Ok some of you may remember the "BRAT as a motivator" post a year or so back. Well I that never really culminated and I decided to keep the BRAT for myself. But my youngest still has an interest in cars and is still out in the garage with me when ever he gets the chance. And after this years BRAT meet he is more stoked then ever to get one form himself. He has been wanting one since he was 6ish or so.

 

Well I happened to find a BRAT by happenstance and did a bit of horse trading and ended up with what I would call the perfect project for him for the next two years until he turns 16.

 

Of course there will be some guidelines and some standards that need to be set, but I feel that this will be a great extrinsic motivator for him. So Yes it is official this his BRAT and he can do to it what he wants...within reason.

 

The first thing will be to yank the "I thought I knew what I was doing" Turbo EA82 that was just rebuilt and then yank out the harness with it, and try and get this thing back to EA81 status. Oh and clean out the back and see what parts we got...I get the rear seats as a "dad" fee

 

Any way here is a LINK to the first shots of her when I brought her home in the the poring rain.

Edited September 21, 201015 yr by Mugs
Picture fix

Can't see the picture, but love the idea. That's a pretty cool move, my dad and I still work on cars together and I'm 28 and he's 64.

Ya I have been using photo bucket but have grown frustrated and tired of it. So I switched to Picasa and have not quite figured things out yet. I edeited it with a link to the whole album. Its the best I could do.

I did look at the pics...

 

a bit OMG!! to the gutted interior....

 

and a ROFLMAO at that purple they sprayed on the block. hahahahaha

 

Good luck... keep us posted. I'm subscribing to this thread!

Wow looks like a bit of a project, can't wait to see what you and your boy turn out on this one!

That purple block

Thats a great idea for your boy. My brat was a small project for my dad and I to get it back on the road. Sounds like he found some good motivation at the brat meet?

Holy spaghetti!

 

Thumbs up on the idea. This will make him respect the car far more, and understand the value of the dollar perhaps.

 

Careful though. If he wants to put an air mattress in back of that for "camping" shoot up those red flags.

Holy spaghetti!

 

Careful though. If he wants to put an air mattress in back of that for "camping" shoot up those red flags.

 

Ya trust me that thought is already crossed my mined a bit. But our dinner table has always been an open forum of everything. So I just have to trust that he makes good decisions and takes appropriate precautions. Though I would rather nothing happen at all...but lets be realistic.

Do he has any big plans that he wants to do to it yet?

He has a lot of work ahead to get her up and running.

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Do he has any big plans that he wants to do to it yet?

 

Not Just yet. Right now were working on getting things cleared out and getting it to a working platform, so we can see where we want to go next.

 

But I am sure by the end it will have a lift and some paint. Not sure about how I feel letting a 16 year old have an EJ. But we will see at that point.

Well go in steps, weber is a good add-on. Then maybe go with the EJ18 like what is in my brat right now. It does just fine in every situation I have been in.