Just go ahead and do your first mod all on your own to break the ice. Once he sees you doing the work, he'll want to help. Thats how my friends father was. He was against modifying the car because he beleived once he started, the reliability would suffer. Not the case. They just recently got another project car and are restoring it together. Father son projects are cool.
My pops couldn't have been happier when I told him I wanted to build my first car. That day, we were in the bargain news and online looking for projects. My parents are divorced so I didn't see my father as much as most kids do. Once the project started, everynight we were together working in the garage. sometimes falling asleep there and waking up just mins before we had to be at school and work. That was when I was 15. We didn't finish the car until I was 17. After my HS graduation, I came out to the lot only to find my car had gotten smashed. the whole front clip was busted and my beautiful paint was destroyed. I sold the car a few weeks later and bought my Stang. It was hard to let go of the camaro because of all the nights I remebered hanging with my father until we finished what we were working on. That was the most fun I've ever had. Times I'll never forget.
I've done 90% of the work on my stang by myself and it just isn't as much fun working without him. I'm looking for another project for us to work on now. Maybe I can convert him to a ford guy. At 21, working, school, girl, and other friends and BS stuff, I've still got to make time for my pops. Without him, I wouldn't be where I am today.
Make him get involved. He'll thank you later...You'll both be happier.
Just for the record, I've got a 89 5.0 and had a few other fox stangs in the past, I was just here checking out the 94-95 area because thats the kind of project car I'm looking for. Just checking out what you guys have to say about them.
Sorry for the long post.....