Pondering things trailer queens never experience

The feel of the passing gear kicking in.

 

Trucked up, I get it. There's a vibe that comes from driving. Never did a car that wasn't meant to drive. One year just to avoid or change the norm I arranged a driving party to a show that 7 CCCA cars were entered in. They all came from my shop and 1 guy owned 4 of em. We all got in the cars and made the drive but it wasn't as far as I'd have liked, maybe 20miles max 1 way, but it was better than nothing at all. 1 was an Auburn 12 speedster and I took that one for the 1st few blocks. Too tight in there for my lanky ass! I hopped in the Packard 12. At the time the parking lot was the Surburban Show as I called it. All those old timers pulled their trailers with 3/4 ton Subs. I took the rear of the group and seeing the other 6 cars ahead of me in motion, making turns, stop lights working, even the smells. It was a wonderful sight. We caused some major traffic problems in a few intersections as others were nearly stopping to see em all. On the ride home I nailed the Packard 12 right to the floor in 2nd. I had never done that in that car and figured what the hell, somebody did this back in the day, I'm sure. Felt great. I have a pic of that day somewhere that I call "clean sweep" because all the cars got a 1st place, the lowest score being a 99. The real reward was how the 1 particular owner changed his habits. He started getting miles on em. His biggest problem was which one to pick for a drive.

So yeah trucked, I for 1 indeed get it. You miss things, but there is a great use for a trailer and a top tier car for long hauls like Hershey. It's 8hrs 1 way for me. Probably more like 12 in the car and again the car is nice and clean when we get there. No work, just fun. 1 year there a 26 Stutz roadster was the Hershey "daily" and as fun as it was to drive, a round trip from Motown woulda been tough in that car. It liked 40-45 steady cruise and it was all 26 technology. I like cheesecake too but not 3 times a day every day!

 

That's my favorite! I also gas it in underpasses to hear the motor echo!

 

The smile on my kids faces as we go. Knowing why people are looking.
When I'm in the car I usually end up reflecting back on stories my Dad told about going on vacations and such. No A/C or creature comforts most wouldn't think about doing with out now. And yet it seemed as if it was more fun and relaxing that way.

 

Yeah, that feeling along with chirp from the tires and the steady pressure holding you in the seat. Don't forget the exhaust sound that goes with it. I'll be 71 soon and it is still a rush.

 

They do miss a bunch of the experience of having an automobile...

however, if you happen to take your trailer to a show and find your next project car... much easier to get it home!

 

It's possible to have the best of both worlds.....

 

My thoughts precisely. Not a kick against trailers, I got one too, but more or less a thought of what my rides would say,,,,,,,,,,Ahem do say to me every time I roll the numbers on the odometer.

Nothing like many of you but Okie my '54 pickup I just recently finished has rolled over 1500 miles in three weeks, each and every one has been a pleasure......................Especially the ones driving by glass plated store fronts....

 

Another good point. Sure glad you include your kids in the deal. They are the ones we will depend on to keep the flame burning.

 

sitting on the passenger side and look hew sexy your girlfriend looks while driving you car
give a good friend the key and say take my car , and he says "your 53 ? " with a smile in his face

 

The smile per mile sums it up!

 

i went to our local chevy dealer this week to collect for some stripe work i did and i drove my coupe. when i pulled up several salesman came out to check it out.(funny the things
people say to make you think they know what they're talking about). then the GM came out and said go up stairs and get your check but don't leave till i finish lunch...i want to watch this thing leave. then the owner of the dealership came out(who has an unbelievable collection hisself) and said don't leave till i finish lunch i want to watch that thing leave. so needless to say by the time lunch was over there was a pretty big crowd gathered out front. it really was kinda funny. i said i guess i better leave so you guys can get back to work. the GM says now go out the driveway at the far end so we can see the show.....then he says wait till you get out of the curve before you get on it. i said what fun would that be. so i fired it up went out the far drive and and pulled out on to the 4 lane busiest street in the city...kinda eased thru 1st then when i shifted to 2nd (after the car in the middle lane got beside me) i buried the throttle into the firewall my right front tire is on the outside white line and my left rear is on the dotted line inside as i go past the car that just passed me then i shift into 3rd...holding the same position in the lane. smoke filling the air... the kid in the car beside me is just screaming with laughter his mom was probably peeing all over the seat as i made my way past the dealership.....somehow i just don't think it would have been the same if i had trailered the car down there to pick up that check. and i love going under the overpasses and pushing in the clutch then dumping it down a gear and feel the overpass rumble. with my pipes pointing straight up it really does some echoing. anyway thanks for this thread on just driving your car. i do trailer my car on long trips though but only because i can't get the 4 kids and wife all in at the same time.....but we're working on that.

 

I know man, gotta get these rides on the road . bet that roadster was bad ass.

