Look at what the wife learned to do this Memorial Day...

Haven't seen her smile this big in a while...

 

thats just awesome!!!

so when can you teach me?

 

Cool, I taught my wife how to drive a car way back When, but she was always to scared to do a burnie!

 

She was scared at first, and was uncomfortable with the B&M shifter, so we sat a while and went through the gears, then learned how to use the line lock, then she did a short one just to prove it to me, then I got out and used the camera.

Not much left to the tires. I have bought two new 255/60r15s to be installed this wednesday or thursday, and wanted her to burn the last bit of rubber off before I replaced them. As you can see, she had no fear once she figured out the shifter

Cool thing is...this car was originally purchased by her great grandmother in 1973, and has been owned by only her and us. So, the few times she has driven it have been a "personal" experience, as she used to ride around in it all the time with her great grandmother.

When we got done, the tires felt like play-doh. You could literally use your fingernail to peel small lumps off and stretch and roll them up. We had to let them cool down before we drove (very slowly) the mile or so back home. You could also feel the rocks and gravel on the road sticking to them and flinging back off, sounded like driving on a gravel driveway.

Once the new tires come in, that is it for burnouts...yeah, right :evilsmile

 

make sure you take your keys from now on. good job anna

 

I actually have more confidence in her now, since she figured out how to get it back into Neutral and Park. Before, she could get into 1st thru 3rd, but couldn't get it out of gear (same thing happened at the TXDot yearly inspection station last year, started honking the horn, and I ignored her for a while thinking she was testing the horn. Finally, walked over and she had her foot on the brake and sitting in 3rd, not able to find Neutral).

 

Now that looks like fun.

 

Thats one of the coolest pics ever posted on this forum

 

yep, it great when husband a wife can enjoy the car thing together, my wife loves to work on cars with me and that in its self is quality time.....

 

Guess you'll be building another one now.

 

Thanks, it was definitely one of the funnest pictures I have had an opportunity to take

Uh...I don't think so. Our "two car garage" can only hold ONE maverick

Our checkbook can only hold 1/2 a maverick...

 

That's awesome!! My 6 cylinder can do that. (yea right)

 

very nice! I tried to teach my soon to bee wife but lets just say im glad it had a rev limiter.

 

thats awesome.. you are lucky to have a woman that can burn rubber with the best.


nice smoke cloud.. no skeeters in them trees for awhile.. lol

good job

 

Great Scott!
(have you heard that one before?)




Way to go Anna!