-)
Larry
At this exact moment in time 4/17/00 12:39 PM, macleans@earthlink.net
made the profound statement:
>I was lucky enough yesterday to spend quality time with both my LBC and
>my 10 year old son. He always wants to help when I'm working on my
>Bugeye restoration, but some things just don't require 10 year old
>skills. Yesterday I was installing the rear bumpers and as anyone with
>a Bugeye knows, getting into the boot area and being 49 years old (read:
>middle aged fat) is not real easy. My 10 year old son, Justin can crawl
>in there and hide if he wants to, so when it came time to hold the
>stiffeners in place to start the screws,
>he was an invaluable help. He was quite proud of this fact, especially
>when I told the rest of the family later that night at the Outback
>steakhouse, that I couldn't have done it without him. After installing
>the rear bumpers, I let him help me chase threads on the gas tank
>fasteners that hang below the boot floor. I'd start the die and let him
>turn it up to the top and back it off again. As everyone knows, after
>body work and painting, you've got a lot of threads to chase on the
>body. Justin gets more and more excited as the car begins to look more
>like a car. I have the suspension, wheels, windshield, steering wheel
>on the car now. In our two car garage, to work on my car, I first have
>to move my wife's car out and then move the Bugeye over to work on it.
>I used to be able to just slide it over before the suspension and wheels
>were installed, because I had it on a homemade dolly with casters. Now
>I have to push it back and forth, turning the steering wheel until it's
>centered in the garage to begin work. I figured, here's another task
>where Justin can come in handy. If you add all these little things he
>can do to help together, he becomes quite involved and he asks if there
>is more he can do.
> I'm beginning to feel I won't have to worry about the fate of my
>Bugeye or other LBC's if we can involve our sons and daughters like this
>at an early age. Days spent with dad like this are not forgotten when
>we are older and to bring back those days, playing with our handed down
>LBC just might make us feel better.
>Mike MacLean 60-Sprite
Larry Macy
78 Midget
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, PA 19104
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