oldsmobile rocket valve cover lettering

i appreciate everyone that actually tried to help me. for anyone that thinks my truck is dumb. to them there own i have no problem with it. i have been trying to sell it to buy a 50's daily for quite a while with no success.

i am not embarrassed at all by my dad gettin on here and sayin stuff. he is more of one of my best friends than my dad when it comes to hot rodding.

I've not said anything on this post after it was jacked because i figured i would be the better man and let it bounce off. i really don't care what anyone thinks about my truck. i think it is cool. and am going to do whatever i want to it wether people like it or not. eventually i will get my truck sold and have a shoebox. so i really don't care.

i do think it is immature and ridiculous to trash someones knowledge and taste when you don't even know the person. i was led to believe that the H.A.M.B was a family when i was thinking of joining. with most of my posts my experiences have delt with a bunch of bickering babies.

really i have just sat back over the past couple days and laughed at all of this. i really don't care. so go ahead and quote and make fun of this reply to pieces. just know that it isn't affecting my decisions or my self asteem.

again thanks to everyone that actually tried to help without judging.

god bless
^^^^^^(go ahead and make fun of that too)
tony

 

A little advice to the original poster. Some people have small dicks and stir shit. A lot of it is common on the HAMB. Ignore most and take advice from those who give it. Olds Covers, Bad Idea. Get some old Chevy ones and paint them up nice.

 

you know what chevrddr88, its your truck, paint, time and covers.do what you want, but realize that some things you do will always be seen as wrong in the eyes of others. making an 88 truck look old time is really about the same as making a 32 look like a modern car. (alla boyd.) it just dont work. why dont you modify a pair of early chevy covers to fit on the newer heads, atleast you will still be in the chevy family. or you could really piss some other people off and use stude covers as i hear they fit newer heads real nice!(dont take that seriously)just remember, if you are paying the bills, you can build it any way you like, just dont try to pass a nontraditional car off as traditional, thats just wrong. mike

 

Tony, I think it's rad that you're TRYING to have a hot rod while all your buddies in high school are probably drooling over the new Nissans and Honda. About the time you were born, I was hard core into mini trucks.

Your truck sounds cool for what it is and you should drive it proud. You didn't say, but I am hoping that it doesn't have whitewalls on it. That would be a major no no anything post '65 and would only serve to give your truck a "confused" styling identity. Everyone has shop trucks of some kind and there are some really bitchin ones out there that have an obvious era appropriate hot rod vibe. I think the rocket valve covers on the '88 only continue to take it into that "confused" vibe where it becomes obvious that "this guy really should get a ride that is appropriate to this style" instead of making an '80s chevy truck look silly.

So give your truck that hot rod attitude, but walk the line between cool and ridiculous. It's a fine line sometimes. Good luck!

BTW, I grew up in Lebanon.

 

i say........whatever trips your trigger.....Hot Rodding has always been the freedom to do what ya want........we arent "restoring cars", there really isnt any rules. Some choose to follow tradition which has been handed down sorta, my self included, but there still is that "freedom"

 

I'm glad Tony can roll with the punches here. I hope he sticks around and learns so when he scores his shoebox, he won't be style impaired.

Django, you grew up in Lebanon? Careful, that hashish will do your ambition in.

 

WOW! been following this one for awhile. Olds Rocket Covers, well i had 2 sets on my 50 Olds coupes. One i left alone the other with the hydro i went custom, got some Pactra spray paint from the hobby shop . Painted them Candy Pagan Gold, they looked different. Painted the whole thing one color.

Thats what this thread did for me, i remembered that! Then i remembered seeing 49-50 Olds valve covers in Rod & Kulture looked up my #9 issue page #7 ( couldn't find 10 & 11) there they were made by Fauxsmoblie, the things go on Chevy small blocks, what the hell. I dug deeper on page #55 real ones on a real Olds motor, more memories. I think i felt tears rolling, i loved that 50 Olds coupe!

After slamming gears in my mind for awhile, i wondered what would be a solution to this thread. Hum, would putting Off Topic on the painting the valve cover with the Newer ride mentioned of been the answer? Would reading About the HAMB a little closer of been the answer? Then it came to me, the U Tube post on starting threads on a forum, which was Brilliant ! Should be required Viewing for everyone on the HAMB.

That way you know what to post & you know you will get your ass handed to you starting a thread that doesn't belong on the forum. Ryan what do you thinK? How about a Sticky? Might save a lot of space for other things On Topic. just an idea

 

Hell, I was the one giving him the most shit and I'll admit the kid takes shit better than his dad does. haha

I hate his truck, but I like that he rolls with it.

