The Next Generation

[Old Henry]

Who's bringing up the next generation of flathead nuts?

My oldest daughter emailed that she wanted her oldest son (12) to spend some time with me on some kind of project. Old Henry's hospitalization had just started and there was a lot of surgery to do.



So I said he could come and spend a couple of days with me on that, to send him with clothes that he could throw away after, safety goggles, and something for his head to keep from grinding the dirt into his hair. So, he came and we spent two days working on Old Henry together. He helped get the oil pan off then put the flywheel back on (it was good he was there or I'd have never gotten the bolts on the flywheel through that little crack between it and the transmission case).



Then we tackled the rebuild of the transmission, he reading out of the original Ford transmission manual.



I'm not sure he totally caught the bug but he's a real bright quick kid and especially loved the amazing mechanical intricacies of the transmission. We'll see.

What's anyone else doing to keep the hobby alive?