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Dave i have always trusted your opinion, but im gonna be stubborn here and im gonna go ahead with my plans! I have to learn on my own and im going to put my life and my families life on my choice! I pray that it does not come to a bad out come!

I am highly upset that a lot of guys did not defend me in my quest as i have high respect in the fact that i base this work off their design, but i guess they will not rock the boat! I posted pics of guys that you all respect and said nothing of their builds, but i feel that im being attacked here for whatever reason and i will most likely stop coming here!

I will consider your knowledge and help you have provided for me, but im going with hombre on this one! Best of luck to ya, and no hard feelings.

Hotroddaddy, Glad to see that you can look at options and come to a conclusion.

I sincerly hope that your decision to leave this site is not cast in stone and you reconsider. Everyone is intitled to there opinion even if they are wrong sometimes.

As I refleck on this thread I guess some of the objectors probably see things in other ways. I think that a lot of times not much thought is given for some's opinion at least as those opinions are when it comes to fact vs just a prejudice. For me its really hard to look at the way some things have been done hundreds of times and not see some validity to that way of doing things. But they are probably correct. After all they have decades of experiance the way they tell it. Ackerman Steering Geometry front steering and some of the other problems talked about can not be overcome they I guess are cast in stone and un adjustable, forget the fact that it has been done hundreds of times (AR LEAST) and those problems were in fact dealt with and overcome. Those guys just built unsafe cars.

And for goodness sake don't try and reinvent the wheel as suggested. Hot Rodders have only been doing that sense the 20's and 30's. As a matter of fact reinventing the wheel is really what HoT Rodding is all about-----I thought!! Man I guess I was wrong about that as well.

Best thing you could do I guess is forget this whole Hot Rod thing go and build you a Mustang and only use all Stock parts and don't try anything interesting. Yea man do that.

RS

Originally Posted by Hombre259

Hotroddaddy, Glad to see that you can look at options and come to a conclusion.

I sincerly hope that your decision to leave this site is not cast in stone and you reconsider. Everyone is intitled to there opinion even if they are wrong sometimes.

As I refleck on this thread I guess some of the objectors probably see things in other ways. I think that a lot of times not much thought is given for some's opinion at least as those opinions are when it comes to fact vs just a prejudice. For me its really hard to look at the way some things have been done hundreds of times and not see some validity to that way of doing things. But they are probably correct. After all they have decades of experiance the way they tell it. Ackerman Steering Geometry front steering and some of the other problems talked about can not be overcome they I guess are cast in stone and un adjustable, forget the fact that it has been done hundreds of times (AR LEAST) and those problems were in fact dealt with and overcome. Those guys just built unsafe cars.

And for goodness sake don't try and reinvent the wheel as suggested. Hot Rodders have only been doing that sense the 20's and 30's. As a matter of fact reinventing the wheel is really what HoT Rodding is all about-----I thought!! Man I guess I was wrong about that as well.

Best thing you could do I guess is forget this whole Hot Rod thing go and build you a Mustang and only use all Stock parts and don't try anything interesting. Yea man do that.

RS

You just never miss a chance to start an argument and get your cheap shot little digs in, do you.????? I am speaking from fabricating and building experience on these Hot Rod issues. There are shots in my gallery of many of my builds and projects since I joined CHR a few years ago to back up my "opinions" as you call them... I've also spent a bit of time with the technical education part of this hobby with a bit of engineering school.

Not that I would suggest I doubt your abilities, but I would certainly be curious to see some pics of your current and past build projects. The last "project" I remember you sharing with us was the done car you wrote the big check for......after all, a picture is worth a thousand "opinions".

Geez.... when I first started reading this thread I thought I had made a mistake and gotten on the H.A.M.B! I thought this type of narrow minded, "I am right and you are wrong" thinking was their domain, not one we usually see here. C'mon guys, lighten up.

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Well then, good luck with the build. I tried to point out some of the considerations, but some have to turn it into a personal thing. Sure, it will work, and I hope you build everything strong enough that it can withstand the extra stress...... My suggestion would be to do what we always do, mock the whole thing up and see what it looks like. Then sit back in a chair, open up your favorite beverage of choice, and take a good long objective look at it. If it works aesthetically and mechanically for you, build it. Just don't make the mistake of proceeding with the plan as is if you have any misgivings on how it will turn out....