Thread: Grandkids Coaster Car build.

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Good job on building memories grand-pa

Cade looks like a natural in there Mike!!!! Want me to talk to Wolfgang about starting to build his USAC midget now, or wait a couple more years?????

Awesome Job! Way to go G-Pa!

The cool thing is that this will be around for many years. Someday your grandson may be pulling it out of storage to "restore" it with his son or grandson.

One of the "BEST" threads of 2012 and, Mike, you are the real deal and Cade is a blessed young man.
If there was a Grandpa of the year award, you would have a majority vote here on this Forum.

Originally Posted by MelloYello

One of the "BEST" threads of 2012 and, Mike, you are the real deal and Cade is a blessed young man.
If there was a Grandpa of the year award, you would have a majority vote here on this Forum.

Roger that!

One of my all time favorites!

".....Cade looks like a natural in there Mike!!!! Want me to talk to Wolfgang about starting to build his USAC midget now, or wait a couple more years...."

I think we'll hold off a little bit Dave.

Thanks for all the positive comments guys.

Well we are coming down to the wire on this part of the build. I sandblasted the body and spread some filler over the welds earlier this week and got a couple of coats of primer on it. I left it for the kids to sand today.

With Cade having gone thru the sanding progress before I figured he might be a little hesitant about going to the shop today. He and Elise kind of surprised me and jumped right in on it. I think he’s getting anxious to see it done too.



I’ll be painting it during the week and then next weekend will be the final assembly and the kids giving it some checkout time.

That last photo is a keeper, I adore the two little ones concentrating on the task at hand, brilliant, thanks again for sharing with us all Mike.

Mark, one of the things I learned about on this build is being sneaky with the camera. If the kids see the camera, they tend to pose and I really like to catch them in unguarded moments.

I've noticed that when Elise is helping, Cade tends to concentrate on the task at hand as well as keeping an eye on his sister to make sure she doesn't need any help and is doing it right (and I don't mean that in a bossy way). Their interaction really warms my heart.


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Originally Posted by Mike P

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I’ll be painting it during the week and then next weekend will be the final assembly and the kids giving it some checkout time.

Looking really neat Mike! I remember when my kids were young, and would help sand in the shop. My recent experiences include helping a grandson custom paint his bike! He did very well for a first-timer!

thanks you have inspire me to do the same for my grandson,what do you do for brakes?

I remember when my oldest brother got his first car, a 1968 firebird convertible in about twelve different colors between bondo, primers, and replacement parts. I used to help him do body work, just cause it was so cool! Now I hate body work! Great thread keep them coming!

Jay, we did Cade’s bicycle this spring. I really hope you had as much fun with your grandson as I’m having with my grandkids.

Mike for right now there are no plans for brakes in the coaster configuration. It'sust kid power or a small hill with a LOT of open expanse for a shut down area. I had contemplated using something like building small rotors on the rear axles and using bicycle calipers to stop it, but I don’t think it’s going to be push power for long…..Cade’s already talking about getting started on the motor. On that the transaxle has a built in disc brake.

I was going to hold off posting till tomorrow, but I’ll throw a little spoiler up now. During the week I got the body painted. More leftovers, I had some white spray in bed liner sitting around that I did the inside of the interior with, it wears like iron and is thick enough that it smooths out any sharp edges I might have missed. The red paint was left from doing the 57 Plymouth .



I also did some quick upholstery on the seat (the vinyl was left over from the 58 Chevy I built 25 years ago and the foam was from a Ford truck project) I knew there was a reason I saved that stuff. And as you can see there is a reason I usually farm out my interiors. LOL.



Tomorrow will be final assembly.

Looks like a million bucks! I'm sure your grandkids thinks so too. I wish you had been my grandpa!

Originally Posted by Mike Elliott

thanks you have inspire me to do the same for my grandson,what do you do for brakes?

BRAKES?
Call yourself a hot-rodder and you want brakes?
Brakes are for wimps!



(Just being facetious... )

Loving this thread Mike...all good.
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