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Old 07-22-2012, 02:54 PM   #1
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Thumbs up Summer school... the early Ford way

When I can, I try to involve the neighborhood kid's and my nephew's with my restoration project. I was lucky to get a few good hour's out of my younger nephew sat.

Thank's to Toby Lampert for the Crab Distributor cores for some "summer school". Had him take one apart and re-assemble it and the 2nd time he had to remember the names of the part's he was putting together, even had him learn how to look up rebuild kit's/points from several catalogs.

As you can see, the attention span was about gone in that last picture Scott
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Old 07-22-2012, 03:38 PM   #2
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Good for you! We ain't gitting any younger and somebody needs to be able to keep'em running when we can't. My grandson got his first taste of oil under my Model-A pickup when he was about 12. Now he's helping with my '39 pickup. He's 21 now and we're still buddies.
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Old 07-22-2012, 03:44 PM   #3
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It's nice to see some young'uns interested in something other than a video game. At least he didn't suffer any gravity storms. It would be nice if there was a way of spinning the distributer with power to it so he could see if it works. That might lengthen his attention span.
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Old 07-22-2012, 04:23 PM   #4
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It's nice to see some young'uns interested in something other than a video game. At least he didn't suffer any gravity storms. It would be nice if there was a way of spinning the distributer with power to it so he could see if it works. That might lengthen his attention span.
There is a way. Electric drill motor with proper attachment made to fit the lug on the back. Hook up battery and coil and see it spark. I don't know all of the ins and outs of it yet, but a friend does it to check his work. Neat.
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Hey, you got them away from the TV and/or computer.
Anyway, everybody has to pick their nose at some time or another !
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It is good to see kids using their hands for something other than sending text messages. From what I hear there is a real demand for engineers, machinists and mechanics.

My uncle was a mechanic and I always enjoyed helping him. Of course I got the dirty jobs like cleaning the oil pan.
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Hey, you got them away from the TV and/or computer.
Anyway, everybody has to pick their nose at some time or another !
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So I say's to myself, what is he talkin about. And I thought "no he did'nt!!"

Thought I missed something and Mike, in that last picture it look's that way. He's was eating peanuts in the shell and trust me that is what he was doing Got a good laugh out of it though.
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