 

Agreed!

 

We have three rods all drivers, but with the T- Bucket the wife can't ride for long trips because she has back problems. So if we take it more then 100 miles from home it goes on the trailer, along with it only having a 6 gal. gas tank and it's get's only 9 to 10 miles to the gal. A few week ago I took it over to Dayton Ohio to a cruise in and to see my son and his family went old state roads, had to stop 5 times on the way over for gas, and took almost 4 hours, that was the longest trip I ever took in it, enjoyed it all the way. The wife said I was crazy, my 4 year year old grandson came back home with me, about 10 miles inside the Indiana state line he said he was cold and got down on the floor and covered up with a blanket went to sleep, rode like that almost all the way back to Indy, can't wait to do it again.

 

Just think of it this way........Those 5 fuel stops surely enriched the lives of the folks X 5. And the 4 hours is a great contribution to the unanointed daily commuters.

Just ponder about how many are to this day remembering that (fill in the blank) that I saw blasting down the road way back when, it was awsome.........

 

After 32,000 miles of awesome in driving with my 36 Nash, I smoked a deer in July - $3,000 in damage.

That's what insurance is for - straighten 'er out and drive another 5,000 next summer. No trailers for me.

By the way, a bent up fender is really good for getting the sympathy vote at car shows!

 

If it's yours, do with it what you want!

 

The gas stops is what made the trip 4 hours long people wanting to know about the car and where, I was from and where I was going, but that is what driving them is about putting smiles on people faces, and letting them get their picture taken with the car, I even let some little kids get their picture taken setting behind the steering wheel you should have seen their smiles, "priceless". One stop on the way back one man told my grandson "he was a very lucky boy to have a grandfather like me" as he never got to know his or hang out with his grandfather. Driving them and taking road trips is what hot rodding is all about.

 

You never think "I smell smoke... is that the wiring harness burning up, or someone burning their leaf pile?"

Nobody ever gives the Thumbs Up for a car going down the road on a trailer.

Nobody ever shoots cell phone pics of a car on a trailer going down the Interstate.

You'll never have the feeling of invincibility that comes with getting the car back on the road with duct tape, a nail clipper or a zip tie.

-Brad

 

Have a need for the headlights................that is unless you are the first in line at 330 am for the Columbus GG's event.

 

The old guy that isn't my be a car guy , but just a horny 16 year old stuck in an 80 years olds body that comes up to you at a gas station and tells ya "I lost my virginity in a car like that , and i'm still married to her. I have 6 kids and 13 grand kids and it all started in the back seat of a 53 Chevy!" I still laugh every time I think about the guy ....lol

 

Gotta love the extra half-hour at the grocery store talking to folx that dig your ride. At the feed store or the bark dust place they always ask"why are you hauling in that?". I say" it all wont fit in my pockets"
Davey

 

X2!!!

 

#7 hits right on the money (good feeling for sure).
BUT, #4 has me pissin myself

 

Here are a couple things I love about driving my A

Looking at the car next to you to see 3 kids fighting for position at the window and all you can see is the back of their cellphones because they are all trying to get a picture before you take the next exit.

Having a pissed off bee land on the seat right in your crotch because you are cruising with the windshield tilted out for all that fresh air. (More throughly enjoyed by your passenger as you try to kill the bastard before he gets you)

Older folks in stockers, 70+ that give you the big thumbs up and an ear to ear smile.

Stopping for gas and listening to the little kid in the car next to you tell you that your car is soooo cool. Then telling him to sit behind the wheel of your hot rod and you will take his picture.

 

Watching your tires going around in your fenderless car.Having roostertails coming off all four tires as you drive your roadster in the rain. Hoping to find a bridge to get under soon.Wrapping up in all the coats you own so you can drive your roadster in the winter.

 

Its late and I'm tired and had a Horrible day .This is the most fun I have had in the last 24 hours .
Maybe us drivers have it all wrong .Maybe we don't know the Thrill of getting the finger going down the road by a guy driving his car past your truck and trailer .Or maybe we will never understand and cherrish getting a Trailered Cars Suck button
as a Gag Gift .
Just a thought .

 

parking your ride out the front of the dealership where you work and have the carpark (supposed to be for "customers")get used by people wanting to have a quick look before driving off and not look at the yard full of japans finest.

 

being broke down at three in the morning in the middle of bumfuck egypt, hassled by two wannabe drunk cowboys in a jacked chevy pickup. Which then leads to a stint at the sheriffs station while my car gets dragged to the impound yard by a crippled gorilla with two grappleing hooks in his tool box. Then my wallet gets emptied by some bartender/judge who happens to be the Uncle of one of the drunk cowboys. I began to think I'm in a really shitty B movie with no hope of a re-write.
Absolutely an experience I would NEVER have had if the car would have been on a trailer.