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greetings,

just joined here so i suppose i'm required to introduce myself..found this place via google and a link there regarding a 36 stude coupe [i have one].

i'm 39, originally from poland [in us since 1980]..previously i cared more about bikes than cages, especially hd and i had a highly modified sportster while i was in the navy in the mid-80s, but had to change my passion into 4wheels after breaking my neck in 1990.

i am an unemployed quadriplegic, and i can barely afford to keep my daily driver [68 olds cutlass modified somewhat]on the road off my meager disability income but i manage somehow because driving it hard is the only thing keeping me sane and forgetful about a really bad chronic pain and other problems stemming from my disability.
i have photos of both of my rides in my gallery here if anyone wants to take a looksee..i'm attaching one of those photos here of me and my cutlass...

i 've been living in northern new jersey since becoming a crip because that's where my parents moved into just prior to my accident and i needed their help post my disability. previously i lived in nyc, rhode island and virginia. joysie sucks btw as far as laws go and drivers..

mydaily ride is a '68 oldsmobile cutlass s with a modified 350 rocket, modified th400, 10bolt posi w/3.73 gears. headers/duals..it sounds and rides great and i drive the crap out of it and hard - the way these cars are meant to be driven. it's not a show car or a garage queen but despite its 'character' marks like badly pitted chrome, some chips all over and well used interior i get thumbs up and compliments on it every single day i'm on the asphalt..

i also have a rodded'36 stude dictator 3 window coupe that's been mine since '96 but i lack the funds to upgrade it to driving and lawful standards of nj so my poor baby has been parked at my parents' house driveway for the past 9 years. she's one of tthe most beautiful coupes ever made in my opinion and has a modified gm 400 small block [torker2/holley combo hidden in a fake blower case], crane fireball cam, hei ignition/coil, headers/dual, mustang2 ifs, r&p steering [manual], power disc brakes all around, modified th350/shift kit, 12 bolt posi w/3.73 gears. i start it every month and once or twice a year take her for a spin around a block..

sheeesh, i guess that's plenty gab for an intro.. ;-)))))))

Good to have you with us my Friend ! ! Sweet car and please do enjoy driving it hard. Specially when theres no ticket taggers in the rear view... I seem to be a magnet for those myself will be always good to here from you Later DH

Welcome to CHR, both cars really look great!!! Hope you find the ways and means to get the Stude back on the road, what an absolutely gorgeous ride!!!!

thanx dh and dave [ha, almost called ya 'doc' ] and denny..cops in my town and surrounding towns are bastards so i rarely even peel out drivin through these places these days but almost elsewhere i drive they're cool and almost aways just let me go after checkin' my wheels out..i try not to ba an a-hole and not ride too hard right in front of one or where there is traffic/pedestrians nearby.

to be honest these photos actually make my rides look better than is their current actual shape. neither is garaged and although i take an exception to daily driven by never driving when there's salt on the road, i do drive every day there isn't come snow, mud, rain ...

cutlass is indeed very red hehe and 'car washed' weekly so no crud gets baked into its paint but it's not meant to be show quality anyway or i'd be too 'shy' to drive it daily..i'll likely have her dressed in black primer come time to change her wardrobe..

but my other baby has now some surface rust along fender edges, trunk and grill is in bad shape...also disc brake rotors are rusty, chrome on cragars and tires are rotting away-usual stuff for a car that's beoing forced to exist in a non-driven status for so long..even if covered.

thanx guys for the welcome and the compliments..these two are my ladies and ladies like to be complimented as we all know .

Welcome to CHR juras.

welcome juras, bought a new olds. in 1969 looked just like that. well almost that good, it was the W30 and it came from the factory with small hub caps, but they didnt stay on there long. looking good

Juras Welcome to CHR. Your olds looks just like my Dads that he bought in 69. Almost the same color. Keep up your good spirts and your right about driving them hard. I do and at 61 I ain't changing.

Welcome to the forums, Juras. That's is a nice looking Cutlass and the Study looks nice also. Too bad it has to sit for now, but I am sure someday you'll be able to cruise it again. Take care.

welcome....like the rides. Don't feel alone........my Corvette has been apart for 34 yrs........Got lots of cubic inches..need cubic bucks. So hang in there, keep the shiny side up, and enjoy what ya have.

Welcome and nice rides.

Welcome Juras,
Sweet rides ... & good that that ya drive-em. Its what they were made for.... to me, its like this .... if you cant use it, it's USELESS.... right?? ...hope ya get the stude back on the road, get her some exercise....

