727 building with my Granddaughter

[67 R/T CORONET]

My 15 year old granddaughter has always been interested in cars and racing. Yesterday she assembled her Dads race 727. Start to finish except the valve body as we ran out of time. She learned what components were held by the various clutches and bands. Learned about planetary gears and how each gear came to be. Learned about how the hydraulics applied each component. She swapped the tail shaft bushing, built up the clutch packs with new seals and set clearance. Torqued everything to spec. Funny the only thing she had trouble with? Slipping in the accumulator piston. We had a great time.
Doug

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That's awesome!! Love getting the grandkids involved projects! Funny story my 11 year old Granddaughter is more into old cars then any of my grandson's

 

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That's awesome!! Love getting the grandkids involved projects! Funny story my 11 year old Granddaughter is more into old cars then any of my grandson's

Same for me. I have a 15 year old Grandson as well. Though he likes cars they aren't his passion to work on.
Doug