Re: [Amc-list] How I drive my cars/front brake drum resolution/generator vrs alternator

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I let my oldest drive my 69 for short piece.
He was so afraid he'd screw up he was perfectly safe.
Now, would I let him take it and go?
Nope, not anymore then I let me wife take my WJ when it is unneeded.
I've seen kids drive once they get used to a car.
My wife is a slob to her cars, indifferent to narrow parking places, potholes, briars along the road etc;

I try and tell them, cars don't "heal" it ain't magic, once scratched dinged and dented they seem to remain so.
My son gets it, but he's still a kid.
My wife is hopeless, so I let her be angry about it, like yesterday she needed to travel with a friend and wanted the WJ. I said no and stuck to it. If she doesn't want her friends to ride in vehicles like hers she shouldn't let them get that way.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II
" Chronic Pain Hurts"

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Bruce Griffis" <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>
> I'm a grandpa driving kinda guy, too. Not a grandpa yet, but my kids
> are 22, 18 and 12 - so, ...
> 
> Anyway, I'm seriously weighing whether to let the kids drive the
> Rambler at all. We've had discussions about speeds and brakes and
> shifting - but I can hear the tires squeal on the corner when they're
> in the Miata or beating on my Corolla. Think once the Rambler is
> running right, I'll give them the grandpa's version of driver's ed.
> 
> (Although their real grandpa drove over 100 in his Windstar with them.
> New minivan, not paying attention to the speed - kinda got carried
> away. But we won't talk about how fast real grandpa's drive.)
> 
> On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Joe Smith <know_ware@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I drive mostly like a grandpa.  I am not exactly a grandpa yet, but my 
> identical twin has 2 grandchildren and all of our kids call us both dad, so we 
> call me grandpa joe.  :-)
> >
> >  Regarding the front brake drums:  Doug Galvin found 2 that are still within 
> specification in his parts yard.  I bought them.  I am also getting the 
> alternator bracket from him and then I will purchase an alternator from TOPS 
> Automotive in Santa Ana, CA on the corner of Bushard and Lincoln.
> >
> >  http://360.yahoo.com/karl_haart
> >
> >
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