Hot Rods Quotes to live by...

I am what I am , and that`s all that I`am. stole that from a famous philosopher.

 

@apacheben, Would that be the same guy that said "Enough is enough, and enough is too much"?

 

I’m Popeye the sailer man! Toot toot

 

"I's had all I can stands, and I can stands no more!!!"

 

"Everywhere you go...............there you are"

 

"Hell, I'd do it...that oughtta be reason enough to make ya think twice!"

- Fat Hack
(about brush painting a car)

 

"He who speaks the most, does the least!".

 

"Hey Chucky, what you doin'?"
"I don't know, but I'm not goin' to let it stop me."

 

Greed has no age limit.

 

“Time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment, because it will never come again.”

Hello,

My wife and I grew up in So Cal. Yes, that place that gets a lot of flack. But, for us, after learning how to get along with each other and then adapting to the society that was in a tizzy, we worked together through thick and thin.

Sometimes we wish it were back in our 20s when we were beginning. It was an interesting time for us and we are able to document most of how it affected us. We look back to those times in our memories, but the photos we shot give us a clear picture of what we did to enjoy life as we did. An old Red El Camino for those long road trips, the budget that made us reevaluate what was important and family through the years.

The times were such that in the beginning, people with cameras were looked at, as intruders. So, a lot of what we did and where we went was not recorded. I wished I could have used my telephoto lens to get some great shots of the activities in and around So Cal back then. But, at least, the photos we did have or take, just brings back those clear moments at that time.

Jnaki

Here we are beyond our 60 year high school graduation times. It was a great time to develop and see the world through young eyes. Going off to college was great, as we all want to be able to live away from home. The folks I met as roommates and next door neighbors will last a lifetime of memories.

But, in looking back, we are now all “old folks.” So, what we remember from back then to now is fleeting, but still scratching the brain for more details. The 20-30 something action is gone, but the memories still flow on our journals. YRMV

Note:

Here are two of my old friends and one is still with me as close as a drawer away. It still functions well, needs some color slide film and off we go, again… It is a little sad that it is taking a back seat to our digital cameras and phones.

It does not matter what type of camera one has, recorded history is simple today. But 50 years from now, those photos will re-tell a story or set of stories for all of our families to enjoy. Endless memories just sitting in our flash drives and external hard drives for the next generation.

20 something photo by Vnak...

 

Do or do not. There is no try.

from a funny little guy

 

Jim

 

Carter's Little Liver Pills. I think the drug administration made them drop liver as they said it had no effect on the liver.

 

"The best revenge is a life well-lived."
"That's the best revenge of all: happiness. Nothing drives people crazier than seeing someone have a good simple life."

​

Hello,

My wife and I somehow got on the same page during our last two college years. We enjoyed being with each other and it was more important to make things work together. So, it ended up with another old saying, it was “us against the world.” That included our own family’s old ways and ideas that no longer melded with our way of thinking. The family gatherings, if they did happen were short and a little tense.

We were not the suit and tie group or fancy dresses as a way to impress, group. We just were simple folks and were happy. Perhaps, that was what made most folks we met irritated. We were actually happy being together and our lives moved on with a mellow attitude.

The high dollar fancy foreign cars, the staying at the Hilton resorts for vacations, and a rather large house with so many rooms that one never knew where the other would be at any time. I guess that was made for such ideas. We just had a simple low cost, low key life. We enjoyed the So Cal coastal beach lifestyle with no fancy goods in the horizon. The life allowed us to get by and live a fun, but simple life. That has gone on for all of these years… YRMV
The oddball out at a family wedding parking lot, despite the idea that I was the family photographer. We got some looks and comments from others that just flew over our heads. We arrived in a rumbling 327 and A/C comfort, too. The back cave held the photo equipment, but with the looks, comments and stares, I only had the two strapped 35mm cameras, one with Ektachrome slides and the other B/W film.

Jnaki

So, how does that work out at family gatherings? Well, the number of full events with all portions of the extended family have dropped off quite radically. Which is good. Now, they are off on their own world and ideologies that most do not agree with for everyone. But, they think so. Hot rods, no way. Surfing lifestyle, no way, a large house still rules and so do big cars. For us, a simple way to live in a small house that makes us happy and satisfied...

That is the way it is and the way it goes…

 

Jim

 

This one from My Father:

"You Talk Like A Man With A Cardboard @ssh0le"

Took me a long time to figure out what he meant as I was a teenager at the time, but once I got it, I got it

These days you could amend it to say Talk/Type!

God Bless
Bill
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ar-transport-hauling-open-or-enclosed.614419/

 

Bill, you may have to explain that one to some of us by the campfire next month!

