Wanted to see if the fast car thing gets passed on to the next generation,is it in the genes or occurs on its own? My dad wasn't into fast cars,my son and daughter on the other hand is another story. My 27 year old son owns and loves his 2002 Grand Prix GTP and my 23 year old daughter own a 2002 Firehawk with the LS1 engine. They are not into working on them too much, but they love the fast cars. Not sure where the Pontiac connection came from, but they are keeping it all GM. Would like to hear from others on this topic.

I'm convinced it skips a generation. My grandfather would rebuild the motor of his Model T in his basement. My father considers cars nothing more than a necessary evil. I've been obsessed my whole life. My 16 year old son hasn't expressed any interest at all. Guess I'll have to wait for a grandson to share the hobby with...

Kevin

My Dad got me started, and had quite a nice collection of cars when I was growing up. My kid's are young yet, but have each picked which one of my Camaros they want when they get older.

My Dad was and still is into cars.Only he likes circle track and I like drag racing.

My dad had the mechanical apptitude of a monkey; my daughter is a gearhead; my son likes cars, but doesn't do anything mechanical.

My 32 year old son has a 68 Chevelle he's been working on for about 7 years now,just got it on the road this past summer.Our passion for cars has kept us close his whole life and I'm very grateful for that.I'm also real proud of him-he's built that car from a relic while providing for a wife and two kids as the sole breadwinner in the family.The boy's done good!

My dad was not into cars, they were transportation, that's about it. He could do an oil change, change a flat and that's about as far as he cared to go. I have a couple uncles on my moms side that were into cars. Seemed like they were always building something that never got finished. I probably owe it to one of my older brothers, he had a 1967 Mustang that was FAST (390+ cubes) and he scared the life out of me when I was young (10-12 years old). He taught me a little about cars, but I was actually already a gear head, taking things apart, building mini bikes, go karts, etc... So I guess you are just born with it. My kids daughter 15 and son 12 (today) has little to no interest in learning about cars. They like to ride in my cars, but that's as far as it goes. When my daughter was little 5-6 years old she used to come out to the garage and help.

I dont remember my grandfather working on cars, but every pic I see there are cars in the back ground. My dad always worked on them and enjoys them today. My son can do mechanical work on them but its kind of a chore to him, but he keeps wanting to drive my camaro......not going to happen. He has a huge lead foot.

My Dad isnt much of a gearhead, but he always enjoyed/appreciated cars that performed well. When I started getting introduced to hotrodding(1983, my buddies 68 Camaro w/396) I think my Dad thought it would be something I would outgrow, NOT! :) Now my Dad has a 69 Impala #'s matching 427 with 85K miles on it. He & my mom attend most car shows with me, we have a lot of fun with it.

My grandfather had a Hudson he used to wrench on.
My dad had a '66 Hemi Coronet and '70 Nova SS growing up and has a '69 427 Vette now
My older brother has a 600+hp 427 Chevelle and an LS1 Trans Am
And I round out the group with my '69 and a Pontiac Grand Prix GTP

So I'd say there is some truth to the family-oriented nature of the hobby :D Working on our projects really keeps us close knit.

My dad had a 68 california special High per. 390 special ordered ..my mom owned a 67 fast back 2x2 both original owners.. so i was raised with parents with all nice mustangs..and of course i followed in high school..with mustangs..they did not wrench them selfs..only oil changes exc. three of my uncles all had classic cars or muscle cars my wife had always been all Chevy in high school with her Chevelle..and my three sons are all into Muscle cars also..my uncle owned a machanic shop i worked on weekends with and he would let me drive his el camino home and other shop cars at a young age..i was able to go work at his shop friday after school drive a customers car home and drive it back to his shop on sat. morning..from crappy cars to expensive rides to performance rides, for the vettes, i would take the "out in the country" way home..:beers: ..

Dad has ( still does at 70+ years old ) 66 Vette convert w/ZZ motor ( bought the car in boxes with very little original hardware ) and a 65 327/365 Vette coupe A/C, p.s.,pw ,.. all original which is for sale so he says! I bought the pace car I own from him when he bought the vette convert.
As for my kids, my 22 year old son is more into loud stereos than horsepower although I'm thinking there's hope for my daughters.

My dad has always been into cars.. Worked on race cars had old muscle cars. He currently has a 32 ford 5 window with a TPI chevy engine in it. Every weekend he comes over and we work on my 68 camaro.. Looks like it hit me too. I am 25 and my dad is 59.

My pops had a 79' vette that he would drive me to T-Ball in (yes I am young) and would say "hey i'll take you for a ride if you wipe the wax off". He never was one for burnouts or bangin gears though. That's ok cause it only take me about 3 minutes to get him yelling at me when I take him for a drive. "your gonna blow it up" so what i'll go bigger and better next time dad.

My dad was into cars and got me into cars. We had many good times wrenching on my old Camaros. I'm trying to get my kids interested. They're still young and the attention span is about 30-40 minutes before they get bored, but they seem to enjoy hanging out with dad and the Camaro.

grampa was into cars..dad never showed any interest..im deep into the hobby,my sons are more interested in stereo's,and ricers? daughter shows interest...

My dad was a jack of all trades except mechanical and he had no interest in cars. I've been a gearhead ever since a neighbor took me to the dragstrip when I was 14. I have a 15 year old now who doesn't even seem interested in getting his driver's license! But I'm still planning to build a garage and equip it well to do body work and paint. I hope he'll come around someday.

Grandfather was a farmer, taught me everything. Farmers fixed their own equipment. Daughter isn't in to it, but, listens to answers from her questions.

