I got double- hooked in 1967. Ed Lowther let me sit in his 427 Cobra, running, at the Glen 500 at Watkins Glen. And I went for a ride in a '64 R-code Galaxie 500

Definitely have to keep the passion alive with the younger crowd.  My son is 8 months old (we had him a bit later in life than most, no regrets) and he absolutely loves loud noises.  If I fire up the Mach 1, or the straight-piped Coyote truck, tractor, chain saw, etc, he goes wild with excitement.  He also goes nuts if I flip on one of the guitar amplifiers, so I'm not allowed to do that if it's too close to his naps or bedtime. 

i took a 30,000 original miles 428 engine to the machine shop for a rebuild.it came out of a t-bird.knew the owner of the car,it was a low stress engine.the crank did not need turned and the block did not need boring.bad news-my uncle who funded the build,had already bought .030  over pistons so the shop bored my block even though it did not need it.o well i guess thats at least one less over bore for the future of this block.you never know it might be bored to the max right now

I've done things like this with most of my grand kids and some of my great-grand kids. 

Several daugther-in-laws really aren't happy with me ...

The world would be better if every kid had an Uncle Heo

I also have a cousin that is a childbooks author, that kind that want to hug the whole world
She was visiting a few years ago she have a boy that was 10-11 years at that moment.
That was extremly interested in guns, his mother was not that pleased with his interest
My father showed him his gun collection the kid thought he had ended up i heaven

Well like the "instigator" i am  i showed him my 1851 Navy Colt and how to load it.
i loaded the first bore with just a mild powderload and paper the next i gave a full load
and a bullet

I said to the kid, lets go out and fire it. He looked at me as i was Santaclaus
I showed him how to handel a gun and told him to cock it and fire it
Everything went well so i asked if he wanted to fire next bore
yess yess i want to

I told him next round will have a much louder bang and recoil
He still wanted to fire so i told him to cock the hammer and fire
He fired with a big bang, big smoke cloud from the blackpowder, the kid just standed quiet staring
And then started laughing.

His mother came running out with a wild look in her eyes. Whats happening?
Kid standing with a smoking revolver in his hand laughing hysterical

Well i just learn him to shoot a little i said;D

OHHHHH i should have understand not to leave you two together
out of sight Did you got scared Ture?

Nooo mum it was the coolest thing, the bang and recoil and smoke and the bullet hit the water and sparks and fire
Mum i want a gun like that