This put a big smile on my face

[Stanglover]

Last night at our last local A&W cruise-in on a beautiful but cool evening, I had two young lads, who were looking with interest at the cars, come and ask me if they could sit in my car. They thought it was the best one there and wanted to know more about it. The lads were probably around 11-12 years old and no idea about classic cars per-se. A friend was with me when the younger lad sat in the driver's seat. The smile couldn't be wiped off his face as he look around and pretended to drive. He asked a few questions about this and that, when my friend asked him if he knew what the little button was for on the floor high up on the left. He looked at it in puzzlement and no idea. When my friend told him it was the headlight high beam dip switch, the look on the lad's face was priceless. Total amazement! The second lad was equally impressed. Then they wanted to look at the engine and hear it run. I thought about taking them around the block, but with all the liability and other potential crap out there in today's society, I decided against it. After about 15 minutes, they left on their scooter and bike.
That bought a smile on my face for about an hour.

 

[tpj71mach]

That's awesome! It does make me feel good also when someone, especially someone younger, appreciates the car and the condition of it.

 

[detritusmaximus]

Simple things amaze people.
One aspect of driving the Opel GT is the hidden headlights. They are mechanical with a lever next to the gear shift. Push/pull. But what gets people, and I've done this in traffic when I see someone staring at the car, I point forward to the headlights and push the lever forward. The look on their face when the headlights rotate sideways in priceless.
It never gets old!

https://pin.it/4QTPjcUCk

 

[mrgmhale]

In high school (1969 - 1972) I would see them once in a while (Woodlands Hills, CA). I thought of them as "baby 'vettes, although clearly they are not built for the kind of performance as a 'vette has. Still, nice looking lines. If I were not so deep with our little fleet of Mustangs and Shelbys we do not have any spare room for yet another project.

 

[Bill Perkins]

We need to get more young folks involved in our hobby

 

[detritusmaximus]

In high school (1969 - 1972) I would see them once in a while (Woodlands Hills, CA). I thought of them as "baby 'vettes, although clearly they are not built for the kind of performance as a 'vette has. Still, nice looking lines. If I were not so deep with our little fleet of Mustangs and Shelbys we do not have any spare room for yet another project.

The chief designer worked on the 57 Chevy. There has been some discussion over which initial design came first, but there was a lot of cross pollination. I think it was standard practice for GM designers to do a tour of duty at Opel.

 

[73 Mach 1 4 me]

Last night at our last local A&W cruise-in on a beautiful but cool evening, I had two young lads, who were looking with interest at the cars, come and ask me if they could sit in my car. They thought it was the best one there and wanted to know more about it. The lads were probably around 11-12 years old and no idea about classic cars per-se. A friend was with me when the younger lad sat in the driver's seat. The smile couldn't be wiped off his face as he look around and pretended to drive. He asked a few questions about this and that, when my friend asked him if he knew what the little button was for on the floor high up on the left. He looked at it in puzzlement and no idea. When my friend told him it was the headlight high beam dip switch, the look on the lad's face was priceless. Total amazement! The second lad was equally impressed. Then they wanted to look at the engine and hear it run. I thought about taking them around the block, but with all the liability and other potential crap out there in today's society, I decided against it. After about 15 minutes, they left on their scooter and bike.
That bought a smile on my face for about an hour.

It’s great when a young person shows interest in your car at a car show. It proves there’s hope for our hobby in the future. It happened to me at a car show when a young man of about fourteen showed a keen interest in my car. I had that same smile after he went on his way.

 

[Stanglover]

It’s great when a young person shows interest in your car at a car show. It proves there’s hope for our hobby in the future. It happened to me at a car show when a young man of about fourteen showed a keen interest in my car. I had that same smile after he went on his way.

Priceless isn't it.