My INTO...

I've been a HAMB reader for some time, but never posted before. I get too much spam mail as is! HAMB gets a bad rap on other boards, totally unjustifited... usually.

Anyhow, I'm Steve and I live in Michigan and work for one of the 'big 3'. I've had muscle cars, sports cars, race cars, a Harley, a dunebuggy (still have), etc., but no rods. I've always loved rods, but never took the dive until this project. Four years ago I decided a family style drop top was needed, so I imported from Argentina a '35 Ford Convertible Sedan. Super nice body, but missing some really hard to find stuff. I've since managed to find the missing stuff, but have not started the project yet. Building a new house, and then a almost finished 40' x 60' pole barn this spring, came first.

For the '35 I plan stock sheetmetal (maybe lowered headlights), no doughnut on the back, front nerf bars, lowered with 17"/18" 5-spokes, and motivated by some type of supercharged Ford (flat or OHV, I haven't decided). Door handles and exposed hinges a must... and NO BILLET ****!

When the kids have moved out I can upgrade to a '32 3W...

 

Welcome and thanks for the INTO? Good lookin lil conv there!

blake

 

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There are other boards? And you spelled intro wrong.

 

Where?......bad rap? is that kinda like BIZ MARKIE or the FRESH PRINCE?

 

nice lookin convert indeed. you won't likely pull up alongside another one of those at a cruise night. where abouts you from. i'm near Lansing and also work for one of the "BIG 3". can you guess which one?? great to see another Michigander get onboard. when you get to workin on that 35 get ahold of me, maybe i can be of some help.... oh yeah, watch for info on the Hot Rod Rumble i'll be hosting 4th of July saturday this year. you can come out and meat lots of HAMB folks, eat some grub and down a cold one (or several if you like).

Mike Brimm

 

hey, Biz Marke wasn't THAT bad....



from one newcomer to another.... welcome.
keep us posted on the progress... looks like it's gonna be a nice ride....

 

nice 35 convert. keepin' the ol' wires with some new bias white walls mite a nice attraction on that machine. lookin' forward to the soon progress of her. and welcome aboard for a heck of a ride buddy...

 

Yeah, yeah. Can't live without spell check... I N T R O

I live in Pinckney, not far from Lansing. My brother has a '40 (Ford, what else?) Tudor I ride shotgun in, when available.

I'll look for all you other locals to come over and help lift that body off when the time comes!

 

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When the kids have moved out I can upgrade to a '32 3W...

[/ QUOTE ] WTF? you must be on dope! i would rather have a bad*** tub that NOBODY else has over 3W ANY day!

 

look for CherryBlossom and me rollin around in her Black and Limetime green slammed 64 Beetle this summer. cool buggy!

 

That '35 is gonna make a cool hotrod!

Who'd you copy that hood from?

Welcome to the HAMB, too.
Bummer we're gonna have to kick your *** in the big Wisconsin-Michigan rumblepalooza...

Actually, it might end up being a love fest...
Ya never know.

Either way, welcome...


JOE

 

Welcome aboard, nice intro. I love the droptop and looking forward to watching it's progress. I usually head thru your cool little town on my way to Hell!

 

welcome to the hamb. maybe we'll see you at the hot rod rumble this summer. nice to see another michigander on the hamb!

 

Hi , That,s a neat tub you got there.Quite rare too.
There,s one on Ebay right now,I think your,s will be on the
road before this one.

 

Another gay Michigan *****. That's cool. Welcome. Do you know about the GMB initiation
Hey hatch .... we got another one .

 

Your '35 RULES! Welcome aboard.

 

Some poor Argentinian is missing his old Ford now. That should be a fine ride for you. Welcome to the HAMB

 

Another employee of the Big 3(isn't it 2 now, those Germans had to ruin it). Who do you work for and what do you do there? Welcome.

 

cool car, dont try to fight the MGB stereotype, it will get you nowhere.

 

Steve, glad to see you did an intro. Looks like a cool project.
BTW...what size shirt do you wear?

 

I must'a missed seeing the last GMB (MGB) parade you guys were in on St.Patrick's Day... Anyway, I work in Dearborn, so you can guess which one of the 'big 3' (don't include Toyota).

As for the '35, should I leave it RHD? Just kidding. Last time I drove a RHD here I kept going over the center line!

The buggy is Corvair 140HP powered, and really skoots! My 7 yr old says it's faster than his 5hp go cart.

 

OMG! This dude has the car from "Reefer Madness!!!"

 

Yikes, you drive from Pinckney to Dearborn, then back.... everyday.......

 

Yeah!!!! were ALL gay michigan *****es.Thatthss SsThuper! Grew up in howell , close enough to hell.place is packed with nazis & white left extremists. Stop hanging out at that bowlin alley too. welcome aboard . swaZZie INTO uh too tu 2 tew teui dos amore pablo escobar

 

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I've been a HAMB reader for some time, but never posted before. I get too much spam mail as is! HAMB gets a bad rap on other boards, totally unjustifited... usually.



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Shouldn't get much spam mail from us. But you just might make a friend or two.
I'm only speaking for myself but don't really care about the bad rap justified or not. One of the few places in the world I can hang out and be myself. Then don't have to hang my head when I run onto the afore mentioned friend or two.
Said all that to say this, WELCOME to the best place in cyberspace to be a real rodder and share ideas and info.
You'll do fine
The PknBner

 

Maybe hour and ten minutes, no big deal. That's what it takes to get a nice chunck of property for the barn! Those LA sun-tan types should relate to long commute times. My '01 Windstar has 95K and counting.

 

Wow , that is a long ride. I drove from Howell to greek town for a while , was worth it though.

 

Oh yah . . HEY DOnzie . I still haven't gotten my shirt ! Send it to Germ TM first though so he can sPelunk it for me .I don't plan on washing it. thanx

swaZZie

 

Nice car. Can you tell me more about the import process. I remember seeing a company in Argentina that specializes in exporting old cars, but I can't remember the name. Whas this process fairly painless? Who did you purchase from? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

The '35 was purchased from doctor father and son team named Kaplan, who did at one time advertise in Hemmings and on a website. Not sure if they are still in business, but last I saw they were pushing 'old car tours' in Argentina. They arranged for all the shipping to a US port. The shipping company contacted me to arrange rail shipping to Detroit. I had to get a import expediting commpany locally to clear the customs paper work. In all, it was about $3500 to get it here. Only pause was convincing the Customs agent that it was not a foreign car, but a repatraited US car (sent there as a knock down kit originally).

The BIG problem was getting these overseas sellers to give me real details about what I was actually getting. They would send me 4 or 5 generally fuzzy pictures and no description. I would send back (e-mail) 5 or 10 questions asking about specific parts, or the condition of stuff. They would answer maybe 1/2 the questions with only a 'yes' or 'no' type answer. It turns out that parts they said were included were either homemade copies (unusuable), too bad to use, or incomplete. The stuff I had to come up with in the end (top irons, door garnish, etc.) were unique to the convertible sedan and REALLY hard to find.

With today's ebay rip-offs when buying something sight unseen, I'd be reluctant to do it again. In the long run it did not save me that much when the shipping is figured in.