Happy Father's day to all the Dads, and to the Dad's that Inspired Us

I hope all the dad's out there have a great Father's Day, and each of us in turn remember the dad's that inspired us. My dad was a huge influence on me and cars and think back to all the great times we had with the old Cadillacs.  I was always more the "bookish" type around cars and he was always the more pragmatic hands-on type that taught me that you often learn a lot more by grabbing a hand full of tools and a flash light and just jumping under the car to figure out something.  In other words he taught me to learn by doing.  More importantly, our shared interest in cars deepened our bond and love for each other and always remember the great times we had together. Here is a video tribute I did of my dad a few years back using a song by Colin Hay, a favorite artist of mine, call 'Dear Father'.  The lyrics include the line "I've got your photograph" which brings me back to the many pictures we took working on the Cadllacs, a few of which you see in the video.

Perhaps others have memories with their dad, or sons and daughters they would like to share.

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Jason,
Great tribute. My experience is kind of the opposite of yours. My dad was a mechanical engineer who took the analytical approach. I was the young kid who was good with tools so I just wanted to take everything apart and then figure out what I needed to do. Mini bike engine won't start? Better strip it down and rebuild it, I figured. Pop would often come in at this point and offer some wisdom and help put everything back together.
I did figure out a lot doing things this way but eventually learned that working smart sure beats working hard.
My son who happens to currently be serving in the Air Force, is also pretty mechanically inclined but from the start, he was more on the methodical side. Before he took on a project, he usually had a plan of attack he had formulated from internet research. I guess I am the oddball caveman in the middle.

If there was an information superhighway available to me when I was a kid, I probably wouldn't have checked it until I had everything apart and needed to figure out how to put it back together. I certainly rely on it now though and wonder how we managed without it.

Bit early..... Father's day is 1st Sunday in September. (in Australia at least)

Every day is Father's Day for me. I probabl think about my dad every time I go on my garage.

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