DEar ole Dad had no interest. My brother and I are total car guys. My son (LB 5) has no interest whatsoever. He does realise there are "hot chicks" that go to car shows though. My daughter, Ricochet, has an interest. At 11, she wants a top fuel car to "play" with. She will be the next generation gearhead. She can't wait to drive Daddy's Hot Rod.

My Dad is not into cars at all. My son is 8 and likes "Chevy's" that have stripes. He is not into it like I would like though. My Father-in-Law is into cars.

My dad was into cars, but never did much hands on work himself- he just liked driving them. I was obsessed from a very early age. My parents tell stories about me pointing out every truck I could see long before I was ever near school age. I also got exposed to lots of muscle cars around our neighborhood in the late 60's and early 70's. Someone down the block had a Hugger Orange 69 Z with black stripes. I recall seeing that car doing burnouts...

I have no children, but my cousins are both aircraft mechanics- one Navy and one Air Force. They get to work on some cool stuff...

Maybe the gene runs on my mother's side of the family?

It is in every generation in my family ..my grandfather built engines for moonshiners in TN , my father is 73 and drives a Porsche 996 twin turbo that we have tricked out to 665 rear wheel hp! I obviously like my cars ...and my son races in the Russell ESPN kart series...I am looking forward to the day when we drive an enduro together:) There is either something in the kool aid we drink or the DNA..maybe both!

My dad and uncle were both into drag racing in the 50's and I can remember being 6 years old and helping with rebuilts under a tree in the backyard. My sons are 26 and 28 and daughter 31, the 26 year old has a 1968 firebird 400, other son drives whatever I have available(he's newly married and expecting new baby in AUg, no money for one of his own). daughter "borrowed"a 1950 jeepster about 15 months ago and I haven't seen it since. 6 year old grandson loves to help me in the garage and go for rides in the "fast cars", usually the 59 corvette, or the 29 whippet hot rod, flathead and all. I can't wait to take him for a ride in the 67 camaro with the 427 in it, I think that will be his favorite new "fast car" So I quess all my kids love old cars ! So it must be in the genes!

my dad was a schoolteacher and coach, not into cars really, but always had pretty nice ones. i remember a 68 charger, 70 mustang, and a couple of others. not confident working on them, but he always got the job done.
i'm the only true gearhead in my immediate family, my uncles were good at wrenching (one was a college autoshop teacher) but none were motorheads really.
i think it comes from my cousin and his dad, his dad is a gearhead from way back (flys a bowtie flag under old glory in the yard), his dad was a GM mechanic. and my cousin is my biggest competition .
i've been a motorhead as long as i can remember, still have models i built 25-30 years ago, even a yenko camaro i custom built, back before they got popular. put a 427 from a shoebox model in it, painted it green/black stripes. swapping motors started real early for me, i wish it was as easy to do now, just get a little glue and a donor car, and your in business.
i think its just smething your born with.

I guess my brother got me into cars though, because I never thought much about them until he brought home a 69(-ish?) Chevelle, complete with 70s style ‘lace’ paint stripes (I think that is the right term). It just seemed cool.

From there, my dad taught me about basic maintenance (he wasn’t a car guy – cars are just a way to get somewhere). He did the brakes in all the cars every fall just so it wouldn’t give him hell in the winter. He taught me how to do a front brake job. He taught me the value of a factory manual. He also taught me that the factory engineers know more than I do, so I should learn from them (especially how they changed things over the years) instead of thinking I knew better.

I guess being an engineer himself was part of that thought process. He was an electrical engineer for the government. He holds patents in capacitors & worked on the laser rangefinder projects (I had a ‘real’ laser gun in 4th grade :)). And he helped me with electrical stuff, like when the electric fan I added to my 82 TA would come on and screw up the idle – he helped me put a capacitor in line to stop the voltage spike that was messing up my ECM. So I guess that is where my brother & I get our technical leanings. (my bro is a head tech guy at a major ISP)

Funny, I was just thinking about these things the other day. My Dad, 79, had a triple bypass Tuesday, and so far so good!

Its over really. I am 16 bought my first 67 camaro at 15 have been obssesed from 14 what sucks is that i am doomed all my money is going into cars i am buying a 69 this summer and some old muscle car to make a drag car and run pro street. Also i got into this whole scene early but to late because all the prices have skyrocketed. Anyway my dad was a used car salesman all his life and owned car lots, he was in the top 5 used cars salesman in the U.S. we once got to drive a porsche GT2 for his work and lets just say we reached well voer 160 in it so i guess he is a gearhead and motorhead. He just chooses not to act on it because he doesnt have the time. I got him rebuilding his old college car though a 72 MGB GT lol. KEEP IT IN GM CHEVY IS WHERE ITS AT........ He wont admit it but hes crazy about my 67.

Without a question, my dad is into cars. I have been around GM vehicles from the muscle car era ever since I can remember.

From what I can remember, we've built a 1969 Z/28 (DZ 302) Camaro, a 1969 Chevelle, a 1980 Chevy Monza (Pro Street), 1972 Chevelle SS454 (my first car), and a 1968 Chevy II (Pro Street).

Somehow, I am still able to spend every Saturday working on cars in our shop with my dad. It recently took us a little under 5 years to build my '69 (Camaro), now we are working on his '55 Chevy Nomad.

I can only hope that when my son is 32 years old (he's 2 now) that we get to spend every Saturday together working in a shop restoring cars!

Looking back, it's not really the cars, but, at the completion of each project, it just makes the whole thing that much better.