Projects I bought a street rod,me and my big mouth

No harm,no foul. HRP

 

Danny, it was a nice gesture for both of you with him wanting you to have it and you getting it. I would take any opportunity I could to get him out in it or visit him with it. As for changes remove some of the obvious billet jewelry but keep it simple. Let the wife drive it too !

 

I would love to sneak up on a nice street rod like that.

A more cl***ic steering wheel and some chrome interior door handles and cranks would tone it down enough where I could live with it.

 

"A friend in need is a friend indeed."

Good for you Danny.

(Now that you're stylin', you can sell me that old ugly black c-dan)

 

Nothing wrong with that car, it's 1000% better than anything that has been sold new in the last 40 years! At least it's hot rod RED, and not pastel peach! I would drive it proudly! Nothing wrong with being comfortable, either. Everybody has their own vision of how a car should be done, and while it might not fit everybody else's vision, it was somebodies vision at some point. It's not overdone, subtle enough to look at home most anywhere. I know your friend hated to see it go, but was glad he knew it went to a good home. Best of luck to him and to you.

 

You done good. Now drive it.

 

If you decide to use the red sedan as a step'n stone to a Henry roadster; I'll be as happy for you as I would be jealous.
And about the red car for your wife; it's good my wife doesn't visit HAMBLAND.

 

Well done Danny - all the way around. Going to the Charlotte Swap?

Lee

 

Danny would it not be a hoot to make both your sedan and the new one very similar so you could drive one of them to one show then drive the other one to the next show and tell them you just painted it!!

 

Danny, you did well, for a good cause.

 

I just have to say it. STREETRODPRIMER(PAINT) has a nice ring to it. And, just think, NOW you will be able to cruise to another state and back SUCCESSFULLY. Oh, **** ! Just a little humor. Sorry to hear about your buddy.

 

You guys are going to keep talking **** about "streetrods" until you end up on Ryan's personal **** list. I know; I have been there a while. P.S. You can send that beater down the road for 7 or 8 grand and really be set up. Kinda kidding, HRP(SRP).

 

FRUIT SALAD FABRIC ? ? ? O M G. Danny, DON'T DO IT ! ! !

 

.............C'mon Gary, play along.

 

BLASPHEMY!
Now make that thing respectable looking and drive it like you stole it!

All kidding aside, GOD bless your friend, I pray he gets to the point where he still has some good quality of life.

 

I didn't realize you were a comedian! HRP

Oh,I'm sure Brenda will drive the sedan but she has her wagon and it's her favorite. HRP

 

^^^^^^^^^^What my fellow Vagabond said!

Purplepickup? I forget his name?

 

It came from Arizona ? That s'plains the A/C. This past June the temp was 115 degrees in Yuma.

 

Yes,Rene' bought the car at the L.A. Roadster show and the owner was from Arizona. HRP

 

I know I originally said I wasn't going to change anything but I ran across a couple of chrome hinge mounted mirrors in my parts stash and I am going to remove the peeling painted billet mirrors that are on the car now and add these,a small change but a vast improvement IMPO.,plus this one doesn't cost anything.HRP

 

That's how it starts..... LOL

 

Just stepped over the precipice of the slippery slope... That didn't take long...

 

Your not trying to "BLUFF" me ,are you George? HRP

 

George, don't bug HRP too much, or He won't post the change he is making next after the mirrors!

 

Ya notice in that last HRP post that he has the hoods up stealing engine parts off two late models for th red 32? What's next?
It's good to see all the great comments and compliments given and taken. Just shows there are a lot of great HAMBERs here that get it! HotRedPrimer is ready with plan "B"

 

Purplepickup? I forget his name?[/QUOTE]

Tman, Your memory is very good. He is purplepickup. (George) The truck is well built, but a style that was popular about 25 years ago. Which brings up a point, should you change it into something that is popular today or restore it to the time it was built? If all the traditional hot rods were changed into something that was popular as trends changed, what would be left of the original hot rods today?

John

 

I was reading all the reply's this morning and thinking the exact same thing. HRP

 

Hot rod trends are cyclic. Keep the sedan the way it is and some day it may be "cool" again. Glad to see John got George's ["purple pickup" here on the HAMB] truck. It's a cool little chevy truck. George had it out at Bonneville a few years back...Wish I'd known it was for sale.

 

So, I showed my son the pics in this thread. ( He's 12 ) He said "That's cooool!" Then he added "But, it's not the kind of car that is normally on that site."
The trained eye of a 12 yr. old pointed out "The windows on the cars on the hamb aren't normally dark like that. The license plate looks weird. ( I ***ume the frenching, not the message. ) The wheels too... needs different wheels."
HRP? I'm ***uming if you can fix a couple issues, my son will approve. Hopefully Evans approval will mean something to you.

 

You know kids have a critical eye and he brought up something I never relay noticed,the gl*** does indeed have a darker tint,typical of the style when the car was built. HRP