December 08, 2011
Merry Mopar Christmas 2011
For the last four years, we have put our Mopar wreath on my garage door. Four Christmases ago my son saw how to make one in the Mopar Collector's Guide magazine. He whipped one up in just a few minutes. Now each year we take his picture next to it (and remark at how much taller he has gotten).
Merry Christmas everyone!
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November 29, 2010
Merry Mopar Christmas 2010!
Here's my son by the garage door, doing his annual pose next to the Mopar wreath he made after reading the instructions in a 2008 Mopar Collector's Guide. It's been fun watching him get taller and taller in comparison to the wreath each year. This year, he has extra reason to smile, because with my Charger at the paint shop, his 1967 Plymouth Satellite is in the garage, and we are completing some extensive work on it, including changing the driver side door jamb and quarter panel. It is really nice to get to do some of this work with him.
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November 29, 2009
A Very Mopar Christmas 2009
Same wreath, same door, same nail, same boy as this picture... just a year later and about five inches taller.
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July 29, 2009
Dividing the work, multiplying the fun
We recently had the treat of having my niece and nephew over at our house for a couple of days. While they were here, my son and I took my nephew out to the garage and showed him how much fun it is to sand on my Charger. The boys both did a really good job, and it was fun to teach them some of the things I've learned the hard way - not to mention it was really great for me to see that side of the car being sanded much more rapidly than when I'm working alone. Thank you, kids!
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June 03, 2009
Block Sanding 101
This summer, with our Bible study on vacation until fall, I find myself with some extra time on some evenings. My son and I have embarked on a project to get the block sanding moving at a quicker pace: I am teaching him what I have learned, and he is being a HUGE help. We are having a lot of fun together. We're making rapid progress on completing our first go-round of the car, and I anticipate during August putting on the next layers of 2K primer, and blocking the car out again, but then with 320-grit paper (we are using 150-grit on our first pass).
Not only is it wonderful to spend time with my son and get things done, but an added bonus is seeing his growing enthusiasm for about the upcoming restoration of his 1967 Satellite. (You can see a picture of his car here.) Working on my Charger together is excellent training for him, because when we're done with my car, his is next and he will be doing much of the work on that project.
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December 14, 2008
A Very MoPar Christmas!
Mopar Collector's Guide's January 2009 issue had instructions for creating a Mopar-themed wreath. My twelve-year-old son whipped one up for the shop door in about five minutes.
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