They are never too young to start. And the stuff that is out now isn't going to worth restoring by the time he is old enough to get one.

We are heading down to pick it up in the morning and I will be posting pics as we work on it. Our pace will be determined by how quickly he earns the money to pay for it, so it might be a slow process lol.

 

Me too!!! So we are settling on him helping me on mine and he wants to fix my old Nitro R/C truck, with a Ford body of course...

Good look'n rig! All I can say, is have a BLAST with your pops.

 

We went down to Georgia this weekend and picked the truck up. We should start working on it in a few weeks when we get back from vacation.




Our lab wanted to ride back in the 79 and sat behind the wheel for the entire trip. She thought she was driving

 

LOL...that lab pic is great!!!

Congrats on the new truck!

 

Update on the truck progress..... Have not done a thing to it and it is now mine. I bought it for my son(stepson) hoping we could have something to bond with. His conditions were to get a job and work on his attitude. He never filled out one job application and his attitude got considerably worse. Long story short, had some major issues, told him if he messed up the same way again he was losing his guns, knives and truck. Two weeks later he was caught doing the same thing and lost them all. So now I will be fixing it up for my wife.

 

what a great first vehicle. Looks very straight. All the hard to find and expensive side trim is there intact. Your son will love it, probably more than his girlfriend (if he has one) LOL.

 

Well that is a bummer, hope he gets himself lined out. Hang in there with him and the truck.

 

Off-topic, one reason why I preferred cars and trucks over bringing kids into this world. We really don't know how they will turn out, even in good homes, some just go sour. Glad I made the choice I did. And then his attitude shift may only be temporary. I was a stay at home kid until mid-junior year in high school which by then I had a car (1953 Pontiac Chieftain 2 dr HT) and I was a wild child for about 6 months. Gone from home more than I was there. But again, it was temporary, I had my fun and later put it behind me.

 

Without going into great depth, my step kids come from some horrible genes. Carbon copies of their dad(35 and lives with mom, bums money for everything because it's easier than working, throws trash in the floor because he's too lazy to walk to the trash can, physically abusive, unappreciative, etc). I thought buying the truck for him would motivate him to actually do some work, get a job, clean his act up, but I was wrong.

That being said, we have one kid together and I would trade every car or truck I ever had for the joy that I felt holding that little guy for the first time. He's only a year old but I already have his first truck(my bronco) and can't wait to work on it with him

 

Unfortunately life deals things like that to us sometimes. Generally speaking I've been a loner much of my life and never had a large inner circle or knew a great deal of people so that has kept my life mostly drama free except when one of my "kids" decides to break down, such as my '91 F150 blowing its transmission 800 miles from home, that was back in '04. The Bronco will be a great thing for you two and he will be there with you in a few years, handing you a ratchet or screwdriver, or asking what's next, Dad ?

 

He should over come it and hopefully become a better man if he follows the roll model he has now. If not let him know what could happen when he turns 18....

Maybe if you take the time to explain to him the reason you bought him the truck, it would help?

FTE.... Ford truck advice and Dr Phil all in one, what a deal!

 

My late mother had to show my older brother a little tough love in her will. He'd been living there 25 years rent and bill free and thought he'd get it (jeez he already got the '67 Mustang, so wtf?) Well he did not get the house, only the proceeds. Today he's glad it turned out that way. Hope your stepson overcomes the demon of bad genes, yes I've known of families that are like that, all kinds of trouble and drama.

 

I really hope he comes around. He has two years left in high school and I told him I didn't mind buying him another one before he graduated but that the attitude change would have to come first this time. Maybe watching me fix this one up for his momma will make him see what he's missing.

 

Maybe you should try to get him involved in working on this truck. It may help with the attitude adjustment. Especially if you and your wife agree to incorporate some of his ideas and visions of what likes into the rebuild. That way he might hopefully would kick himself for letting what could have been his "dream" truck slip by. Just a thought.