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Sounds to me that they cater to the "pure rat rod" crowd. And I mean the clowns who cobble together a bunch of garbage and call it "old school".

I've been pondering on this all day and I think I'm going to stay away. I don't like their snobby attitude. A field full of rust and flat paint is just as boring as a field full of billet barges. I kind of like seeing a mix of all kinds of cars; it's more interesting that way... It would really piss me off if I sent the money, drove the distance, and then got rejected at the gate because my "traditional appearing" hotrod has disc brakes and torsion bars on the front end. Besides that, if they turned me away and then refused to give me my money back, I believe I might get irate... and I don't need to spend a night in the Marion County jail. Too bad; I've met Don Garlits before and he's really cool. I doubt he had anything to do with the rules...

I'll just go to Daytona the following week; there will be a couple of thousand cars of all types there plus a big swap meet. It's not as big as the Turkey run, but it's still pretty good.

Yeah. I like Barry Maguire's attitude: "It doesn't matter if you are a guy or a girl or what kind of vehicle you like, you're still a 'car guy'!"

Hey, I've even seen some ricers that were pretty cool. That's not my "cup of tea", but I can appreciate good looks and ingenuity on any kind of vehicle.

Yeah Jim, the first turn off for me was you mentioning your Sons car not making it because of the rear wheels. What's up with that?? He has a great looking car that you and he built together, and he is proud of it. That is the kind of cars they should welcome.

I understand that if I tried taking a Ford into a Super Chevy Show that would be not right. But we are talking about hot rods and customs here that are, by their very nature, modified. What difference does it make if the mags came from 1970 or 1965?

I think we might see you in Daytona Jim.

Don


BTW Jim, did you know Barry M was a hot rodder? Here is an exerpt from his story:

“I had ‘32 Ford roadsters and every hot car - a Jag roadster, a Siata roadster with a Corvette engine - it weighed 1,800 pounds and had a 300 hp engine.


I remember the Siata from some magazine back then.

Let me know if you guys are skipping, and headed to daytona, i will do the same! Its gonna be a day full of ego trips for me now anyway, so i just assume go elsewhere!! I know most of the cars that will be there anyway, and i parked with them at turkey last year, i had more fun once i met up with gastric, so if you guys are down for daytona, im in!!

As of this minute John it looks like that is where I'm going, but I have to talk to my traveling buddies Dan and Don to see if that is cool with them. I know there is a swap meet at Daytona, so that alone should swing Dan's vote.

Maybe we will finally get to meet you.

Don

hey this way i will get a trophy i already have a spot in the garage for it

I had to share this. One of our members Elpablo is on another forum with some of us. He did a few cartoons of our cars and they really came out great. Here is what he did of my T. I think we have a budding Ed Big Daddy in our midst.

I love it, except my complexion is a little off.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I love it, except my complexion is a little off.

Don

Looks like he got the hair right though!

Don you better get that made into a T-shirt, quick. I will have to see if I can make it down to see you guys this spring or wait till turkey run.
BradC

Oh ya, I'm going to just tell my buds to get lost because thier car isn't the same as mine, I would miss out on a great deal of great peoples company.

That is a great looking roadster for 1953 it was very ahead of it's time.

I agree Brickman. For 1950's the design is what was hot in the 1960's and still today. Gotta love those roadsters!

Oh ya, I had a 1962 MGA MkII Twin overhead cam 4 speed car, a 79 MGB, a 74 Triumph tr6, and a 67 Austin Healey Sprite. That was a great car but even then hard to get parts for. They all had true style through and through. They were alot of fun on winding roads, and good on gas. Hard to beat british sports cars of that era.

Oh ya, I had a 1962 MGA MkII Twin overhead cam 4 speed car, a 79 MGB, a 74 Triumph tr6, and a 67 Austin Healey Sprite. That was a great car but even then hard to get parts for. They all had true style through and through. They were alot of fun on winding roads, and good on gas. Hard to beat british sports cars of that era.

I had a Bugeye Sprite, great little car. I first put a Judson supercharger on it which really woke it up. Then I lost my license for a year for drag racing so I had a lot of time and swapped a 289 Ford into it with a Cobra package on it. It basically ruined a nice little car. Yeah, it would smoke the tires if you punched it at 60 mph, but it cornered like crap and was super nose heavy. Sure wish I had that car now in stock form.

Don