Hey folks, thought I'd take a minute to introduce myself. I'm from Austin,Texas, been playing with cars and bikes for over 30 years. I cut my teeth on Muscle Cars, most recently I've been playing with motorcycles.I'm finally to the point where I can build a good old fashioned hot rod. It'll have a traditional influence with drag car styling. Someone on the board described their build as a traditional car that was updated thru the years for drag racing. That's pretty much what I'm aiming for. I plan on doing pretty much everything myself from mechanical to paint. I've ordered a '28 RPU from Last Refuge Hot Rod. So far I've got a 350/4 speed combo, '28 Grille Shell a set of big and little tires and a set of Hot Rod Steelies with '48 caps and ribbed trim rings. I ordered the wheels from Rally America. They were great to do business with and the wheels look fantastic. The first thing I did when I joined was become an Alliance member. What a cool deal and it's already paid for itself. I've been lurking for a while and have been really impressed by the talent, tech and the history. It looks like I can learn a lot while poking around on here. I've already bookmarked several threads that'll be real helpful down the road somewhere. Below is a link to some pics of my latest dabblings. Check out the folder line up on the left side of the page. I have a folder set up for the Custom bike I built a couple years back and the Katana that I pulled apart, cleaned up and painted. I still own both and ride the hell out of 'em I also have a folder started on my RPU build. I'm also helping build a '62 Galaxie that will be outfitted with all the Thunderbolt goodies. It belongs to a friend of mine and should be a great car when it's finished. http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/jj51/Lee_ATx/ Looking forward to meeting some of yall. See ya at the Round up! Lee
Lee, Got your car ready for delivery to round up, Cant wait to see the bands etc. Thanks for the Biz. Norb
Norb, that's great! I can't wait. It's been great working with yall. Peckerhead, thanks for the welcome.
greetings from sananto ,, ur rod sounds like a true texas terror in the makings! see yuh at the roundup!
Welcome aboard. Come out to the dog and duck on the 24th and meet some of the other folks in the area.
welcome to the board from south TEXAS!!!!!!!!! Good luck with your project, sounds like your well on your way.
Thanks, guys. Dreddybear, hope yall don't mind if I show up on the custom bike. It's as close to HAMB friendly as I have right now. It's be great to meet some of the local Hambers.
Sounds like you chose the same path I did. Started with the muscle cars, got into bikes, now I'm also building my first hot rod. Good luck with it!
Good luck with your build as well. I wish I could have 1 of everything but I guess I'm not smart enough to make the money it takes to have them all!
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