A Ride With My Father

WOW!....that"s "Righteous"........what a special,special day it's been for you and your dad........my hat's off to ya!

 

Jerry;
moments to remember for sure....Man, I hope you two have a lot more!!!
My best to you and your pop.
OLY

 

hotrodjim, that is an awesome photo of your dad, sorry for your loss,
and like all the others here thank God memories are forever in our lifetime.

 

thats cool as hell jerry

 

My new hero...............

 

Awesome.......dads are great.

 

I still see some tread on the rear tires..... do it again....

 

Love his smile in the first pic...he was loving it. For many of us this is the season of our lives; people getting older and in frail health. I love this place; lots of guys with pretty hard bark on them, but come up with a pic of a kid or a parent, or a need, they're there.......My prayers............slide

 

I love the roadster. I lost my Dad in '91 and I still miss him everyday. He wasn't really into cars but he took me to the drags, the Indy speedway and the local circle track races when I was a kid. We were both tool & die makers for General Motors so we had a lot in common. When my Mom and Dad divorced (I was around 11 or 12) I chose to live with my Dad. I wish I would have made it a little easier on him. I thought I knew everything back then. I could tell he was very proud of the cars I built. If he were still here I would take him to our Saturday breakfasts, he would have liked that.

 

Well done.

 

That put a smile on my face today.

 

Great pics ! I'm glad to hear that pop got a ride in the roadster . Your dad's cool (mom too) . They were just gushing about how they loved the roadster the other day . Don't know how many times your mom said how it'd make a nice birthday gift to her , lol !!!

Did ya lay down some rubber for pop ?!?!

 

thats a great story with great pics and congrats on a great lookin roadster

when i was 6 or 7 i remember my grandpa coming over every weekend and my grandpa and my dad and me would load up in my dads 48 and we would go get breakfast and end up somewhere out in the country and park and sit in the car and eat breakfast we lost my grandpa when i was 7 and lookin back now that im older i know how much that ride in the 48 every weekend ment to him...and im just glad i was old enough to remember it

 

Great story, I have re-read your first post about 6 times over the last couple days. My dad has been gone since 96, I still miss the honery old fart!!

 

Those are the memories that will stay with you forever! Cherish the time that you have with your parents...Make everyday count and always say what you want to say and do what you want to do with them...
My prayers are with you & your family.

 

Thanks for the "Kick in the ****", I need to get my car drivable,so I can take Mom and Dad, for the ride they certainly deserve, after putting up with me for all these years. A few years ago, I arranged for a good friend to show up at my Dad's birthday party, and take him for a blast in his 454 powered 34 Ford 3W, and what a grin he wore for days.

 

Great day. The next time you take him for a ride let him know he has a bunch of "Fathers that have already p***ed" riding with you guys in spirit. See him as much as you can because as many guys have already said you will miss him one whole hell of a lot when he's gone.

 

Wish my old man was around to see my cars-he would have loved my A roadster pickup-he had a silver grey 47 Merc in the 60,s-he p***ed on in 1985 on his first ever overseas holiday..........
Every body should cherish their fathers while theyre got em.

 

Best thing I've seen in a while.....

Beautiful car.

Even more beautiful little story.......

Enjoy them both as long as you can, take Mom for a ride too.

H

 

priceless

 

That is awesome..

 

Enjoy the generation that came before while you can.

Did Dad get a chance to drive the roadster?

Nice story.

 

If you were my son I would be very proud. I'm sure your pops is. I would also want to do it again real soon.

 

That proves what I've always suspected. Hot rods are good for what ails you! You both had a great day because of your roadster. I had many great days with my dad and my roadster. Dad's gone 8 years now, and I still miss him, but remembering those great hot rod days still makes me smile. Ya done good!

 

Your lucky to have a Dad to ride with you. I hope he feels better.

 

I hadn't thought about this in years until this thread came up. My dad p***ed in '71, but before he did, I rode the '57 Triumph 650 Trophy Bird that I had just stripped and rebuilt and shot in silver Metalflake over to his house and offered him a ride.

Although he never cared to participate in any of the builds I got involved in, the was a tool and die maker by trade and appreciated fine machinery.

I helped him up on the bike seat, then threw a leg over and wrapped his arms around my waist. We went for a long ride in the country, neither of us ever saying a word, just gazing out over the terrain with the wind blowing through our hair.

Although he never mentioned it to me after that, Mom said he talked about it until he p***ed......

 

Very cool.

 

Awesome...just awesome. I love it. Well wishes, and may God bless you and your family.....and thanks for even more inpiration.