Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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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.

It's exactly what Hotroddaddy was posting about yesterday......all of this division really gets old real quick.

Don

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

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

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

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

Don

Looks like he got the hair right though!

Glad to see you are back to your old fiesty self Bob, I was starting to worry about you. You've been so MELLOW lately.

Don

Don
I've been looking into dash options, and actually like the billet remake for modern guages for my old ford. It's funny that they picked on billet! And the mags being pre 70's is stupid! When I was younger we used to joke that the non confromists all looked alike, I guess that's where these guys are headed.
I also thought you did a typo on the Siata, until I looked it up on google. Nice roadster, kind of a cross between a Shelby AC Cobra and a Triumph Spitfire.
Here is a photo I found.

That's it. I think they are Italian (?) and I remember the article in the magazine years ago about Barry having this car built with the sbc in it. Nice lines on it.

Don

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!