Art & Inspiration Odd reactions to your daily driver

Boy...I gotta sit down after this one!

 

I had a guy pull up beside me driving a newer corvette, I was in my 54 chevy. He nodded his head and said nice old ford what year is it? I had to tell him it was 2016. Maybe the color threw him off?

 

I had just gotten a 49 Buick special running.
We were driving by the Salton Sea and in the rearview there was a red dot
Moments later that red dot became a new Viper. He slowed down in the passing lane and gave a thumbs up.
Then disappeared on the lonely two lane.
My wife at the time,, was driving and the car jerked and jumped, stopped at a light. She said she thought the carb chugged.?.
The nice officer who pulled her over a mile later wondered why she left the scent of an accident. She replied she hadn't hit anyone. The officer laughed and informed her she had been rear ended.
The dude was looking for a phone number and then just saw SPECIAL,,, boom,,,

 

The last guy asked what year is it and I said. Its 2016 and you are in Dallas Texas!
It took him several seconds, then he laughed

 

That is an amazing story. Maybe you were the ghost of his dad for those few seconds without knowing it! Spooky.

 

Someone mentioned getting a ticket out of state and not paying it. I got caught in a chicken shit speed trap and ignored it. Well my home state pulled my license.

Anyway this required that I take an actual driving test. So I took my '64 F100 in. The somewhat large DMV lady comes out with her clipboard and we run through the routine. She stands about 75 feet away and runs through the left/right turn signals. "Turn your 4 way flashers on" "There aren't any" I shout out the window. She seems upset. So then she gets in and starts doing this weird exaggerated arm maneuver about three times, I assume trying to catch a shoulder belt. I bite my tongue. "Where are your seat belts!?"

"They didn't come with any, they were an option in those days and weren't yet required by law." She didn't like that at all. "We can't do this." over and over and started arguing with me. Eventually though she relented to performing the test but said she would look up the regulations etc and would void the test if they are required. What a gal.

I wish I had had something REALLY vintage, maybe with a crank start and acetylene headlamps. "Hang on a second ma'am, I've got to light them". Hm.

 

This 54 is so perfect,
I know I have liked it on other posts, but it is just so "Right"
I would love to see it in person!

 

Is that a "Zed 28" "Zee 28" Johnny Canuck thing...... My boys roll their eyes when I say Zed 28 or 240 Zed

 

My bro has a little Dodge roadster pick-up, a bloke at his work says "is that like one of those trike things?".
He says "Yes, it's exactly the same'. There is no point explaining anything to borderline idiots .

 

People who know me at work are used to me driving old stuff, normal comment from strangers is "are you going to paint it" or " it is going to be really nice when it is done". They dont get it when I say it IS done.
Havent run into any tree huggers or anyone who gave me a bad attitude about driving them, lots of thumbs up from other drivers.

 

Yep! All you have to do is drive Interstate 5 here in Oregon to witness the most inconsiderate *%$*holes doing the same. Everyone is just in a big hurry

 

For a large part of winter and into spring this year I was using my OT 74 nova as a daily driver. I got a lot of questions and comments at work about it over the months (lot of guys into cars at the peterbilt dealership I work at) but the one that sticks out was when one of the young mechanics asked me how the hell I drove it on the interstate !?

 

As a father, what the hell do you tell a three yr old about something like this? Sweet Jesus, WTF is wrong with some people?

 

The oddest thing I ever got, I was a thumbs up from an older guy driving a prius, in the Bay Area. I was in the 59 Elcamino at the time. Odder yet, his wife was smiling too .

 

I get "What year is it?" I always answer the current year, and ask the person if they are in-need of medical attention.

The other one is "I used to have a (Rambler/Dart/Valiant/Etc.) just like it when I was a kid." I have a 1960 Falcon.

 

I get "what year is it?" about my Suburban. Sometimes I say 57, some times I ask which end, the front or the back? it's a 56 up front, the rest is 57.

And I get a lot of "what is that?" I say "have you ever heard of a Chevy Suburban?" lots of folks are shocked, and wonder if it's the first one they made. No, I say, they made them for 20 years before they made mine.

 

stranger things have happened

 

I was a Police Officer, and I had a beater 72 Pontiac Lemans I drove to work sometimes when I didn't want to drive my 69 convertible Camaro to work. One day I was on my way to work and stopped at the store on the way. (I was in uniform) I climbed out of the Pontiac and a citizen asked me if it was my car? I told him it was. He then says, "Man, I thought we paid you guys better than that"

 

It usually starts as what year, followed by "I have a book I can lend you that you should read". It happens once a day. Unoriginal douchebags.

 

I've never heard that one. Which book are they talking about?

 

Unsafe at any speed. I drive a 61 corvair daily.

 

10-12 years ago I daily drove my 55 as you see it here. I couldn't go anywhere without people saying "when are you going to fix/restore/paint it"? Or some variation.
It always insulted or perturbed me because all they saw was the body I wasn't ready to finish.
They didn't see the brand new drivetrain, updated brakes, wiring etc..

Finally we paint it. And now flat black with red wheels is cooler than ever. Lol.
Moral of the story. Drive it how you want to. Forget the critics who don't even have an old car.






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I get that all the time with my '59 Ford, I ask them if they were raised by wolves or chained up in a basement for most of their lives. I have to start telling them mine is a rare factory prototype.

One lady at a cruise night knew EXACTLY what my car was, down to the Custom 300. She was about my age and she had pictures on her cell phone of her dad's car. It was the same factory color combo, I showed her a bit of the blue where the primer was scuffed off.

 

Wutnxt, here too in East T.N.{mostly tourists here to visit Dollywood} I am glad you think so too. I thought I was just getting old. LOL. Bruce.

 

CURESE GEARS. Now that FUNNY!!!! LOL.Bruce.

 

LostBoy I drove one in the late 70s on the interstate to work everyday.That baby would do 70 M.P. H. with no problem. Bruce.

 

Yeah man! So do I! It amazes me that people tell me that but if it were a 59 Caddy, no one would mention it.

 

AGREED! LOL.Bruce.

 

I usually get the "what color you going to paint it?" And "I know where you can get a front bumper" but what really gets me is when a grown man asks me what it is.

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I had Lee lenses in my 54 Chevy. I would get a ton of folks my dads age pull up beside me and ask 53 or 54? Pretty good question since they could not see the grill.