Old Farts Thread!

I'm 65 . At 14 I worked in a muffler shop. I learned to split chevy exhaust manifolds. And I put my 39 mercury cupe togather. With a 48 mercury engine.

 

72 and still going, right now I'm working on my 29 RPU. I have just put in a stroked 30 "A" engine with Winfield head, cam, and carburetor. I put in a 85 f100 4 speed trans and 56 steering and a Kiwi quick change. I have had the pink since 1958!

 

Old fart? not even close! Just turned 56 and been around cars forever --owned over 250 and have many favorites. Everything from a '26 t coupe to my newest - a 2003 Dodge pickup.I didn't just stay with Fords, but there were some of every manufacture and most every decade from the 20's up. Not all street stuff--roundy-rounders, demolition derbies, drag racing, etc. etc. Much fun and I would do it all again.

 

I am 62 going on 19. Currently building a 1923 T-Bucket, also have a 1950 Ford custom waiting in the wings. Got a 1938 Chevy Pickup done but needing to paint this summer. I had a 1956 ford convertible when I was in the navy, sure wish I still had it. My first car was a 1950 Pontiac with a screaming inline 8 cyl. 8 volt electrical system I started working on it when I was 12, had it up and running when I was 14, that was back in the day of midnight auto supply.

 

I just laughed so loud my neighbor is looking at me funny through the window

 

56 and feeling it. My first car was a 62 Impala SS. I've had and built many cars over the years. The one I really regret selling was a 38 Chevy chop top sedan. I'm currently building a 38 Chevy coupe. Regards, Marv

 

wow... that's a bunch of old farts here on the HAMB. I'll have to come back in two years to tell my old fart stories

 

I guess it's fess-up time....58 in a 16 year old body

Been into car's as long as I can remember; dad was a mechanic and I learned to drive on a floor creeper. My address name say's it all...55 Chevy gassers all the way.

 

Wow, we're all crawling out of the woodwork. I'm 61 & started my first real build at 59. I just hope I get to drive it before they take my license away & point me to the nursing home. I won't go! If my ride's done by then, they won't be able to catch me. Ha! It's been a long time since I took my driver's test in a '49 Hudson (Commodore 6, three-on-the -tree).

 

I will be 55 in a couple months. My first car was a 55' Nomad, kept it till 2000 when I moved. Most of my cars have been El caminos or tri five Chevy's some fast some just cruisers. My favorite is the one I have now. There is no part in or on it I have not touched. It is really my heart and soul. Hell its even got some of my blood in it.

 

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I'm 17 when I get behind the wheel.

 

Well Said Buddy,of corse Old Farts rule.

 

54 in May.I've had quite a few cars starting with a 50 chevy.Some of the cars I had are worth big bucks now.Who would have guessed.Favorite car is the one pictured,couldn't own one when I was young.Pa state inspection

 

Unreal thread. Lots of us around.

I wanna be buried in my '35 sedan but I can't......you see, I made my son promise to make a big smokey burnout on the day of my funeral!

 

I'll be 64 in June. been playing with cars since I was a teenager..... and when I'm behind the wheel of a cool car i still feel like one.

 

Just turned 64 in December. Been collecting my SS since first eligible as I don't want to go into the ground with the gov owing me some cash. Been involved with cars since before I can really remember but still have the first hot rod/custom little mag I ever bought in 1956. A black chopped '51 Merc on the cover gave me a chubby that took the better part of a week to go down. Pretty much the same effect now if I see the right car. Well, I might be lying just a touch there!

Just can't help myself. I love these old cars and expect I will go into the ground with a mess of them occupying space in my garage and wherever else there is space.

 

I'l be 53 this year and have had two HAMB friendly cars besides the 27 rpu I am now working on. In 72 I bought a 62 Vette and in 78 I got a 51 Dodge pickup that my brother (RUGBLASTER) now owns that I hope he takes to the HAMB drags!

 

67 and going strong. Helped my dad overhaul his car when I was 10 and havn't stopped. Have had my Crestliner the longest, so I would say its my favorite. That what my wife says. Like my little 30-V8/60 roadster, hell I like them all.

 

64 here, drove a 40 Ford 2dr sedan to school. Also
had a 40 Merc 2dr sedan. Built a 31 'A' Coupe in the
late 60's, drove it every where! Also several musclecars, with my current ride a 66 Nova 2dr sedan w/406 4spd.
I'm looking for an 'A' coupe body now!
Rich

 

