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Anything that goes fast and makes noise, still building and enjoying it. Love my trailer, hate all the inattentive drivers on the road today!!! Did all my long distance cruizin' in coupes, sedans, roadsters years ago anyway... Really bored with the "1-800-HOT-RODS" cars these days, takes something unique in engine, drivetrain, suspension, or all of the above to trip my trigger. Hot Rods are still about competition for me!

Mine is a lot like yours Dave. I grew up in the late 50s-60s. I lived in Ca. between Fresno and Bakersfield. I along with a friend a couple years older then me built a old chev pick-up. We put a olds engine and trans in it. He was in auto shop in HS so he knew all about it. Later I got a 55 chev heated the front springs to drop the front, put a 57 olds j2 in it and was a hot little car that didn't handle all that good. But the thrill was draging main on saturday nites in Visalia. It would be bumper to bumper with cars. A lot of stop light to light runs, or heading to palm drive. Sun to drags at Famosa or Raisin city. My joy has always been the smell of gas, and most of all driving. They were fun to drive. I have always had hot rods but they began to ride and handle more like my family car. The ones I'm building now are as close to the cars as I had in the 60's. Forgot to mention about the 2nd greatest place on earth was the wrecking yard. As is was shopping headquarters for parts., staying up all nite putting a clutch or trans in to get it ready for school on monday.
Hank

Very interesting, I think we all go through an evolution of sorts with these rides. Back when I was very young I remember my Dad chopping cars and selling them to get another and do it again. Kind of odd behavior for a Coroner. LOL My first car was a sweet little Model A Ford coupe that I took from him and never gave back. I'm still borrowing it by the way. I have worked on so many of the local cars I really have no desire to go to shows and sit in circles and talk about a subject that has been beat into the ground. Specially when I probably know their cars better than many of them.

Now on Friday nights I discovered a bunch of new young guns that love the old tin but all live in condos or associations where wrenching is not possible. I open the shop so they can wrench and do their thing. I'm finding a lot of satisfaction in what they are doing and encouraging them to stretch the envelope. Instead of following the old school ideas I'm helping them to build their own hot rod identitys. Kinda cool to see what they find cool. I hear things like "wouldnt it be cool if" then helping that become reality is fun to watch. Then to here them showing others what they have accomplished is pretty sweet. At times its hard to keep an open mind after seeing decades of the same hot rod patterns but it is fun and creative what these guys are doing. They are taking cars that are almost given to them because they are 4 doors and not 2 doors and doing all kinds of nice things to them to bring them back to life. I think it just shows that hot rodding still has a ways to stretch and its taught me to be more open minded and less criticle on the changes these guys are making. Good Hot Rod stuff is still going on out there guys...

Where are you at mentally in your Hot Rod World? Expanding, Ideling, Creating, Watching, Reflecting, Driving, or ?

Originally Posted by M.T.

Very interesting,
Where are you at mentally in your Hot Rod World? Expanding, Ideling, Creating, Watching, Reflecting, Driving, or ?

HMmm.. now we go introspective...
expanding? = I hope so!
Idling? = NEVER!
Creating? = Always!
Watching? = With the highest interest!
Reflecting? = Not so much... only when you've asked!
Driving? = Once in a while.. it isn't my end goal tho'..

Good thread! Thanks for returning and participating!!

Good question MT, I have always been one looking at the future, and excited about something new. But for some reason after I retired a few years ago I find myself thinking more about yesterday and remembering those days growing up. Not a depressing type of reminisce but I sometimes just start laughing to myself about things that happened back then. It is funny that I remember a particular car or race or event that happened 50 years ago and can't remember what I did last week. It sounds goofy but it is like it encourages me to get these hot rods done, like it's a race to the past. I love it.

Hank

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

...Really bored with the "1-800-HOT-RODS" cars these days, takes something unique in engine, drivetrain, suspension, or all of the above to trip my trigger.

Hey, I resemble that remark!! Sorry to bore you, Dave.

My daughter posted this picture on FB, pointing to me. She knows me too well!!

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Thanks for posting that up.... I needed a chuckle today.

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