"That's a cute dune buggy"

I almost forgot about the lady at Hardee's behind the counter talking about how she collects cars too. (Squablow's "collector car" made me remember).

She's lookin at the 53, she says that's really cool and says she collects cars too. Goes on this whole list of all these cars and of course they're all taken from the 'all holy' top 20 list of best cars ever ya know?

Now mind you this is one of those big lazy black lady types.
(If I would have said "white" no one would have thought I was being racist, well she wasn't white she was black so suck it.)

She goes on about how she's restored them, how hard they are to work on but how it's all worth it in the end. She talks about how fast some of them are and on and on.

I think she's either fuckin with us or just lying through her teeth. Then she says "yeah I try to get a new one everytime I go to the truck stop."

Fuckin model cars.. wtf? I'm thinking "lady you should try working on the real thing" but instead I was so shocked at this point all I could do was just be polite to the retarded lady.. "yeah, that's nice."

 

Haha NO! you prob misunderstood them, im sure they were just talking about there caddy and wanted everyone to know they loved there car so much.

 

I worked in a public school, the kids in the wing where I parked knew when lunch time was because they'd hear me start the car. Anyway, after a year of people making little comments here and there and me not really thinking it bothered anyone bad they designated another teacher to say something.
Her "Yeah, your car is really loud."
Me "Yeah, isn't it cool"
Her "oh, it's supposed to sound that way." and walked off.
They were defeated so easily I still laugh about it. Even now when we pick our boys up the teachers say "You're parents are here, I hear their car."

 

that is the greatest thing i think i have ever heard....mater tech me

 

my bad missed a letter i meant master the other way just sounds all brokeback mountain and shit

 

You get some interesting ones for sure. I've had one guy pull up next to me at a light and was just completely amazed that I got a car running with a "boat" motor in it.

 

That's ironic, my 49 Lincoln(merc like) has been called a Hudson at least 3 times.

 

I actually had an old fiberglass VW dune buggy sitting next to the barn for a while and quite a few people stopped to ask how much I wanted to get for the "Hot Rod"

That's just weird....

 

in Australia we got more stude trucks than cars!

 

Hell, I never saw an Aussy sold Stude. Saw some trucks though.....

 

yeah i have a daughter that can pick a rod from 100yards at a recent nostalgia meet ther was a mass turn up from the GT Falcon(Aussie 70s muscle car) car club who were not real happy that they had to set up off the main street as the main street was for rods and customs only ,we were walking past the president of the club whilst he was arguing with the promoters over not being included in the main event when my 3 year old looks at his rare gt phase 111 falcon and says" thats just a car Dad, we only like Hot Rods" to which the promoter turns and says "what she said " and then this clown starts abusing my girl ... needless to say a smack around the chops for this fool was on the cards until the promoter booted him out for yellin at us .........I was so proud of her!!!!!!!!

 

All through high school one of the jocks kept telling me.. We got an old roadster out on the farm.....and I always thought yeah right, probably a 4 door whatever and blew him off....

approximately 15 years later they were into circle track racing and asked my Dad to help set the car up. When they asked what Dad needed for payment he asked to trade for the '29 Model A roadster in the corner He got it free.

I learned a very improtant lesson that day....Never assume
Here it is now

 

Twice now I've had to tell disappointed women that I couldn't take her and her friend for a ride in my Corvette Coupe at the same time. It's funny to me to have to tell people that it's only a 2 seater.

 

try first generation mustang!

 

I've had a few winners so far in my Comet, but my favorites were when I was driving Datsun 510s. Apparently, EVERYONE either owned one or had a buddy that raced one in the 80s, and they ALL remember the speed "secrets" to unlock massive horsepower from the 1.6L stock motor:
-Chevy small block pistons AND cam! (they fit right into the bores of the L16!)
-Lots and Lots of Nitrous- "My buddy had one that pulled 11s!!"
-Corvair turbo setups, 4 barrel carbs, the list goes on and on.

I loved hearing these stories- it's kind of cool that our cars bring people back to their youth, even if their memories are a bit skewed!

 

Oh, as for the Comet, apparently the general public thinks any whine from under the hood MUST be a blower- I don't think anyone knows what a gear drive is!
I guess if it keeps me out of a race, then so be it! Let them think I'm fast!

 

I have had co-workers call my air bagged GMC a lowrider. Just because I let it down when I park. Uh yeah the plain red paint and stock interior just scream lowrider. And they really dont know that there is a difference from relatively stock truck and a car with hydrualics and candy paint. When I started taking my grand dad out to run his errands we took my truck (he doesn't have a car). He kept asking if I had a hole in the muffler and when the compressor kicked on he thought my truck was going to leave us stranded. He has refused to let me take him on errands unless we drive my wife's truck. He isn't senile, he just can't believe somebody would purposely do all that to a truck and is still allowed to drive it on public roads. He hasn't realized my wife's truck is lowered and is far from stock.

