My son's 1st car

[bull]

How does anyone afford a 68 Mustang fastback? Around here you can barely find a junk one for less than $10k.

Anyway, good luck with the car. I wouldn't mess with it myself either. Upgrade the brakes, fix a few odds and ends and run it.

[HITMAN 149]

hey pat!! 
ummm just so ya know... im housbroken... if you wanna adopt me!!!! and i already have my own 68 charger... just needs some more safty mods also!!! hehehe
yea i kinda agree... there really is nothing to a "bullitt" mustang other than it being highland green... unlike a GL or a starsky & hutch car... ect..ect... lol
id do it a nice metallic gray!!!! nice seats in there too!!!
gooooood luck with it!!! lucky lil kid!!!!!! 

[66FBCharger]

Keepat,
That is a nice first car! I have a 14 year old that desperately wants an old car. How did you get your son to save money up to buy the mustang? I am looking for tips to get my son to work and save money to get his first car. BTW he wants a Superbird but I think he realizes he won't be able to afford one anytime soon.
John

[Troy]

Keepat,
That is a nice first car! I have a 14 year old that desperately wants an old car. How did you get your son to save money up to buy the mustang? I am looking for tips to get my son to work and save money to get his first car. BTW he wants a Superbird but I think he realizes he won't be able to afford one anytime soon.
John

You tell him that if he doesn't buy his own car then he doesn't get a car. That's what my parents did for me. Ok, that's not entirely true - they told me that if I could "get the thing running" (the $300 70 Challenger that belonged to my brother) they'd give it to me but I had to pay for all parts, gas, and insurance after the initial 6 months. I don't know the laws in your state but started working and after-school job when I was 15.

Troy

[66FBCharger]

Troy,
That is exactly what I told him! I told him to ask my father what the first car my father bought me. My father told him " I told him (me) if he wanted a car, to save your money and buy one!" That is what I did and I bought my 70 road runner 440+6 4 speed (that I still have) at age 16.
I have a 66 Charger that my boy thinks I am going to give him. I have told him very clearly that he needs to work, save your money and buy a car. If he makes the effort and is close moneywise to what he wants, I will probably "help him out a little". Right now he blows every nickel he gets his hands on. It is frustrating!

[Darkman]

If the kid has got that much style and taste to buy a Mustang for his first car, could you please post up a pic of his first girlfriend (joke)?. Well done to him! Very nice ride 

[keepat]

We put all birthday, holiday, and report card money in their own bank account from day one for both of our boys. That along with all but $100 of any pay checks when they started working. Over 15 years Kurt had over $8,300.00 saved up and the Mustang cost him $12,500.00 so his mother & I lent him the balance that he will pay back this summer.
I think teaching our children the virtues of hard work, saving, and the responsibility of a loan is a lesson most never get.

I'm very proud of my boy's they both have maintained a 3.7 GPA or higher. They talk to their friend and never tex-messages. If you would ever meet them they would look you in the eyes introduce themselves and shake your hand and have done so from a young age. They are both better looking, a lot smarter, and a better person then I ever was at there age.
Thanks!
Pat                     

[HITMAN 149]

  to you and your family pat!!!!!!!!!
we need more parents in the world to grow families like you guys!!!!!!!!! 

[66FBCharger]

Keepat,
It sounds like you have a great plan for the kids. Great job!

[draftingmonkey]

Make them buy it themselves and they appreciate it more.  The last and only thing with wheels that my folks bought me was my Schwinn Stingray when I was 10.  After that I was on my own. Even to drive the family car I had to pay for my own insurance and gas. 
Looks like it will be a great father/son project that will leave him with great memories for years to come.