He PM'd me though (Tony) and let me know what he thinks, and I let him know. We reached an understanding I think. Thus, I have no intention of giving him shit personally.... but I still think his dads a choad.

Nothing personal pops, just how I feel.

Tony- sell that 88, pick up some old tin and get to work.

 

I have a pair of '62 Ford Y-Block covers and a pair of small block Chevy covers and they just hang on the wall, but I want them to have the lettering painted and now I know how to do it..... Thanks kid for the question so even an old guy (62) can learn something new.

Just for fun check this out.... I took this pictures at the Jalopy Showdown a couple years ago.

 

To all who feel I was a "cowboy"...I just thought I would write and let you know I hear what you are saying on several levels.

Sometimes 17 years olds do crazy things when they are crazy about what they are doing, and sometimes Dads get a little cranked up in defense of their kids especially when they are passionate about a hobby together and close to one another.

I also hear what some of you are saying about the "street rodder" Bel Air. I have had the car for over 20 years, and yes, it is finished in a style and quality maybe further than I had planned, with a stance and appearance that just sort of transpired to my tastes over two decades.

In defense of what some of you might think about the car, there are no power brakes, p steering, ac, p windows, p locks, etc. No leather Cordoba seats or other such nonsense. I like the fruit jar master and drum brakes. I learned to weld putting in every possible panel in the car myself. It is only undercoated underneath (no chrome) because I drive the crap out of it. The interior is old school tuck and roll vinyl that I did myself, and the carpet is glued in using pieces from Rural King. With a Moon white wheel and a Moon tach, white spray can lacquer on the dash, and a white hurst ball on the muncie rockcrusher, a crossram and dual four barrels and 4.88 gears, trust me I get it.

Mine is different than a lot of yours, but I am ok with that, as my son is ok with his traditional style hot rod truck. I have a deep appreciation for late 40's traditional bonneville, 40's, 50's and 60's style customs (all wildly different eras). And I even get a kick out of some of the stuff that is over the edge "carnival" in OSR. Heck, some of the coolest stuff isn't traditional at all (like the Mysterion, Orbitron, several notable VW Bugs or that wild Stude rod or El Camino recently on the front page of HAMB).

Of course I know that the air ride stance and 17" torque thrusts on my car blows the whole ride for some of you guys. But I built it for me. It sat high with black primer and as-cast magnesium wheels for awhile and that was cool too, but now it is done differently. If you have visited my Fotki site, you know that I dig tri-five gassers and if I had it to do over again, I might have continued that route.

Heck, over the 20 years I had the car, I almost tubbed it with 15x15 and 15x3.5 Centerlines back in the 80's (I almost got sucked into the vortex, came to my senses and sold that junk...)

Right now, I have a pair of steel sticks and Model A crossmembers in the barn waiting to be a traditional style Tudor. It will happen someday and it might be primer, satin or metalflake. It might have early wires or Radirs, I have no idea, but my inspiration comes from trips to the Road Rocket Rumble, The Pileup, the Homebuilt section at Goodguys and a number of other places like magazines or the HAMB. Once I decide if it should be really traditional or more early 60's show rod, I will weld, grind and stay on path and finish it my way.

I have no need to prove anything to anyone, but thought maybe it was worth saying "Peace" to all.

And for God's sake, now Tony can paint those cool valve covers, whether they end up on the truck or wall hangers...

Happy Motoring.

 

This to me has been quite the lesson in sitting back and listening. By nature I usually come to the aid of the one I percieve as the underdog whether or not I agree with what started everything. It's unfortunate that you have to liquidate those really cool cheaterslicks, mpls/cafe/racer. Are you retaliating by nuking the kid?
Kid, sometimes questions need to asked without offering too much information because one only heaps crap on oneself for being uninitiated to whole concept of "traditional". When I was your age I had a 39 chev coupe that I wanted so desparately to rod but I was broke. I finally at 50 have a chance to build my hot rod and not only that but my son is huge into hot rods and together we will build our rods. Whether you are a poser or not I don't know. But to the more mature rodders here on the HAMB it's hard to take any 18 year seriously. My opinion is I don't like rockabilly music and I never thought pompadour hair (we used to call them duck ass haircuts) was cool.
So who is really the underdog in this debate? Mpls/Cafe/Racer, I earnestly hope that you initiate your son into rodding when he comes of age and defend him should someone launch a character assassination against him even if he is wrong. 88Chevi PU Kid, earn respect of the rank and file through humility and time. I've made my share of mistakes in this life but by now I definitely know what is traditional and when my son says he wants to do something that leans more towards the neotraditional I tell him....... now if he would only listen! Can't we all just get along?

