Questions for ERA owners

[lippy]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Jeff, I pulled this quote from your previous thread. I've used both CCC and Danbury -- they're top notch. First off, those three kids are going to be absolutely no help whatsoever with your build; in fact, they're going to be a hindrance -- so consider having ERA do as much as possible. "Keeping the price reasonable" is pretty subjective, but CCC & Danbury alone will put you well in to the 20's (and that's before you even spend a dime with ERA). There's no rush deciding on either CCC or Danbury, since the wait for ERA will be several months at the very minimum. Have you sent Peter a check yet to put your name in the queue?

I'm sort of getting past the "reasonable price." Probably a process everyone else has gone through. BTW, the kids are the primary reason I'm doing this project in the first place. I don't care if it takes twice as long (or more). I want them to learn how things work, how to plan a project, that things need to be made by someone, and lastly I want to spend the time with them. Otherwise I'd probably save some dough and consider a completed car.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by lippy

I want them to learn how things work, how to plan a project, that things need to be made by someone, and lastly I want to spend the time with them. Otherwise I'd probably save some dough and consider a completed car.

Admirable. BUT, can I ask what age(s) they are? Let me tell you,I speak from experience, and kids will have about a 20 minute attention span, if that, when working on a Cobra. Now, personally, I used to play hooky from high school to stay home and work on my sports car. You couldn't find a bigger sports car nut than me starting around 15 or so, and I would have jumped at the chance to do any work on a Cobra up until, say, 18 or 19. Of course, if I had somehow managed to get my hands on a Cobra at that age I would have 100% wrecked it -- no doubt about that.

[lippy]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Admirable. BUT, can I ask what age(s) they are? Let me tell you,I speak from experience, and kids will have about a 20 minute attention span, if that, when working on a Cobra. Now, personally, I used to play hooky from high school to stay home and work on my sports car. You couldn't find a bigger sports car nut than me starting around 15 or so, and I would have jumped at the chance to do any work on a Cobra up until, say, 18 or 19. Of course, if I had somehow managed to get my hands on a Cobra at that age I would have 100% wrecked it -- no doubt about that.

They are 7/7/9. I know they won't be involved for a ton of time, but they do help me with projects on my '62 Vette and other projects, so I think they will gain something from it.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by lippy

They are 7/7/9. I know they won't be involved for a ton of time, but they do help me with projects on my '62 Vette and other projects, so I think they will gain something from it.

Look, I don't want to offend you, but I think it's a bad idea. I'll just STFU now and go away.

[Silverback51]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Admirable. BUT, can I ask what age(s) they are? Let me tell you,I speak from experience, and kids will have about a 20 minute attention span, if that, when working on a Cobra. Now, personally, I used to play hooky from high school to stay home and work on my sports car. You couldn't find a bigger sports car nut than me starting around 15 or so, and I would have jumped at the chance to do any work on a Cobra up until, say, 18 or 19. Of course, if I had somehow managed to get my hands on a Cobra at that age I would have 100% wrecked it -- no doubt about that.

Damn Patrick, how can you even pretend to know anything about this persons kids?

Your experience does not apply to everyone. Every person is an individual, be they parent or child. We are not all little clones of Patrick's children.

The man has a dream. Let him live it.