 

“If it’s cardboard don’t sit to close to the fire”
Dan. 8/11/25

 

"DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING. IF YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, LET IT GO."


Hello,

As my wife and I became friends in college and together, we decided that two is better than one, we got married. Wow, that was something… We were going to a concert in Los Angeles and decided on the way to get married. I was nervous, but, I asked anyway. She was somewhat surprised and smiled at the question while sitting in the Red El Camino on one of those busy L.A. streets. Yes, was the answer and we decided that after the concert, we would go celebrate at our favorite West Los Angeles Restaurant, Canter’s.

The concert was good and actually, during the whole thing, it became a blur at what was coming within a time period we had not set. So, music to my ears was a good thing… I could see the item I started in motion and I could not do anything to derail it. Which was a good thing. So, together, we planned a simple wedding and large gathering dinner for our friends and relatives.

Jnaki

From that time onward, my wife and I have been somehow on the same page. It is always fun to remember our toddler son coming up to me to ask a deciding question and wanted the answer to go his way. I said no and then said go ask your mom. So, he gave up because he had been on the other side and had asked his mom, who in turn, sent him to me. Same thoughts, same answers… it was a difficult time for our son to get his own way or a way that goes around one of us or the other. Ha!

It has gone on for all these years and we still laugh at our adult son and even when we were taking care of our granddaughter. “No Worries” seemed to be the mode of the day.(years) She learned that she had to move within our thoughts to get her way. She knew we would do anything to appease her. But, she did not take advantage of it. She knew it was her world and we were just the big players in it. YRMV

 

"When the sounds of the Highway died..."

Jason Isbell

 

I didn't ask @Bandit Billy if I could quote him, so I might get chastised for this. He posted this on another thread some years ago:

Chevy's are a lot like blondes, easily confused but that makes them endearing.
Fords are more like brunettes, sassy, fun and intelligent.
Dodges are the red headed step children, fun, fast and a bit on the crazy side.

I like them all.

 

Carter’s little farter starters!

 

"I don't want to see a Model A welded to a trash compactor, on a four wheel drive frame with a barbed wire steering wheel and an elephant head stuck to the door."

My friend Dan Henke on rat rods.

 

A point to ponder, especially as we age: When you're asleep & dreaming, & in that dream a toilet should appear: DON'T TRY TO USE IT!!

 

Jim

 

"WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS HOW WE HAVE LIVED."​

Hello,

Our son has lived a good life with us. But, he did not get it that his mom and I have been together since our days of college and those last two years were the most growth for both of us. At the time, we had no inclination that we would have kids. We were having a great time being away from our parents and relatives. Not that relatives are all bad, but ideology differs when one sees things in a separate way from the other or the masses.

We enjoyed just being alone in our dinky apartment. Our way of living was not the way of our sisters or brothers. Yes, I grew up with my brother in all stages of early hot rods and drag racing, but there was always something there that separated our lives. Surfing brought us together and so did desert motorcycle racing. But, the day to day lives were different. So, was my wife’s sister’s life.

We must have done something right. Our son came into our lives and we just adjusted to the “other” person running around in our house. He grew up with some rigid standards, but we also had a way for him to make his own decisions based on our two choices. He liked that way of making a choice.

Both choices went our way, but was put to him in a different mode and bits of information. So, he had no clue that we adults were sneaky and do talk to each other. Well, in this case, most of our adult lives since 1966. (He has always called us a "team.")

Jnaki

The choices we made throughout our lives together were the right ones. If we had gone one way or the other, who knows. But, our friends made their own choices and we had our lives ahead of us, not them.

Our son was a happy kid and grew up to be a great student and teenager.

We helped him in almost every way possible, to allow him freedom to make his choices, as long as they aligned with our rules and ways to see things. He understood as a high school student and definitely as a college age student that rules are necessary or the lives are affected.

The next “generation kid” grew up with us from 6 months to high school age. Our granddaughter developed a great sense of understanding of our ways of seeing things and living a simple life. She grew up nicely and is now a junior in college. Her ideas are also deep, but simple in their own ways.

So far, she is ok and heading for a great future. We could not be more, proud of her and the skills she is gaining. We do influence our children/grandchildren, but are not “influencers” as our mixed up society is calling, jobs, today… YRMV

 

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING, BUT WE ARE MAKING GOOD TIME........



OVER HEARD IN A RESTUARANT :
OLDER MAN THAN ME, TRYING TO GIVE A PERSON DIRECTIONS, STARTED SEVERAL TIMES,
THEN SAID I REALLY DON'T THINK YOU CAN GET THERE FROM HERE !!!

 

Well used saying, still applies.
"If I'd known that I'd live this long I'd have taken better care of myself"

 

It's always something... Well it ain't never nothing!