Give your wife a big hug for me

[bigblock]

I hug my wife daily AND she loves to burn rubber in our 4 speed Super B.

 

[gdrill]

I have an awesome wife and daughter. They are so good they just climbed into the back of the Coronet and pushed on the rear window to help me remove it! It is damn near 30deg C here and musta been 40 in there! :wtg: They will help any time I need and they both like cars.

 

[CudaChick1968]

... my daughter which at the age of 6 could quickly loose interest as well. I think that's why I use this site so much "someone to share with and bounce ideas off of". Thanks guys

I couldn't resist sharing this picture since you mentioned your daughter's age. This is my only child Mallory, then almost 6, the day I bought my Cuda on April 9, 1991.



Quite the Mini Me for many years, she helped me with oil changes, tune ups, cleaning cars and parts, and just enjoying Mom and Kid time in the garage.

Now she's almost 28, married, owns a daycare center ....... and drives a Lexus. Somebody please tell me where I went wrong. "Mom, there's massagers in the back seat! Your old hot rod is way cool but it doesn't have that." I told her Pffffffffffftttt -- you're married and have a bedroom. You don't need a back seat anymore.

 

[snakeoil24]

My wife's not big into the cars, but she knows that I am & she lets me do what I want. If I aske her for help, she'll give it and she does genuinely show interest every in a while. However, she goes snowmobiling, water skiing and is more than willing & able to jump on house/yard projects, no matter what they are. On the other hand, my three boys, 22, 20 & 15 could care less about the cars and what I'm doing out in the garage.

Cranium this sounds so familar.

 

[64BEL]

I'll bet your daughter doesn't lose interest as long as you keep sharing your time with and including her .. she'll just love being with Dad and will develop her own interest like lot's of us did with our own Dad's in whatever they did with us be it Mopars, fishing, baseball, coin collecting or whatever.

I agree 100%, tallhair - and have seen this come to fruition with my daughter. She's 21, now.

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My wife's not big into the cars, but she knows that I am & she lets me do what I want. If I aske her for help, she'll give it and she does genuinely show interest every in a while. However, she goes snowmobiling, water skiing and is more than willing & able to jump on house/yard projects, no matter what they are. On the other hand, my three boys, 22, 20 & 15 could care less about the cars and what I'm doing out in the garage.

Man, RC, your sons are really missing out on the incredible iron that you have in your stable. Some day they may realize it after it's too late. They're living the dream all of us would have had as boys and don't even know it!


I feel for you guys who don't have supportive wives. My wife is great with it. She's more than willing to lend a hand in the garage from time to time when I need it and our daughter isn't around.

 

[GrabberOrange69]

My practice wife was a "zero" for the car hobby - resented me spending money and time on it (funny, she didn't have a job).

Present wife is much more accommodating and will lend a hand when needed, go to the occasional car show, ensures that I get time in the garage without a guilt trip. She's not "into" it, but she's certainly an enabler.

 

[64BEL]

My practice wife was a "zero" for the car hobby - resented me spending money and time on it (funny, she didn't have a job).

Present wife is much more accommodating and will lend a hand when needed, go to the occasional car show, ensures that I get time in the garage without a guilt trip. She's not "into" it, but she's certainly an enabler.

Practice Wife - LOL

Enabler - LOL

Well put, Bryan.:laughing9:

 

[Red63440]

I know how you feel, mine has me on a constant guilt trip. A few weeks ago I asked if she would like to go out for ice cream after dinner in the Monaco 500, her answer was, "Its your car and I want nothing to do with it". I think it was the next day that I told her I would be going to Carlisle in July.....she can sit here alone while I enjoy some time doing what I like to do.

 

[Kern Dog]

My first wife was jealous of my car. She would say.."You love the car more than you love ME".
Well.....
The car did what I wanted.
The car required less maintenance.
The car weighed less.
The car produced fewer emissions.

 

[Aussie Coronet]

My wife yes, my dog maybe, my Mopar, never!

 

[440+6]

My wife's not big into the cars, but she knows that I am & she lets me do what I want. If I aske her for help, she'll give it and she does genuinely show interest every in a while. However, she goes snowmobiling, water skiing and is more than willing & able to jump on house/yard projects, no matter what they are. On the other hand, my three boys, 22, 20 & 15 could care less about the cars and what I'm doing out in the garage.

To each his own I say, you can't force them to like something.
I know if I where those kids I'd be all over daddy's cars.

 

[Cranky]

My first wife was jealous of my car. She would say.."You love the car more than you love ME".
Well.....
The car did what I wanted.
The car required less maintenance.
The car weighed less.
The car produced fewer emissions.

The car weighed less LOL. Man, I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything because I'd be busy cleaning my screen!

Yeah, my first wife didn't have a clue about me. Can't believe she even married me since I was out of a job at the time. Hell, can't believe I marred her either!! Most times I'd wash the cars but once in awhile she would but wouldn't wash the wheels and tires so I asked what was up with that. Reply was "well, they're on the dirty ground so what for?" Oooo k. One time after doing a tune up on her car, I went for a test drive to see if it was running better. Wasn't gone for more than 5 minutes but when I got back, she was crying. She thought I had left her. Well....no, not without taking at least some of my clothing. I was 28, she was 21 and was thinking that I probably made a mistake and turned out that I did.

 

[ZR9B]

Wife likes the car wont let me sell it....when I got it in '91 I let her and a friend take it around the block....she drove away so nice...about 4 minutes later I hear loud motor tires squealing for a good 5 seconds ...she got back smiling like what???

 

[Cranky]

Yeah, my present wife has a heavy foot too lol. And for every car she's driven at the track, she's cut just a bit better light and runs a slightly better ET than me. A few years back, we were part of a drag racing club and we had a get together for BBQ etc and one of the things we did was a practice tree competition and she beat us all! One guy was pissed because she drag races so infrequently lol

 

[Budnicks]

RC/DH you can always adopt me....LOL...

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I'll take your Hemi Charger & the Pickle out & abuse your cars, just like a teenager or twenty something son would... If that makes you feel any better

 

[747mopar]

My first wife was jealous of my car. She would say.."You love the car more than you love ME".
Well.....
The car did what I wanted.
The car required less maintenance.
The car weighed less.
The car produced fewer emissions.

I just about lost my lunch, that's funny right there "getter done"

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I know how you feel, mine has me on a constant guilt trip. A few weeks ago I asked if she would like to go out for ice cream after dinner in the Monaco 500, her answer was, "Its your car and I want nothing to do with it". I think it was the next day that I told her I would be going to Carlisle in July.....she can sit here alone while I enjoy some time doing what I like to do.

Wow, that's pretty bad. I hope she isn't that bad when mines done but then again I really ain't feeling like enjoying it with her after all the crap she's givin me over it. I can understand if your poor and really don't have the money but I've honestly probably made enough on the side to pay for it all (I stopped counting at $10,000) plus I do most of the work late on weekend nights so I'm not loosing out on family time "so what's the problem". The argument is always "well I could have used the money for this or that" and I always reply "I would not have taken the job had it not been that I needed money for the Charger" which is true, I take side jobs to support my addiction. At least she gives me credit where it's do "I'm a good daddy" theirs nothing more important than the little ones and I'm pretty good at spoiling them.

 

[65 Plymouth Satellite 426]

I'm Getting Depressed Reading This Thread! Single, But Attached To Woman Who Aslso Drives A Mopar! Whew!