my dads a hypocrit

[mansfieldclassicford]

does anybody else have the same problem as i do?

im very close with my dad and hes always poping up when im messing with a car, for example me and gt lenny was fitting a set of twin 45s on a pinto on a mk2 escort van i used to have, along lerks my dad and all i get is tut tut tut , suping it up are ya,i dont know why your bothering with that it should have a 1300 in it, then in the next breath hes telling me and lenny about a mk2 transit he had, how him and his mate cammed and carbed it and had the head ported etc and it went like stink . then lenny pops round in his freshly built cortina, along pops me dad and tut tut tut , wot engine you got in that len, a zetec replies lenny, then me dad quotes (if ford wanted it to have that engine in it, ford would have put that engine in it), then in the next breath its, i had an anglia once and it was as slow as fook so i ripped the original lump out and put a 1500 in it, that went well . i cant win with him, hes always got me and lenny in fits of laughter with his hypocritical comments.

just wondered if anybody else has the same problem i do.

[sambo]

Lol, my dad (mk1estate) is a dude and is always helping me with my car at the drop of a hat.

I couldnt of done my cars without him.

 

He does do the most amazing gruffs though, not nice when your in a confined space.

 

oh and he just cannot get his head around fuel injection. I explain it to him, then in an hour he has forgotten. Lol.

[ratman]

Your lucky my dad has no intrest in cars what so every wont even get in my cortina let alone come out for a drive or go to a show

[accord83]

Save up the funnies for when you'll miss him. My old man died just after Christmas, he had a good innings, at 89, served his time on Rolls Royce, Daimler and Minerva, serviced as an apprentice, and drove, at Brooklands. Spent 5yrs landscaping parts of North Africa and Europe from 10,000ft, Stock car raced in the early 50's. Gave me grief (in good fun) at my cockups as a pup, showed me how to blueprint and balance my 1200 Anglia when I was 16 (1973) then told me I was on my own, but always got his spanners out when I got it wrong, in his early 80's he could set up a Model A engine to run like a Swiss watch. Still miss the old bugger!

[Streetfighter]

My old man moans like hell about modern engines in old cars, like when I put the DOHC in mine. But then told me I should have Zetec'd it. And kept the standard injection? But then he moans about me wanting to bike carb my pinto engine and/or supercharge it, yet has a 350bhp 2006 crate 350Ci Chevy V8 in his 1956 truck with a 2007 auto gearbox? Parent's are just weird...

[monkey chops]

yeah sounds a bit like my old boy,but he`s aways keen to help out when he can,to quote him"shift over lets have a go".does often say that its a waste of money but he still has a straight 6 he built up for his zodiac before i was born(also he got rid of the car before then to ).hes a legend .both him and my uncle love it when i get the escort out,take it in turns to rev it up n i get pushed to the back of the garage,whos car is it i ask???

[v8cortina]

That's all part of being a Dad

[EscortHeadCase]

Mine has given me looks and had a little moan about doing doughnuts and revving up etc. Though the first thing he did after it drove out of the garage under its own steam was do a rolling burnout and 5 minutes of doughnuts. Hes a funny bugger but i wouldnt change a thing about him....

[GT_lenny]

mate- if ford wanted it that way.......

[mansfieldclassicford]

mate- if ford wanted it that way.......

ford would have made it that way. i dont know why your bothering wasting your time with that, its scrap. ok dad do you want a cup of tea.

[v8cortina]

mate- if ford wanted it that way.......

ford would have made it that way. i dont know why your bothering wasting your time with that, its scrap. ok dad do you want a cup of tea.

 

ok dad do you want a cup of tea........ You have him clearly sussed

[mk3cokebottle]

everytime i have ever matt blacked a car my ol man has always told me it looks ugly and no car should be matt blacked ...........

 

last night he phoned me and asked if i would matt black his toyota surf and then get it sign written with my company name and numbers etc

[bigdaz27]

you should think your selfs lucky my dads a complete c**t i havent spoke to him in for nearly 10 years

[mk3cokebottle]

mate i couldnt ask for a better dad

 

he loves old fords

drinks like a goldfish

comes to all the shows and joins in with the banter

and is like my best friend aswell as my old man

[filicapri]

mate i couldnt ask for a better dad

 

 

me & my dad (old pic)

 

[mk3cokebottle]

ha the days of having the balls of going out on the oval in an Ax

[filicapri]

ha the days of having the balls of going out on the oval in an Ax

 

[Von Thrash]

My Dad's into boats. More specifically, ones with no engine. WTF?!?

[Mr.Sumo]

Must admit , it was my old man , indirectly , that got me into OldSkool Fords in the first place.....and he has no idea

 

As a nipper growing up , all his early company cars where FORD I can recall MK3 Tinas , Escorts , even a Granada at one point....not sure if it was his or just " borrowed " , but they set me on my way

Then his company diverted to B*******L****** shite........Alllaggros and Poncessesssss

 

Not sure if he understands my fascination with OldSkool.....but hes never knocked me for it , and he has been known to sit in any of my cars when biult . As for my Mum , well shes a complete Petrolhead....used to go watch races at Crystal Palace as a kid she did.....