I signed up last week, even made a couple posts, but decided I should post an intro, so here goes..... I'm an old fart, 52 to be precise, and a certified gearhead. Cars, bikes, whatever else that made noise and looked kool was all I thought about as a kid. My dad and uncles used to take me to the airport drags in the mid-late fifties into the early sixties. We went to the stock car races on Saturday nights, starting when I was six. Those old chopped down coupes and sedans in the modified cl*** wound me up like a two-dollar watch! What Hot Wheels? When I was 5 or six, I started drawing hot rods and race cars, coloring them, then cutting them out and playing with them all around the house and yard. (my fifteen year old twin sons look at me like I'm from the planet stoopidzville when I say stuff like that) I cut and raked my first bicycle at 10, with the help of my dad. I "helped" the older neighbor kids build a plywood kar that vaguely resembled a chopped Model T, and filled in as test pilot when nobody else could get inside. I was 9-10. Halfway down the hill, the front axle decided it didn't care to go to the bottom, turned left, and caused us to barrel roll a few times, resulting in catastrophic damage to the kar, but I emerged un****hed! Thank goodness for the 2X4 roll bar! Anyhow, you get the picture.... I went through chopped and raked bikes, a mini-bike or two, dirt bikes, street bikes, choppers, bobbers, hot rods, Detroit muscle, all in a low-tech, lobucks fashion. I built a couple V6 trikes, just to see what they would turn out like, I've raced stock cars (and trucks), and am currently building a 1956 Plymouth 2dr post into a daily-driven g***er-inspired rod with a 440. I live in a town of around 50 people in the mountains of Colorado, at 7,600 feet of elevation. I do custom painting as a hobby, weld for a living, and build race cars and other stuff for fun in my "spare" time. I have a pair of fifteen year old sons, and their mother and I are pretty damned comfortable together, after nearly seventeen years. Hope to be here for awhile, learning what I can. You never know, I might even know the answer to a question someday. My web page
Welcome, Animal! Keep us posted on the progress of the Ply G***er. You should name your story "From Ply-wood to Ply-g***er"
Welcome, you will have fun here. That Mopar looks pretty damn straight, should be a cool car . Where the hell is Hooper? I've lived here all my live and cant place where it is!
Welcome Animal, lot of similarities in our younger years (we're the same age). Hope you enjoy the HAMB experience! -slacker www.geocities.com/tbuckit1/index.html
Thanks, guys. CO51, Hooper is about 20 miles north of Alamosa on Hwy17. It's in the San Luis Valley. Where are you located? ** Drive On, your art is great! I love the coupe in the snowstorm. ** Slacker, it does appear that we may be somehow cosmically related. Thanks again to all for the welcome. I think I've found a new hang-out!
Welcome to "Our World", life in the fast lane, and on the back streets. Hey bud, keep your nose above the snow....Fred
Welcome to the HAMB. Way better intro than the new gal. Plus a cool website to boot and all you have is one page? Just ain't right. You shoulda come on and said "I have ****s" and you'd have three or four pages. Anyway welcome and enjoy.
You filled out your bio. You did a good intrld guy. can add knowledge to the board.You race so I think you will fit in fine. Welcome.Now a few questions what is the mini stock? Toyota or arrow? One last thing if you are into old stock cars a group of racers are in your state I will pm you with contact info if you want it. Bobby..
The mini-stock was a Mustang II fastback with the b-pillars cut out (couldn't help myself; that thing looks cool as a hard-top!) Thanks, guys. I feel right at home.
rustyford, I took your advice & edited the thread ***le....we'll see if that does any good. LOL Thanks for the suggestion!
welcome to the hamb animal. looks like you are a do it all kinda guy. that Belvedere looks to be in pretty good shape. should be fun to work on. now, about those ****s. trey
Damn you got me. I wanted to see the ****s, now I think I'll p***. Welcome I think you'll like it here, you seem to grasp the vibe already.
[ QUOTE ] Thanks, guys. CO51, Hooper is about 20 miles north of Alamosa on Hwy17. It's in the San Luis Valley. Where are you located? [/ QUOTE ] Im in Westminster; just outside of Denver. Beautiful area down there. Ive been all around this state but I can say I have never been to Hooper! Have fun
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