fun.....lol! Over the past few years, the number of women taking the Auto Service Tech and Collision Repair classes at my local college have increased. These aren't just interested in it as a hobby, but rather a CAREER...I'm glad to see it. One of these days, one closer to my age will turn up...hopefully before I'm in a nursing home...
"In any type of motorsports, gender should not, and does not matter. That "RACER" in the next lane is looking to kick your ass! Thats all you need to know". Women make a real contribution to the automotive hobby. I have the pleasure of knowing many, who do just that. Thanks girls. Craig
You did hear how the government is trying to BAN lead based bullets right? Talk about taking all the fun out of it.
Ryan, Cool pics bro. There is a junk yard outside of forest grove Oregon that has a pic of a wild eyed red headed jerm all covered with dirt a y block fuel pump in hand and a lithe little lady all dressed in white sitting on kids tool box. The pic, old and yellowing is still on the bulletin board in the office. The owner of the yard snapped it with his polaroid to show everyone that came in that he really didn't hate kids. That would have been somewhere in the neighborhood of 35 or 6 years ago. A lot can be done with just a little inspiration. Love the pics bro, thems real hot rod ladies.
I willl have to agree that "Hot Rod Chicks" that either get you started in the habit, help support the habit,or help do the work are worth hanging around. Maybe even marrying.................Maybe.
How in the world did I miss this originally? I just read through all the posts. Super thread. Women make everything better. I mean that in no demeaning way either. Be it hot rods, stock falcons or late model Mustangs. I'll go to shows on my own but it's always far better when my wife goes and she is nearly always ready to go. My neighbor back in the 70's use to bracket race her Plymouth Duster. It was a fairly new car at the time. She drove it to the grocery store and to the track on the weekends. I remember going out in the mornings and her times still on her windows. Some of you guys from the Cleveland area may remember her. Sam Ferguson. The car was Purple. Black vinyl top if I remember right.
just ran up on this thread. I have always been kinda a "tomboy", didn't grow up with a dad, but did have a mom who would occasionally take us to the sprint car races in West Memphis at Riverside. Always been into NASCAR. Met my hubby in 1999, he was drag racing the '37 chevy truck. Fell in love, got married, decided because of the kids ages(11, 13, 15) it would be better to put the truck back on the "street". We have put around 40,000 miles on the truck and been to innumerable shows. A few years ago we bought me a 37 chevy sedan project. About the same time people started approaching my husband about working on and building cars for them (and getting paid, lol) needless to say my project went to the wayside. In 2006 my husband quit his "real" job after 26 years to open a restoration/building/customizing shop. I work in the shop nearly every day. I have gone from just doing the nasty grunt work that anybody could do, to actually cutting out pieces that need to be patched, taking apart motors and a few more technical things. I just registered at my local Community College to take the Collision repair course in the fall so that I can take some more of the responsibility off my husband and work on my own car. I love cars!! I love looking at them and the feeling you get when you see a completed one going out the door. Or you see one going down the road and you know that you helped put it there!!
Whoa Momma, that babe in blue that has the curves that match the curves of a Bonneville racer, well you know what I mean, now, what was I saying ????
thanks for unbarring this thread, a good women is one that gets her hands dirty on a car, or supports you decission on your hot rod love that 2nd pic though, a women on a mission
I just came accross this thread, and I had to put my two cents worth in. My wife of nearly 20 years is not into cars, but is always willing to help me in the gararge if I ask her. In fact, there is often times that I can't figure something out or get my big paws into the cramped space that they need to go, and she is always there for me! Is she a "hotrod chick"? No, I can't even get her to go to the Back to the Fifties gig every year, but she tolerates me and all my car related foibles, and that's good enough for me. Still have to say, at the risk of being called a dirty old man, that the lady in the first pic on this thread and Jungle Pam do brighten my day! Brian
I know that these are not hot rod pix ,, we race vintage karts and these things are a handful . I am sure that a good share of you may have ran them back in the sixties . These are pix of my wife running our 61 Simplex with medium twin AH58 Power Products engines burnning alky . This thing will squeal the back tires . If you look close at the third pic she is drifting it thru the corner at the end of the long straight . The front wheels are crossed and the back end is hanging out . You should see the smile on her face when she comes off the track . It warms my heart to see her so happy . This year I/we and I do say we are building her a P.P. 61 set on kill . Everything that we have done as a couple she has beat me at . She is a very determined and skilled woman . The fourth pic is at the GSTA show this year Brian
Denim of the time this pic was taken was much heavier than todays thin stuff. Notice how that thick soft denim hugs like something staged today. It makes it so smooth with no panty line! Thongs wenen't common panies back then, ya know. I dunno, just a detail about that photo that I noticed years ago while enjoying it.
[quote ht seen some great gals right on on this website,Denise,Miss Print etc and the girls on Hotrod apprentice and American Hotrod,I work surrounded by guys,a bit of female input is real refreshing
Yep, in fact it was the WOMEN during WWII, working in Aircraft as "Heliarc welders" because of their skill in patience & steadyness required in those aluminum projects. They also worked side by side in the shipyards with guys using regular "Arc welding" in putting ship sections together all during the war!!!-------------Don
Shit, there still are a ton of women working here in the shipyard. Welders, sheetmetal fabricators, etc. I'm trying to get 'em into the old cars now.
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