Profiles – help from the kids

From the very beginning, we recognized that the products that we had created would foster new friendships as well as build stronger family bonds.

Every now and then we hear great stories of how the kids are helping their dad “build” the new family car.

Chuck Tatham

FFR 4758RD
forum handle:   cwood

“Adjusting the hood hinge with my 7 yr old …and my son is still asking if there are other hard to reach things for him to help with.”

Bill Bienish

FFR 3355RD, Montgomery, NY

forum handle:   bil1024

email:   wbienish@frontiernet.net

“My twins helping - "Daddy, fix da car", they help me push the body buck around and make “vroom vroom” noises.”
 

Rick Cockcroft

FFR 4091RD, Greensboro, NC

forum handle:   zulu
email:   Richard.cockcroft@siemens.com
 

Dylan was 3 when we started on the car and would join me down in the barn for hours, never getting in the way of course. I kept some special toys down there for him which helped keep him busy.

Caitlin my daughter 6 when I started was NOT interested at all... later once it was looking like a car , she would take her friends down to the barn to show them dads car. She was also very sweet in bringing me drinks and the like on hot summer days. She even baked a cake on one occasion just for dad who was working so hard.
 

James Skeeters

FFR 2259RD, Louisville, KY

forum handle:  snake bit    
email:   james_skeeters@yahoo.com

During Jame’s build, his son would help by holding the shop light steady (sometimes not so steady). 

To keep him out of trouble, James would say “don’t touch that part, it’s wet”.

Now he loves riding around with his dad, being the star of the show.

Paul Rudolph

FFR 4019Wylie, TX

forum handle:  cobrabuilding
email:   paul.udolph@ps.net

Paul claims that he is building one of the slowest cars on record, but we know the real truth, his kids are building it for him.

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