 

Almost everytime we take the roadster to a race track we will stop a store to get supplies (beer) and someone will ask "yall goin racin?" every now and again I will have a bug in my butt and say "Nope I just like to take it out and tow it around" ... heres your sign.

 

Just this week a guy came into the store, buyin' parts, we asked him what he's workin on- he said "I got an older Corvette" my Boss says "Oh yeah? what year?" guy says "an 88." almost bit thru my tongue........

 

We had a guy come by our shop with his daughter cause she was wainting to buy our nice "bug". well the bug is our41 plymouth 4dr sedan. I had told him is was not for sale, cause it was the only year the bug had 4 drs and only made 100 of them. He then said oh well, i can't afford that. made my day

 

I always get the "What is that, a Ford?" I say "Yeah, 31 Model A" Then it never fails, I always get the "Are you going to restore it?" Sure buddy, I am going to rip out the custom built frame and also put the 5 inches back in the top that is missing to make you happy.

However, the one that made me feel pretty good was the guy who said, "That thing looks like a hot rod straight out of the 50's. Has it been sitting in a barn or something all this time?" He was quite suprised when I told him the car was just completedthis past year.

 

I will never forget the first time I took my model a out to the local cruise night for the first time..no one had ever seen it before since I had finished it 2 weeks before, and when I pulled in, the man putting on the show said a sentence I will never forget in my life. With a very confused look on his face he said, "I have never seen anything like this, wha- what is it? That is just weird, I have never seen anything like this before." I also love the look that people give me when they ask who built and did the work on the car. When I tell them that I did and im 18, their jaws just drop, it cracks me up

 

I like when people walk up and point out the obvious like...

"Damn that thing is long huh?"

"Or wow thats so low how do you drive it"

I always say like this and act like im driving. but i always get this the most...

"its gonna be a nice car when its done."

then im like

"It is done"

then they just look at me really suprised.

I think one of the best things ever was me and my buddies were cruising my extremely low 66 cadillac. and this lady pulls up next to us and says..."Damn that thing is low" i said "this, this aint low, (THEN I HIT THE SWITCHES FOR THE AIRBAGS LAID OUT THE CAR) Now its low!"

 

I guess im that guy that uses "lol" even when i dont "LAUGH OUT LOUD" just to say i thought something was funny. but when i read the "I have see through windows" comment i litteraly started laughing really fucken loud, now my wife thinks im crazy and spending too much time on this website.

 

I got a compliment on my duece coupe the other day, it sits right next to the road and im building it in my driveway, check out the pic

guess i got to get the title changed from 40 chevy truck to 32 coupe now..... I dont know how, but I guess i could try...

 

I pulled into a Taco Bell just as three elderly ladies are comming out. So I'm getting out of my T as they are walking by and they are all gawking at it. I'm thinking "here we go with the dune buggy, wheres the top, is it legal,etc." But they start complimnenting me on the paint job and flames and how nice it was. Then one say's "we used to call them T buckets. My boyfriend had one and it was so much fun...." The ladies started chatting about the good old days. Totally blew me away. That was a nice surprise and it was cool that my car could bring back some good memories to some folks.

 

Sadly, those times are few and far between. Having said that, there's nothing better than running into someone who gets it. Kinda makes everything that we go through worthwhile.

 

Did ya get their phone #???? hahaha!



A similar thing happened to me.....pretty neat....

 

Another different one. I overheard my girlfriend talking to her friend a couple weeks ago. Her friend starts talking about her Boyfriends new Civic and how it's a bad ass little hot rod. I heard my girlfriend say "It's not really a hot rod, My boyfriend calls them Gay-ass hondas."

Without taking offense her friend asks "What does you boyfriend drive?"

She reply's "He drives a 63 Mercury, but he's building a Model a Pickup that's chopped and channelled with a '55 331 Hemi with six dueces on top. That's a hot rod."

Not bad for a 23 year old chick. Her training is coming along nicely. I'm too lucky

 

I was watching a video on youtube a couple nights ago of a 55 chevy raceing another 55. people were posting about it and so i was reading the to see what they said. one kid posted "man those ford flathead V8's are heavy runners". I then posted actaully those are both 55 chevys i doubt they have ford mills in them. i checked it last night and he reposted saying "yeah sorry my mistake i meant chevy flatheads."