I'll be 56 in June and I have been a gearhead since I was a little kid. I'm just glad to have survived this long after some of the stupid things I've done. I grew up on a the farm so I was driving as soon as I could reach the pedals on anything with a motor. My first car at age 14 in 1967 was my brother's '51 Ford that I put duals and a two deuce Fenton manifold on, then a '57 Chevy that I worked on every minute and spent every dime I had on it, and finally a '51 Chevy with a straight axle and a tilt front end. The Highway Patrol finally made me park it because it wouldn't pass SD Safety Inspection (in their opinion). Then I got my first motorcycle in '71 and promptly got nailed by an old lady's right rear quarter panel which gave me enough money to build a basket case '50 Panhead chopper (seeing Easy Rider in '69 was my inspiration). After getting out of the service in '74, I started working in bike shops building bikes and selling parts. I got hooked on racing bikes on short tracks, half miles and eventually scrambles and motocross and ended up trail riding (with my friends it was more like trail racing). Eventually I wised up before I hurt myself and got back into hot rods in '95. I've been totally obsessed ever since. My first car then was a '57 Nomad which I still have (still needs a resto), then a Gibbon bodied '32 Roadster hiboy roadster that I finished in '00 and am still driving with 48K on it now. Deuce fever took hold bad and I now have 11 more steel Deuce Henry's: a restorod 3W, an original gennie 5W with 55K, a hot rod 5W with a tunnel rammed 355 4 speed (apart for paint now), a roller 5W project, my wife's restored Model B Roadster, my almost finished Pickup with a 350/350, a Brookville Roadster project, a flathead powered tub (was a Tudor), a chopped Cabriolet project (see the Tree Car post), and a couple of sedan bodies - a nice Fordor with a 2" chop and a not so nice Tudor with a 4" chop. I also have a gennie '34 3W driver, a '38 Ford Tudor Std project and a '40 Tudor. My favorite car is everyone I own now and more I wished I owned, but I am partial to Deuces!!

 

Over 60, still got my first car. It's a 41 Ford Super Deluxe tudor that Daddy got for me back in 1959, by 1960 I had a 331 Hemi in it and it still in my garage out back of the house.

 

Just came upon this thread and have had a good laugh reading all the responses.I'll be 64 in about 4 hours and it has been an interesting ride to say the least.

Started fooling with cars at the age of 11 helping a neighbor change an engine in his 53 Ford.Only took us a month.Neither of us knew a whole lot but we surely learned.I also got stopped by the cops for the first time driving his sister's 54 Ford down to the local store for cigarettes and Coke.Stopped 4 more times for the same reason before I was 16 and nearly went to reform school for it.For the younger crowd;reform school was like a juvenile prison.

Got my first car a couple years later;a 1933 Hudson coupe for $5.The local hot rod club had bought it as a race car project and had given up on it after a few months.Swapped it for a 29A tudor cut down into a phaeton and then swapped that for 3 motorcycles or parts of them.

The one I most regret getting rid of was one I didn't build but should have.A 41 Ford convertible chopped and channeled,fenders raised in front and 50 Buick quarters grafted on with a half trunk and continental tire.Had a 283 Chevy in it adapted to the Ford trans.I swapped it for some striping on a friend's 50 Merc,pulled the engine for my 60 sedan delivery and(gasp)junked the 41!No one was building old customs in 1973.

I guess my favorite car is my 55 Safari that I've owned since 94 and have put around 165,000 on.

Really wish I had kept that 41.

 

63 here and bought my first and favorite (so far) car in 1959. 1929 Model A coupe. Painted it black with a white striped beltline, original banger with an overhead conversion. 16 inch Kelsey Hays, juice brakes, and white naugahyde interior, all done by myself.

 

66 here, My first car was 1949 Buick 2dr fastback I bought for $48.00 when I was 17 in 1958. Next was my favorite a candy blue 1953 Chevy convertible. (wish I still had it). Now I'm kinda in love with my Buick Wagon. I'll keep at it til the bodys not willin.

 

Happy Birthday Ray. My wife will be 64 on Sunday but I'm not going to equate her to a interesting ride

 

Three rules for old guys,If you dont get these, youre reading the wrong thread.

1. Piss whenever you can.
2. Dont try to sneek a fart..You'll crap your pants
3. Never, Ever Ever waste a hardon. Do something with it..[/QUOTE]

Had an older fellow tell me once that the way you can tell if your getting old is when you start having wet farts and dry dreams.

Damned if he didn't know what he was talkin about!

 

Glad to see so many old farts on here. I'll soon be 66 but my eyes still see everything just like I was 16.(don't know who that old fart is or where he comes from that I see in the bath room mirror every morning) Love all types of cars especially old american cars. My favorite car was a 50 mercury custom I had when I was in high school. Can't get that one back but I have a 50 and a 51 merc now that I will start on when I finish my 53 post chevy chop top. A close 2nd would be my 29 ford, all steel ,blown, jag rear end, candy red, sedan delivery.(It always won everywhere I took it) Sold it and I have been kicking myself ever since. I quit building cars in 1998 (57 270 horse corvette) but my youngest son (30) has got me fired up again and I am really enjoying it. I really like the HAMB. Seems to be a lot of good people on here! Thanks, BOBBY FORD

 

I'm 65 today. Had a 32 5 window in high school. My favorite car is the on I have now, chopped and channeled 31 tudor. I feel 19 every time I drive it.