Thread: Grandkids Coaster Car build.

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Realy like the safety glasses You never learn to early

There are a lot of people out there that have never heard of nutserts... You are turning this into a commercial for them. LOL They are a great fastener for automotive applications!
Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing with the rest of us.

Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr................ I hate this site. Ok lets do this again.........

Hey I have been to two hardware stores and a good auto parts place, (not the coast to coast chain jobs), that have no idea what nutserts are............

Very cool build. As soon as the weather cools off a bit I have two similar projects for my grandkids. Just bought a pair of safety glasses for my 3 year old grandson. No so much for safety, although in a round about way. He always want's to borrow my glasses and crawl under his tricycle and pretend to work on it. I didn't want him to hurt his eyes so I found some that look more or less like glasses. I think he knows the difference, but seams ok with it. He wears them.................

Love the focused look of him wrenchin the bolts with his safety glasses on!

“.....There are a lot of people out there that have never heard of nutserts... You are turning this into a commercial for them......”

“.....Hey I have been to two hardware stores and a good auto parts place, (not the coast to coast chain jobs), that have no idea what nutserts are............”


Yeah, we’ve been using them quite a bit on this ....including places that a regular nut and bolt would have done It does make it nice for assembly/disassembly though (at least until you over tighten it and it spins on you). As far as buying them, the best place ($) I have found is on the internet.

Like a lot of folks following this build, I too have grandkids. Often said they’re God’s blessing for enduring their parents as teenagers – although mine were very good (thanks to Joanie!). I gotta tell you Mike, this thread brings tears to my eyes as I see you loving your grandkids and then you throw in a part about your father and grandfather! Wow – you’re fast becoming one of my heroes. There are far too few dads spending time with their sons and daughters and even fewer grandpas who care at the obvious level shown in your pictures. Not everyone is as talented as you are in the building and fabrication department, but we can all love out grandkids (and kids too) by spending time with them.

My youngest daughter and her husband just bought a new house and Joanie and I had their three for couple days during the move – it was exhausting but in such a good way. We painted an old picnic table and benches (that I had made for my folks over thirty years ago!) and they had the time of their life (okay – so we had a bit-o-cleanup, but it was fun!)

I’m looking forward to your posts, Mike – you’re a wonderful grandpa and you sharing this with us just “blesses my socks off!”

Regards,
Glenn

My wife and I didn't have children and although it was a joint decision before we had even got engaged but now that I'm old (57) , I realize that I'm in for a very lonely life and how much other stuff I am missing out on, so I will milk this thread for all I can and enjoy every second as if it is me out in the workshop with those two beautiful kids.

“....We painted an old picnic table and benches (that I had made for my folks over thirty years ago!) and they had the time of their life (okay – so we had a bit-o-cleanup, but it was fun!).....”

Glenn, there is just something special about working on things that have been in the family with your grandkids, kind of building memories on top of memories.

Whiplash one of the things most grandparents will tell you that is great about the grandkids..... the return policy

Today was mostly pirating parts off an old DOA riding lawn mower. We ended up with a pretty good pile of parts; the front axle and tires, rear tires and transaxle.



We spent the rest of the morning figuring out where we wanted the axles to sit in relation to the body.



With that done, we can start attaching the axles to the frame, but that will wait till next weekend.

Overall both Cade and I are pretty satisfied with the progress we’ve made.

Satisfied, I am very proud too of the look of that car man and the look on Cade's face sums it up so neatly. Boy, what a thrill to be involved with this build, Thanks Mike and Cade for allowing me to watch.

Looks like one happy kid..

Mike & Cade, thanks for letting us share the ride along with you!

Beaming !!!!!!!!!!!

and behind those eyes he is thinking more power ...lol

Thanks guys, we're having a lot of fun.

Cade's mom came out to the shop for a bit this morning to check up us. She jokingly said “that looks dangerous” .......of course I had to say “it’s a Hot Rod it’s supposed to look dangerous”.

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Great progress Mike!!! That young man will never forget these days spent building his first Hot Rod with Grandpa!!!!!!