Thread: A birthday surprise!!

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Well..........a surprise to most of you anyway.

Ten years ago today Brent launched Club Hot Rod. Of course nobody else knew about it til the 6th when he announced it on Club Cobra, so maybe we need to have a three day long birthday celebration.

We've touched on certain historical notes in the past, so won't go into any long stories here, but suffice to say, a lot has happened in the past decade. A lot of good folks have passed through the club house door. Only a very few "originals" are still here, but a number of later arrivals have prevailed and made the house a better place. A lack of hard and fast rules about what constitutes a "hot rod" has contributed to a wide variety of interest/vehicles represented here.

We may not be the biggest, but the ol' site just keeps pluggin' along. People come, people go. Some post a lot (helps to be Norwegian), some, not so much. Lurkers abound. As an example, there must be something about our photo galleries that pops up on search engines. I've noticed my own gallery has had close to 40k hits in just the past 7 months, I suspect others have had similar experience.

I don't have any personal story that stands out "the most", but depending on my "mood" various images pop to mind at different times. I think of some of the generous folks who've helped with projects past. I remember those who we got to know, but who passed on to thier reward; sorrow for the loss, joy for having known them for whatever amount of time we shared. Though most of us will never meet face to face, through the interaction here we get to have a taste of what someone would be like to hang with in person. A few folks I've had the good fortune to actually meet live, and I'd like to believe, it rounded out the friendships formed.

Anyway.......happy birthday CHR! If any of you feel so moved, how about telling us a story about what you found that keeps you coming back.

Great friends and good info.

Happy Birthday Club Hotrod!

A very nice post, Bob. For me, I found CHR when I started thinking about maybe building (some would say "assembling") a car a few years back, and when my questions were not ignored it kept me thinking about it. I've learned a lot of things here, and have also remembered a lot of details that were hidden back in the corners of my mind when pondering the posts here. I continue to marvel at the talents and knowledge base here at CHR, but it's the open, accepting attitudes and the general lack of criticisms that make it a good place to frequent. Happy Birthday, CHR; Brent, thank you for your vision and drive to build and maintain the site for us ten years ago; and Bill, thanks for your efforts as global moderator!

Happy birthday

As usual, Bob's words are right on the mark. In the maybe 5 years I have been on here I've had the honor of rubbing internet elbows with some very nice, talented people and have enjoyed every second of it. This forum is always my first stop when I wake up every morning (well, after the bathroom) and my last stop before I go to bed every night.

When I look back at everything that has taken place on these pages it is quite a snapshot of life. We've shared in each others problems, sadness, happiness, triumphs, and everything in between. I miss a lot of the ones who are no longer with us, like Duane, Jim, Dennis, and so many others that I forget them all right now. This is a better forum because of them being part of it.

Gotten to meet a few of the members in person and immediately felt like we had been friends forever, and hope to meet a lot more in the future. I can't imagine how much work Brent and Bill put into keeping this site alive and healthy, and certainly thank them for providing such a warm, interesting spot for us to hang out in.

Happy Birthday, CHR. Hope you have many, many more.


Don

10 years...................
Wow, it's hard to believe its been that long.
It's kinda hard to stay away from good company, great info, and fantastic builds.
I'm just happy to be in such good company & have had the honor of meeting a few of you.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHR. Having only been here since "06" I haven't contributed near as much as others. I do how ever spend time reading. There is MUCH info here I remember just waiting for Don to post about Project $3K. HAHAHA You did great there man. Dave's new project the 57 Chevy is being watched closely by me and others I'm sure. We'er all waiting for Barb to fire up her project. There are many others like Uncle Bob's never ending WIT and pictures of the fair sex. Did I just say that..... I know I have left some out and its not on purpose its just you all know who you are and this is a real good group of car nuts (some loose some not so). The info here is second to non. SO AGAIN "HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHR"

happy bday club hotrod .

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Well..........a surprise to most of you anyway. Ten years ago today Brent launched Club Hot Rod. Of course nobody else knew about it til the 6th when he announced it on Club Cobra, so maybe we need to have a three day long birthday celebration.

Anyway.......happy birthday CHR! If any of you feel so moved, how about telling us a story about what you found that keeps you coming back.

I'm not even sure how I found the place now... But, through this site I've had the pleasure of meeting a true hot rodder that you all know as IC2, who I now consider a friend! A more generous and caring individual would be hard to find! And also the guys who share the thread in the small block ford forum. Great people all and then there are those guys in Florida, Don/ITYS and his sons. Always willing to share their (many ) builds and knowledge, and Ken & Steve, an ocean separates them physically but, their skill and knowledge puts them on the same page!

And so many others! The open minds and willingness to treat others with respect keeps many of us here and coming back for more!

Thanks to Brent and the moderators for a site we all can be proud of! Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday.

Bob initially i joined up here as a way of keeping in touch with Don (itoldyouso) but i reguarley check this forum now as i've found everybody to be stand up people, Its a nice place to come and chat and catch up with nice people.

i just feel comfortable being around members mostly my own age or close .. the maturity level is up ..caint wait to discuss this again ten years from now

Great thread Unc,
I found this forum by Googling "Hot Rods" or something of that nature. I keep coming back because of the huge source of knowledge found here, the vast array of interesting projects, and the new friends made here both online and in person. Oh yea, I also enjoy the sometimes bawdy(sp) brand of humor displayed here. Like Hoss I also appreciate the maturity?of the members shown here. Oh Yea, Happy Birthday CHR.

Jack.

Great Post Uncle Bob:

I found this site with a search engine in 2005. I was helping a friend’s son out with a 400 SBC build and for the life of me couldn’t figure out why this thing would not run above 3,000 RPM. I’d fiddled and futzed with every possible thing I could think of with no luck. It was certainly hard on my ego as I had built a lot of Chevy small block motors in my day and never had one stump me like this one.

Long story short – I started to post here and was amazed at the knowledge and level of patience displayed by the members. Lots of people chimed in and it was like having an international conference call with the world’s best hot rod car minds! In the end, it was a combination of some bad head gaskets and vacuum problems – things that I certainly “should-have-known-to-check” but they got by me on this one. I chalked it up to being a bit rusty, but more importantly, I started working once again on a long time project of my own (63 Nova SS). She’s still not done yet, but getting closer in “hundred dollar increments”. As a matter of fact, I took the old heater box out this last weekend and rather than just “replacing” the leaking heater radiator, I took the sheet metal down to bare metal and repainted it, put new gaskets on all the flapper doors, ordered a new motor and a new resistor. I also got to thinking how much I like stainless so I thought hey – let’s do it! I soldered NPT fittings on the new heater radiator and made up some 5/8” and ¾” (10 AN and 12 AN) and made up some real nice hoses and viola! (Pictures to follow)

All this to say, “Happy Birthday Club Hot Rod!” I enjoy this site a lot and learn pretty near every time I visit. I know my posts kinda ramble sometimes, but I trust there’s some value from time-to-time if nothing else than from reading a good story.

Regards All,
Glenn

Happy Birthday CHR! I really don't recall how I got turned on the this site, but then I sometimes can't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday. Don't know enough to contribute a lot, but I have learned plenty from just lurking and reading. Thanks to Brent and the crew for keeping the site going. Great bunch of guys and gals here.