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Highway miles
I'm digg'in the lime metalflake, ya gotta love it. Indy
Not an uncommon fate for older cars in my part of the country. My Grampa and Uncles used to burn the cars and then push them into the ravines with...
One of my best buds just bought the old town library for a song. It's a beautiful old two story brick structure with three roll up garage doors...
The're all screwed to the wooden cabinet doors in my shop. Indy
You are so right about the LOOK of a custom making or breaking the car. In the 80's I saw many fine Mercurys with late model GM dashboards and...
Pontiac Morokide vinyl does it for me! Indy
Old Pontiacs do it for me. Something about the Morokide vinyl. I've always loved that smell. Old air cooled VW's have a certain stink too. Drive a...
Well kids, This is how it is, Some people are just jerks, They can't help it and you can't help them. Maybe they have small dicks or their mom's...
Nope, You should have held out for floor mats and rustproofing. Maybe a tape stripe! are you kid'in. Buy the damn thing! Indy
I've always liked the fact that Speedy Bill is a hot rodder thru and thru. In this business climate it's certainly tough enough to make a liv'in...
Man, Does this bring back some memorys Or was that mamories? Anyway, this grey beard is totally hooked on wild paint. When I went to the first...
All Highway miles, Really?
Been to most, Loved em, Will miss 'em. Thanks! Chrome Czars. Indy
Keep it up you guys, Jesse we're proud of ya,Dad, Remember when we cut up the '69 Camaro for the roof! Took it to Isaac's in your Toyota Pickup!...
Jesse. I'm stoked about your project. After you get done with my lunchbox I have a fridge for you to stripe. Steve
What a cool thing to do, Let me know how it works out, I was thinking about doing something similar to this with a couple of my old cars. Indy
I know times are tough and I'm a gray beard, but a good buddy of mine has coined a term he calls" the code of iron''Basically it says don't" F"...
Somebody's dream that we can learn from. Indy
Print media is an archive of our hot rod history. Many of us have magazines that were meant to be read and thrown away that are over 50 years old....
Great story, As a newish grampa I'm hoping my grandkids want to hang with the old man a little too. Thanks for sharing. Indy
Yep, I'm glad they've re-issued the ones I built as a kid. I took the Jag XKE to show and tell when I was in grade school. Dad helped the build a...
5th-6th streets Mcdonalds on the North end and the Big Boy at the south. Springfield, Ill.
Sure do, The year was '60 and the model was a corvette. My dad helped me build it. we left the body white,but I painted the cove blue, with a...
Nut's ? NO, It's only time and money. What, ya wanna die rich and miserable, Myself, I'm goin for broke and happy. Indy
As a country boy I can attest to the fact that Lightnin knows no boundaries. I unplug stuff if I know that storms are a comin. nasty stuff, Indy
If it wasnt a stick car to begin with I'd just do a turbo 350 . If its your dream car and you really can't see selling it in the near future go...
The little slush fund checking acct for paypal is the way to go! Indy
Just as a side note, double check the lifter bores for flaws, I had a 63 rivi that would have one lifter bleeding down on a semi regular basis....
This years show was an absolute home run. The Czars and their vols really did a great job. Congrats!
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