Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

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Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by Mopar_man » Mon Jun 15, 2020 3:42 pm

So we are putting in the valves on the Model T. The spring compressor kept falling off the spring and I decided to compress the spring with my hands with my arms around Angie's head so she could see where to put the pin in to hold the spring. Then she calmly says: "So what are we going to tell the emergency room Doctor?"

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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by Jim_PTC_GA » Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:36 pm

LOLOLOLOLOL
Just give me time to Rust and I'll be good as new. :) Wabi-Sabi


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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by Scott_Conger » Mon Jun 15, 2020 6:47 pm

Oh, that is too funny! :shock: :lol:
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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by tmodeldriver » Tue Jun 16, 2020 11:33 am

:lol: :lol:

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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by Ruxstel24 » Tue Jun 16, 2020 11:49 am

She’s Speaking from experience, eh Bob ? :shock: :lol:

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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by david_dewey » Tue Jun 16, 2020 4:49 pm

You've got a sharp daughter! Love it!
T'ake care,
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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by Mopar_man » Tue Jun 16, 2020 10:51 pm

She knows me so well. I have her working on everything with me. Old stuff new stuff.
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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by frontyboy » Thu Jun 18, 2020 11:14 pm

SHE"S A KEEPER!!!!!!! bringing her up the right way..

I taught my daughter to look after her 1st car. she checked the oil and coolant, tire pressure and kept track of her mileage every Sunday morning and kept the details in a small book in the glove box. She changed her own oil and filter for a number of years. Got a call one day when she was away at Med school. One of her guy pals had a honda and she was going to change his spark plugs as she determined he had a miss. Her call was to ask how tight to make the spark plugs. I told her and also mentioned to mark the plug wires, her response was "DAD!! I already did that. And yes she's a keeper as well, now she sews people up after their trauma.
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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by PDGx » Sun Jun 21, 2020 7:33 am

Hint -

Color coded ?
Color coded ?
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Guess which one is going to be hers ??

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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by Mopar_man » Wed Jun 24, 2020 1:10 pm

She's always wanting to learn more. I'm trying to make sure she scares the boys away. He He... She does like that color!! Don't worry she'll end up with all this stuff in the end. Ha!!


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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by KLTagert » Wed Jul 01, 2020 5:36 pm

She's one lucky young lady - some of my best memories is of working with my Dad in the garage and in the pits at the
race track. Got grease under my nails now - just put the engine back into the 22 Coupe.


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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by frontyboy » Wed Jul 01, 2020 10:43 pm

Kathy,

If your not married, please send picture of the coupe and ur phone number..

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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by Mopar_man » Sun Jul 05, 2020 9:38 pm

Thanks Kathy, She'll learn all that girly stuff anyway. Right now I look at it as my job to teach her to have the confidence to tackle anything that life throws at her.

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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by Duey_C » Wed Jul 08, 2020 11:45 pm

Ding!
Rob nails it again!
Have a similar Dot that's near 30, if she runs into a bind she'll ask but changing a headlight in her truck?
She looked on the tube and did it herself. I like that.
:)
Kathy, at the race track? Cool.
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ON LINE TUTORIALS

Post by Novice » Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:06 am

On line tutorials are good for old farts too. I have used them a lot. used one to repair a instrument gauge digital cluster led illuminator in a 2000 century. $600 + factory fix a three hour shade tree job and $2.00 worth of radio shack replacement resistors. originals had fallen out of the circuit board when the solder crystalized over years of heating and cooling.


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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by Burger in Spokane » Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:41 am

Confidence builder ? Has she considered the Marine Corps ? 👍
More people are doing it today than ever before !

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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by ChrisB » Fri Jul 10, 2020 2:45 pm

Since no one else has asked, I will.

The gold color car?? Late sixties B-Body Mopar? Coronet, Satellite/Road Runner?? Looks like 383.

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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by Mopar_man » Mon Jul 13, 2020 11:01 pm

ChrisB. It's an original 67 Dodge Charger 440 L code. I just got the carb back this weekend. Hope to get it on the road soon.

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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by Mopar_man » Mon Jul 13, 2020 11:04 pm

Burger, I did 30 years in the Marine Corps. So...... Yes she has thought about it. She's in the Marine Corps JROTC in high school.


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Re: Working on the T with my 15 year old daughter

Post by Burger in Spokane » Mon Jul 13, 2020 11:54 pm

Outstanding ! 👍
More people are doing it today than ever before !

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