I am 5 months late introducing myself. Whenever I read a thread where newbies get thrashed for not following the rules and doing the intro first I kick myself a little. So I will take my lumps now. Better to take an ass whipping now than wait for one later. My fondness for old cars came from my Grandfather who was a Model T guy. The first one I remember was just a T chassis with no body. But it ran great, had the buz box coils, hand crank, no starter, etc. When I was about 5 he built me a go cart from an assortment of lawn mower parts. I drove the wheels off that thing. Born and raised in southwest Ohio area. First car was in 1977: a '70 Nova 2 door: 230 6 banger, 3 speed, Forest Green. I added G-60's, Cragar S/S wheels and white racing stripes. Made a split exhaust manifold for it with dual thrush mufflers. Got the jones for a Model A in the early 80's and started building '31 Coupe.. no money no tools, started with a stock, tired, bare Model A frame. Life got in the way, school, marriage, bought a house, yadda, yadda, yadda. Eventually finished the chassis and lucked into a very nice '31 Tudor Model A body for it. Drove the car for the first time in the early 90's. 355 SBC, auto, 12 bolt. Fenderless, chopped, z'd, deuce grille, no hood, grey primer. Next rod was a '27 RPU. Built this one from the ground up too but started with a set of new deuce rails. Pinched, stepped and bobbed the rails to fit the Model T RPU body. Made the rear suspension from scratch, 4 triangulated 4 bar with air bags. Junkyard drive train, 302 Ford, 4 speed SROD tranny, 9 inch Ford. Had this car almost finished in about 2 years and then moved to Denver CO. Once I built a new shop I finished the RPU: Fenderless, hoodless, '34 grille shell, A/R Salt Flat rims, goodrich 4 ply pie crust rubber, red oxide primer. Found a very nice survivor '69 SS Camaro in Colorado Springs. One owner 3-speed Muncie. A matching numbers car, it didn't need much. Made it "mine" by setting it up the way we did in the 70's: headers, Purple Hornie header mufflers, new rear springs, traction bars, A/R TTO's. Current project is a '65 Chevy C-10 stepside short bed. SBC, Muncie 4-speed.
Welcome, nice cars (& trucks)! You might want to join the Colorado social group to keep up on what is going on locally too.
Howdy. Nice smattering of cars. LOVE the 27. Colorado is so great. So many cool places to cruise too.
Personal reply: I am proud to see your attitude as expressed in you comment about standing behind our troops, or as an alternative, in front of our troops. I am named after Grandfather Sr., Father Jr., I am the III, and my son IV. He returned from Afghanistan last week, safely, but still can not talk about what he does. I well understand that, but it makes for short conversations. Senior, Junior, the third, and the fourth were or are all soldiers. I think it is genetic. More likely just a family attitude. Thanks for your comment. It is a good wake up call this morning. LinwoodCIII
If You Can't Stand Behind Our Troops Perhaps You Should Stand In Front Of Them !! Personal reply: I am proud to see your attitude as expressed in you comment about standing behind our troops, or as an alternative, in front of our troops. I am named after Grandfather Sr., Father Jr., I am the III, and my son IV. He returned from Afghanistan last week, safely, but still can not talk about what he does. I well understand that, but it makes for short conversations. Senior, Junior, the third, and the fourth were or are all soldiers. I think it is genetic. More likely just a family attitude. Thanks for your comment. It is a good wake up call this morning. LinwoodCIII
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