Whats the #1 question that pisses you off when the car was built ?

It's not limited to primered cars either,my A coupe is done in dark grey PPG single stage urethane, not show quality by any means but I think tastefully done and pretty shiney for a driver, had a soccer mom walk up to me at rhinebeck this year and ask me if it was the "permanent" color. I just answered yes and laughed it off, whats the use. I have also had the nice roadster comment a couple of times ( it's fenderless and hoodless ), Even had a kid at a gas station tell me "now thats a real hot rod, I've always wanted a T Bucket", go figure.

 

I am still amazed when someone sees the '34 roadster pickup(half-built, but the body, doors and all, IS on there)and see the '41 cab, that is also in the driveway(for the next project) and ask "is that going on there?"

 

Aw, man, don't you know???? ANYTHING that's lower than stock height is a lowrider?
Just yesterday, at the local McDonalds, a guy stares at my Harley(RoadGlide) and says in a know-it-all tone, "nice bike"...."looks like a lowrider"....
I know, I know--Harley made a thing called a lowrider.......but it didn't have a fairing and saddlebags

Really, the question that irks me most(and usually comes from people who know me and my occupation)--------

"did you paint that yourself?"

Jesus-Christ-on-a-bicycle! I own a body shop for Pete's sake!!! Who do you think painted it????? Sometimes I just tell 'em I got a KILLER deal at Earl Scheib's

 

Questions & comments i hate.

My plymouth,. The one i keep getting is "you should fix it up and sell it".

My beetle.You should put a V8 in it. Why doesn't it have a radiator?
Is that a 65? No its a 72.How much did you pay for it? I Know a guy who got one for free.

But i love it when older people tell me their stories.

 

Tow truck driver who had just told me about the late 60s bronco that he was making into a rock crawler (so at this point I'm assuming he knows something about cars) looks down at my 235 in-line 6 and asks, "Is this a 327 or a 350?" I said "huh?", a couple of times to see if he would realise what he just asked, he didn't!

 

A kid at school asked me if i saw the black 31 chevy up the street that was for sale, so i promptly drove up there, when i arrived, it was a 59 chevy pickup that wasnt for sale.

 

who built that

 

well at least wash them once in a while

 

Could be the guys that think my Studebaker Lark is a Rambler. Or the ones who say how long since they have seen a head like the one on my Plymouth four. Yeah I guess so. I only made one. Or the people who ask where I bought the hot rod parts for the Ply. But the best one was a younger guy in a gas station who was telling me all about Bonneville. Said he had gone there with Rich Fox when he set the record.

 

Oh when ya gonna paint it and is that ever cute. And all the rest I read on here. John

 

I have another one, some 16 year old kid just asked me, about a half hour ago.
"What kind of system you have in this"
Referring to the sound system I'm assuming.
"I don't need a system" was my reply.

 

Im 16 and i could care less about a system!

 

I forgot about the other one I get quite a bit (my 49 is on bags) "How do you drive it that low?"

 

MY favorite:

"Is this car YOURs?"

 

haha!! when i had my 32 ford pickup, i used to get nice roadster, or worse, is that your t-bucket!!

 

guys motor out of his truck, sittin' on the stand, rods hangin' outta the oiof the pan, oil so black and thick it won't drain out, guy looks at me dead serious and says, "well what do you think caused that?"

 

hmmm.....

#1 What color are you going to paint it? GRRRRRRRR!!!

 

That's cool! My kids get a huge kick outta somebody treating them to something special. Then all of a sudden they're not just taggin' along, but a part of the action!

 

I know a lot of guys who own Model A's, 32's, etc. have heard "nice dune buggy" come out of someone's mouth more than once.

 

Who needs a radio when ya got...."MOCK, YEAH, ING, YEAH, BIRD, YEAH"....

(ahem sorry)

 

I get asked if I ".....actually drive it". Uh, yeah.

 

Most of these aren't stupid questions......a stupid question would be.."Is this your bowling ball"???......why not give the citizens a break, most are just curious and actually want to know if you are going to paint it, or if it is a v8....and I'm pretty sure an inline 6 could be a v8....or a bowling ball.

 

What Hatch said...

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