Since I have gotten the 65 Sprite (photos in the selection with the
SpridgetStock ones) my daughter has been out helping and doing LOTS of work
to HER CAR. She is anxious to get it going and will get annoyed if I work on
it without her. I hope that the enthusiasm stays through the whole project,
which with a British car, is forever. Or until we sell it...... NOT !!!!
Larry Macy wrote:
> 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
>
> Keep your top down and your chin up
>
> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
> macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
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>
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