Does your wife/girlfriend like the hotrod scene

My girlfriend (of 8 yrs) doesn't mind saying "our" car or taking it for a drive but trying to get her to do something as simple as bleeding the brakes is like getting blood from the stone.

 

Met my wife after loosing my rods to a leaving of the minds, and loosing a mate to cancer I met my wife who had two restro rods, and she is more into it than me. Now we have fun going to all the shows and enjoying the fun of hot rods. 38 chev and 41 packard convertable

 

likes the scene. just doesnt like me living in the garage and at the shows

 

my wife seems to accept it, but definetly doesn't go to the shows, or cruises. but understands that its my thing & it was part of my life long before I knew her, and its not changing.

 

My wife got tired of saying "our car" so now she takes her own truck to all the shows, I take MY car. lol

 

My wife refers to my car as "the other woman".
She does put up with my "I need $300.00 for a new whatever".

 

My wife bought me a 65 C-10 for my wedding present.....I told her I wanted to get married once a month....

 

When we spent our first winter in an apartment with a 327 under the kitchen table I knew that I found a keeper. That was many moons ago and now we have a little better living conditions but shes still good with it all

 

they are both into the cars and the scene. LOL!!!

 

Folks, I have to be the luckiest man alive!

Here are some thumbnails of my wife Pat (Assistant Crew Chief). We've been married now going on 37 years, and these are some random shots of her in our garage: smiling at the Nickey Funny Car front end; filling the Currie 9" with oil; checking clutch pedal travel; cleaning parts; using a 4 1/2" angle grinder on some wheel housings; doing some wiring in the trunk; masking off the roll bar; cleaning the wiring harness; and getting her hair caught in the creeper wheels -- ouch! What a trooper!

Does my wife like the hotrod scene - you betcha! She can't wait to launch it at 6 grand!

 

Well lets just say she hates that I am involved in the whole car thing and she thinks they are all ugly...... Well I say when I am gone and she sells them all for tons of money she will probably like them then. I also say she has been with me for almost 21 years now and if she hasnt accepted me being a car guy... she needs to jst deal with it!

 

actually my old lady just got a 55 chevy custom, I insisted on helping her pay it off mostly so I can regulate on what gets done and ensure no pink shit finds its way in to it.

 

My wife is all about it. She goes to most of the shows with me and loves it.

Kevin
Ooltewah Speed Shop

 

My girlfriend(mother of my little girl) does not care for it so much. She does not like me spending so much money on a car she says will never get done. She thinks it should be done every time I spend a $100 on it. But she will go to shows and rod runs with me, and she is starting to get it, Last year she even said she wanted me to get her a nova around 69-71 years. I was really proud of that comment.

 

Like sex, she's not interested..

 

She likes fast cars and prefers to daily drive a full size Chevy truck. Not so much into the old school stuff but she accepts that I am. We just started a V8 S-10 Extreme project for her. Whatever... As long as I have my stuff with no resistance from her.

 

Mine Loves going out for a ride and like to look at them, but cant seem to understand the pride that goes along with building your own... She'd rather me buy what I want than build it.

 

Mine loves the cars , she will set out there and polish and clean that car for hours just to go for a ride or to a show . She did my interior , helped wet sand , bought parts , did alot of the wiring , even goes to junk yards to help get parts for my other projects. Hell I think I better keep her.

 

My wife loved my motorcycle addiction before we had our daughter. Then I sold the big paperweight to get back into cars, hauling the kid worked better that way!

Then I sold the 53 chevy I first got and built my 49 Pickup. We used to go cruising around town but it didn't work very well with a car seat so I sold it. Now I am collecting parts for my Model A and about 4 weeks ago I was set on selling everything, I even called a few guys to tell them to get their money together and the first one that arrives walks away with it. I ran it past her and she refused to let me sell it.

She wants me to get the Model A started and get another 53 Chevy and never sell anything.

Here is here after I broke my 49 pickup on the way to my 1st Hunnert, never even made it. but we had fun waiting for my buddy and the trailer....



She loved the Rust Revival and looks forward to Pre 64 shows, she hates Muscle cars

 

she does,but also has a keen eye for old Aston Martins as well!!

 

This is the "Wife".....I LOVE HOT RODS....Been

 

She doesnt get it. "Why are you looking at that page again(HAMB)"
But she will have to live with it. Or leave.
Lars

 

My wife's first car, the Nova, she had over 20 years.
The '50 Burb is hers, I built it for her to drive.
The '29 A Sedan is mine. Can you guess the prioritys in my shop?

Lucky for me, she loves old cars, and keeps my A.D.D. ass in line!

 

Yeah my girlfriend likes it a little bit.

 

OOPPSS...hit the wrong key....Ron and I have been together since 1971. He built his '32 roadster by 1975 and told him I wanted my own '32. And about 1989 I got my 5-Windo you see in my avatar!! We drive everywhere, went cross country in 2006 to the LA Roadster show in our '32 Roadster---stopped at Goodguys Indy on the way!!! 1980-Memphis Street Rod Nationals, I have drag raced it once legally. Illegally I don't talk about!!! ha ha... Been to York, Pa too many times to count...Rhinebeck, NY......etc, etc, etc. As you can tell I am really passionate about this "sport"....

 

Not since i got rid of her 53' Chevy panel truck. How was i supposed to know she loved it more than ME!!!?

 

my first wife didn't like my car facination....that marriage lasted 2 years.

my current wife knew from day 1 of dating, via my mouth, kids, cars, everything else... like it, or lump it.

sounds mean, but she agreed, and we have been together about 9 years now

 

im about to hit 40, been with the same girl just about 10 years, shes taught me more than I need to know about hudsons, so what does that say LOL

 

I've been a car guy (or everything pushed by an internal combustion engine) all of my life. Eat sleep and drink the hobby/passion/ obsession. Been married for over 45 years. She has her own '37 2dr. I rest my case.

Frank

 

Just don't let the wife meet the girlfriend!