Thread: TV: Gearhead show phenomenon

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This is a great post. I'm one of those in there 60's group and all my rides have been built from junk yard parts. I'm not condemiing those who buy rods if they have the money, or they don't have the know how. I'm like alot of older and younger generation who has skinned many knuckles trying to unscrew something that doesn't want to be unscrewed. I personelly like the shows, but they go into to much detail on every little thing. You can build a nice rod without spending many,many thousands of dollars. I don't particularly like the newer 80's and 90's so call rods, but if I was brought up in todays world, thats probably what I would be driving.

WOOOOOOOOOO NELLLLY. i think someone hit a nerve , streets i dont think he was implying you build crap , i think it came out in a different way than said.

Thanks Kenny. Kenny is right I didnt mean that you or anyone else built junk, the point I was trying to get across is the fact I welcome all the new technology that has been introduced into the sport since the early years, I, personally, feel that it has greatly helped our sport in many ways, it has made it a lot easier for the novice builder to build a car that is much safer and reliable than was possible in the old days. I, myself, take advantage of the new technology that is available to me, and I am able to build a much better car now, than in the old days, and I can do it in less than half the time than in the old days. Streets, that is one of the unique things about our sport that I so much enjoy, everyone has has diffrent likes and dislikes, and everyone is encouraged to build or buy a car of their likeing, there are no carved in stone rules that say say everyone has to do the same thing. Indivualaity, thats what makes it great. In saying that the early cars which I built were not safe is not exactly correct, wherein I logged many many miles on those cars and have never , to this date, had an accident of any kind in any of them, but compared to todays standards and technology they rate way down toward the bottom of the scale. And I will be the first to admit that. Now Streets are you gonna tell me that the cars built back in the 50s and 60s and even into the 70s had the same degree of safety and technology built into them as the cars being built today, no way. Again, I apologise to anyone whom thought I said they built junk. Boy, I knew this was coming, but thats one of the few great things we have left, to a degree, freedom of speach. Jack

Streets, in going back a looking at you last post, there are a couple of things which I failed to comment on. As far as going to the junkyard and buying a mustang II front end and installing it, there is nothing at all wrong with that, but that technology was not made available to us until some of the early streetrod mfg brought it to our attention, therefore confirming one of statements from earlier. And as for Rat Rods, I happen to like Rat Rods, and they can be built using todays technology and engineering also, because they dont look new and shinny, dont mean they have to unsafe and unreliable, wouldnt you agree. Jack

When I was a kid, I built my own out of nessesity. I didn't have the money to buy. I went to the junk yard and spent many Saturday mornings just walkin' around lookin' fer stuff that would work. Junk yard owner (Rolly Perkins) always got a kick out of my exploits. I would pick up maybe 2 er 3 things, set 'em in front of the shop and he'd say' sumpthin' like "au, jus' give me 5 bux' fer' all of it", He'd kinda' laugh at me and I would be on my way back to the shop to see if I could make the stuff work.
Hard to teach an old dog new tricks. I can still work the better part of a Saturday on a part that (If you could find it) could be "bought" a lot easier and probly' cheaper.
I don't watch a lot of TV, I'd rather be doin' sumpthin'. I do think tho that any show that keeps cars and car building in the public eye "is a good thing" if I may quote Martha.