 

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Funniest part is that the kid and I don't seem to really have a problem with eachother. It was all just people grilling eachother, and the kid clearly got that. lol

The thread started out more or less in good fun, nothing too harmful, and Tony knows I don't have an issue with him.

Off here I even offered to have him get a hold of me if he needs any lines on olds rockets as I've got a line on more than one that I could have picked up.

I realize that standing by your kids is one thing, but it's another to fight the fight for him.. and that's what dad was doing here. I think that's a little ridiculous, and I let him know. Maybe not in the best way, admittedly, but the way I sometimes tend to when someone annoys me.

If MY father did this I'd have been offended and felt that he was saying I CAN'T take care of myself.

But hey, reading the thread you'll see a few things:

1) Dad seems to be more offended and annoyed, reacting like Tony SHOULD have according to his age...

2) Tony reacted like most people should, by laughing it off

3) Me?? I just like to debate.

Frankly, I don't care what Tony puts on his truck. I just like to argue.

 

And I regress my previous grilling: IM'd Tony and he's a cool kid... even if he does have a funny haircut. haha

I'm donating a 59' Poncho project to him for his upcoming REAL hot rod. I figure he'll put it to good use.

 

for the record right now my hair is clean cut choad. lmao

 

Hey, thats really nice of you.

"Buy a man a fish, and he'll have a great meal. teach a man to fish, and his hands will stink like shit, He will give up fishing and he'll want to have a hot rod"

I like '59's

 

Very cool, nice move.

Tony, I'm very glad to see that none of this really bothered you. With that said it's obvious your fitting in here just fine!! Maybe i'll get to meet you and your dad next month when i'm visiting family there in Lafayette.

 

definitely. we hope to see you while your here. i told Mr. Worthington about you messaging me. definitely a small world. i'm sure if you come over the garage will be clean and the old fridge will be full of beers (or sodas) lol

thanx all
tony

 

This thread could have been 1 page long if the original post had the words "that i want to put on my small block Chevy" omitted.

 

Bob - Your Bel Air is a super looking "street machine" but it ain't no street rod. Call it a hot rod if you wish, but not a street rod. If you doubt.. check with your local DMV.

Tony - Do it the way you like. Seldom will you run across that many people who will be hostile about valve covers. If you do ignore them because odds are they are just unhappy malcontents. Hang in there, most members here are very tolerant.

This has been a very informative and opinionated thread. Excellent reading with spurts of humor thrown in. Better than most novels since it deals with real people.

 

we've established this

 

diggin the stripes on that hollow body..hey I got a nice Gibson hollow that is deep red cherry..what color pinstripes would you put on it chevrddr88? its a traditional hot guitar

 

Something tells me that Tony just likes to watch monkeys dance as much as the rest of us would, Chris.

Then again, that alone may be a reason to condone putting the covers on an SBC! As long as people are talking about your car you've done your job!

 

And I quote, from a previous thread by mpls|cafe|racer: "Guys who are willing to actually grow a pair and really go out on a limb to build something original to their liking aren't usually concearned with what others have to say."
I thought it was fitting......
Kamp

 

And as you know, that was in reference to Nacho Gonzalez's 35 ford.... and it is fitting for that hot rod.

I think there's a big difference between being innovative with a 35' ford and building a "hot rod" 88 chevy though... and I'm sure you do to. Nothing wrong with playing devils advocate though, so feel free.

One is a very unique hot rod, the other is just a bad idea. (No offense Tony, but I bet you'd rather have an old piece of tin that that 88 anyhow. haha)

 

I do agree.... Would I paint my F150 black and red? no...

but I do believe that cars are personal choices... unless you're building them to sell. You have to admit, it is orignial and to his own liking....

Kamp

 

Original? Yes. To his own liking? I get the impression it's just something that he's "settling for" until he gets his Mod A, so I wouldn't say it's probably to his liking.

 

it was originally built to my liking because i didn't think i could buy a car. but now i have gotten a small taste of it and really don't have much interest or motivation to work on the truck anymore. i would give anything to have a car. i still dig the truck. but your right cafe racer it's almost like i have grown out of the truck as far as traditional rod knowledge goes. i'm definately ready to move on and build a shoebox daily.

tony

 

A hell, it doesn't hurt to remind everyone every once in a while!

Is that your striping on that link that your dad has in his signature? Man oh man those are some good looking lines!

 

some of it might be, but i think most of it is just random stuff he has pulled from the net. i can send some pics of stuff i've done though.