Lurker from Texas stepping out into the light of the H.A.M.B.

Howdy Y'all,

My name is Roger and while I'm new to this forum, I grew around old cars and learned how to keep one on the road from a fairly early age. Like many guys, I entered into the corporate life to support myself and my family and while the interest in old cars never completely went away, the time, place, and energy to work on my old car seemed to be difficult to come by regularly and the old car ('65 GTO) was parked in 1989.

Eventually in 2003, my corporate en***y became more than I wanted to endure, so after 30 years, I retired in a desire to pursue more enjoyable work. I always had a strong interest in guns, and there are a lot of gun shows in Texas, so I began selling guns for other dealers at gun shows on weekends. Due to also having an interest in woodworking, I began making custom handgun grips for some of my personal guns. Other folks asked if I could make them grips and before long, the demand for my custom grips turned into a full time enterprise. Because I enjoyed the people encountered as well as the work, it was like a dream doing what I liked, where I liked it, on my own schedule.

I have two boys that are also into old cars and they both kept telling me that I ought to come with them to car shows. They told me however that my '65 GTO was "too new", and that I needed to get an older car like these guys on the H.A.M.B. I knew a guy at the gun shows that had an old Model A hot rod in storage. I began to pursue the guy to sell me the car, and it took three years before he allowed to go to his storage site to see it. It was a '29 Ford Special Coupe with an early Chevy 283 and I was hooked. Negotiations ended with me paying way more than I thought the car was worth just to close the deal without stringing it out any longer.

My boys helped me load the coupe onto my trailer to take it home. Once unloaded, the work to get it running began, and it's never been on a trailer since. The registration and inspection had expired 12 years prior, and I suspect that's how long the car had been in storage. I have replaced or repaired a great deal to get the car road worthy while striving to maintain the "traditional" nature of the hot rod. Two years after purchase, it still needs the interior finished as well as paint work, but I would confidently drive the little coupe as far as my **** could stand it.

I'm looking forward to enjoying my new hot rod friends. Thanks for inviting me aboard.

Roger

P.S. - When reading the rules for this forum, I find that my '65 GTO is not "too new", so my boys are gonna get schooled on exactly what OT means.

 

Welcome to the board from Justin TX

 

Welcome. Great intro. Looks like you've come to the right place. Enjoy your HAMBtime.

 

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