Welcome to CHR Juras! Seems like you and I got a bit in common... Bikes, hot rods... heh. Not sure if a lot of people on here are into bikes. Your car is pretty sweet, the Stude is awsome as well. If I could find me a Stude I'd sell my 48 for one, especially a old 30's stude truck or such.
What year Sportster did you have and what mods were done to it? My father had one about 6 or 7 years ago and want's a custom bike now like a chopper but not some huge 42 degree rake. I don't remember his year Sportster but I think it was a 96 or so... I love older HD's better though or a nice custom bike built from the frame up.

Anyway's, stick around here and post. Good to have new members, especially the one's that actually hang around and post on a daily basis.

Welcome the CHR !

It's good to have another Stude nut in the group...

Welcome to CHR. That is a beautiful car.

thanx all for the welcome and kind words. as far as having a ride that's sitting instead of driving-very true. and some have offered me pretty good money for my stude and then criticized me for keeping a set of rare wheels and just sitting on them when i refused but they don't understand how much i want to get out on a highway in this car one day..it's been my number 1 dream ever since i bought it and still is..i don't think i'd ever get over selling it and would just drink and drug myself into oblivion. yeah, there might be more important things in life but i'm not perfect hehe..

hellraiser[fmx]-my sportie was one of the worst models ever made-the '79 [xlh] and those are easily recognizable by their rear pipe having that extra bend..what a pain to just change the oil because of it
but it's what i could afford then and not even thanx to my navy pay hehe because i was always getting arrested for having a somewhat too bleeding good time and as a result-busted in rank and half a month's pay for 2 [months]...in fact it got so bad they often didn't finish taking my money for the first fight/arrest when i would get busted outside of base again...but had some wild times and i digress...
i was able to buy the sportie [used and new harleys were always expensive even back before they were 'in']after a drunken cager hit me at night driving without lights in his boss' rusty pick up which he actually stole.. i had a crap of a rice bike because it was all i could afford: a zusuckie gs650 and he had no insurance so i had to sue mine for the value of my bike [it rolled over into p/up's bed from the impact and was totally totalled bent completely in half and forks bent over 90 degrees and all hehe] plus what my a-hole lawyer could get me for my broken bones and scars-all of 5 grand of it hehe..anyway-i found that sportie which was an only harley for 5 grand or just under advertised in the used bikes for sale then and i spent all of it on it before i even got my casts off...the bike was very well modified by a guy from louisiana who knew what he was doin' and just moved to virginia with his family. it had fully chromed engine, case and tranny and black jugs. it was bored out to nearly 1200cc, and had [illegal] glorious sounding 2 inch shortie open drag pipes, s&s carb..it would haul ass and it was basic black..i made it mine by stripping all of unnecessary parts such as mirrors, turnsignals,chain cover, speedo [kept the tach though] and front fender..hehe, can you say shower while riding in the rain?..it ran like crazy and i rode it like that..surprised and beat a lot of ricers on their 750 ninjas, cb's, xs's, etc.,. etc..who btw are probably riding their own shiny and problem free 'harleys' today hahaha...

but i love the old school -skull?- chopper look [actually the first choppers were like mine -everything unneeded was chopped off..it was alittle later that that stretched/raked rigid frame with grotesque length girders or springers came to be synonimous with the 'chopper' moniker]-rigid hardtail with some rake, superlow seat, nice forks, simple but beautiful design...
i see some really super nice ones at my local shows/cruises and these days they boast huge balls and cubes to match their sinister look too.. now you can also build a complete 'harley' without using any hd parts at all as complete mills and trannies are available from firms like s&s, revtech, std, etc..which is fine with me as i feel that hd sold its soul long time ago to its investors and weekend bikers who don't even know what the main purpose of black tshirts/clothes is .theirs are often pressed ...
and i also love those very old bikes like early flatties, knuckles, pans,..not just hd either..indians, vincents, nortons, excelsiors, zundapps [ww2 and prior], and many other us and foreign vintage rides.

i won't post too much/often i think [but you'll get tapeworm long monstrosities like this one when i do hehe] because i likely won't have much to contribute here but from time to time i'll put up some photos of rides i really liked at some of my local cruises i often go to..or try anyway. i'm very much into true hot rods [not so much into street rods but the're ok too], leadsleds-especially chopped mercs, and mean street machines with real blowers and balls.i like the rod primer look as well. flames optional hehe.

hotrodangel-hey, not only are ya a stude nut but as i understand by your nick/avatar-a lady motorhead...pleasure is all mine as we need far more of you ladies in this passion [ok, some call it hobby ]..right back at ya..