Hello from Maryland

I'm 37, married, and have 3 kids. I live in Maryland and work as a systems engineer near D.C.
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I've been into cars since I was a teen. My father is an old-style hot-rodder from New England and I caught the bug from him. I have a '31 Ford Coupe, 283, 4" chop, 4" channel. It had the standard 1x4 carb setup until 2006 when I began working on getting my Hilborn setup streetable (almost there). I've had the car for about 15 years. The car has made 4 trips up and back to the Boston area (driven, not trailered) and can usually be seen at the Street Rod Nationals in York, PA.

So that's my story in a nutshell. I started searching for information to help get the Hilborn ready and was lead back to the H.A.M.B a few times and figured I would join.

Jay

 

Hey Jay,
Welcome to the HAMB,you're gonna love it here.
Carl from Western Maryland

 

Welcome aboard...I think you'll find this community and site very enjoyable and quite addictive...I'm a native Maryland Eastern Shoreman who now lives in Michigan working in the car industry. Maryland is a great place to be a car nut...you're within driving distance of many events along the eastern seaboard.

 

Welcome aboard!!! Good to see another taxed to death Marylander here!!

Jody from Carroll County.

 

Where about in CC? I live in Westminster just off 140 near the Plumb Crazy Diner.

Jay

 

Jay, that's one hell of a drive from 140 to the DC area. Welcome from Baltimore beltway....Parkville specifically

 

Thanks everyone for the welcomes.

Yeah, it takes me about an hour to get in (I leave at 4:30am) and about an hour and a half to get home. I actually work in Greenbelt, so its not ALL the way into D.C., but close enough.

Jay

 

Welcome, Jay, from Southern Maryland. Good to have you here. You'll enjoy every minute on the H.A.M.B..........Don.

 

Hampstead area. Just outside of town near Albanstown Inn.

 

welcome jay..

 

Welcome to the board from Baltimore.

 

Welcome from West Georgia. Let's see some pics.
Cooter

 

Here you go. These are some pics my dad posted on another site last year, but they give you the idea.

Jay

 

Great looking machine you have there jspero.!!!! what heads you got on yur 283 / tranny???? welcome

 

Welcome! I live in F'fax and work in Crystal City.

Are you familiar with the Jalopy Showdown- just over the border in PA? It's Saturday, 17 May. Save the date.

 

Thanks! The heads are Corvette FI double hump heads with 2.02 valves. The tranny is an M21 close ratio. The 283 is bored to 4" with pop-up pistons.

Jay

 

welcome from OR!

 

cool car jay i like the set up i see another young rodder to keep the tradtion alive welcome to the hamb

 

So you can probably smell the piss and beer puke from your house.

 

Odd to say hey here since you're just down the road from me. I'm a couple miles up 140 at Old Baltimore. Give a shout anytime.

 

welcome