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You got my point exactly.
I love to do things for and with my son. I have found out over time though that
the more I do, the more that's expected. I guess that's natural.
It's not that I don't want to "do Power Tour" with him. I would love to do it
with him in a car that I "helped him with" not in something I did for him while
making sure he had the best of everything.
Even a pieced together econo project is much more satisfying to the builder than
a
showpiece you didn't put any of your own sweat or money into.
Bill Vander Werf
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> In a message dated 8/8/01 6:12:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> << I'm driving my 17 year old son crazy because I'm building my 71 for
> myself and not for him. He thinks we should be building a hot rod for
> him....."You know Dad, we could do Power Tour" >>
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> Just from the younger persons perspective, I would never expect my dad to
> finance a project like that. I picked up my 70 when I was 17 (4 years ago).
> The way I see it, if someone else does it/finances it for you, then you don't
> respect it as much as if you did it yourself. Then you actually know how
> much it costs to do. My dad works with a guy that financed and built 3 cars
> for his 2 kids and I can see that they don't truly appreciate it. I have 3
> years and well over 20 grand invested in my 70, and I feel that you need to
> know the time and money that can be dumped into a car to truly appreciate it.
>
> Tom
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