My Son, Dustin, did the same sort of things in his 2's & 3's every time he
caught the cover off FROGGI ('60 Bugeye). Now he's 24 and has beaten me in
every autocross for the past two years! Do you think age (reactions) has
anything to do with it??? I started auto-x in '67. It's a good thing I have a
"little" experience or that 1+ second difference in or times would be much, much
greater. This getting older isn't all it's cracked up to be. I truly believe
youth is wasted on the young.
WFO Herb
Metallian6@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 5/13/99 12:50:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> sefisher@cisco.com writes:
>
> << Charlie is the little guy who climbed into my friend Berry's yellow '66
> Sprite a few weeks ago, stood at the wheel, and said "Wow, a cool car!"
> when he wasn't making vroomy noises. Did that for an *hour*. When
> Berry had to move the car into the garage (we were replacing rear wheel
> bearings on it) and Charlie had to leave, he threw a total,
> unrestrained, Fujita-6 tantrum. Eyes squeezed shut, nostrils flaring,
> tonsils vibrating at about 8500 RPM, back arched like he was having a
> seizure, heels drumming on the concrete as we dragged him away from his
> yellow Spridget. >>
>
> Sounds just like my 2 year old son. He loves my Sprite. Until I took the
> seats out I would let him climb in and he would sit there as long as I would
> let him playing with the steering wheel, making vroom vroom sounds and
> giggling. Always had a fit when I took him out. And even now with seats out
> and inside stripped and ready for bodywork he will still try to get in. He
> actually slid the side curtain open, reached in and opened the door a couple
> of times. Gotta keep an eye on that boy when he goes outside. :-)
>
> James
> 1962 AH Sprite
> 1979 Trans Am
> Web site link:
> <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/darkside/mycar.html";>1962
> Austin-Healey Sprite Restoration
> </A>
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