1-800-I wannabe kool

Someone should start a 24 hour help line for guys that just don't get it.
I saw a car this weekend that could have been one of the Koolest cars
that I've seen this year. If you ignored the wheels, it would be one kick ***
taildragger. On my drive home I was thinking about other cars that I've seen
this year that were mega dollar cars and still not kool. We need to help
these guys out with some guidance. I don't mind guys throwing away
money, I'm getting a headache and just tired of looking at their mistakes.

Remember guys "You Kan't Buy Kool!!!!!!!!!"

Happy Trails,

Mick

 

there is a form online somewhere called "Rice Tickets" basically it's something you can print out and charge the offender with citations like excessive rear wing on a FWD car, ugly body kit, unpainted hood, etc. then there's a website at the bottom where they can go online and defend their car beacuse you take a pic and post it there. maybe we could have subtle business cards that can be printed on regular paper that we can tuck under a wiper arm saying "come to the dark side"

 

I drove a car that was **** ugly. Over time, I got it fixed. It took time,
because it took major body work to fix it. What was sad about this weekend,
$250 wheels & hubcaps would have fixed this guys problem.

Happy Trails,

Mick

 

I have seen those "Rice Tickets" there kinda funny. Someone needs to make them with options like: to much billet, fake crying kids, owner didn't build, and owner spends more time waxing than driving.

 

Might be too much like the guy at the car show who says,"if it was mine,
i'd___________," The same guy who doesn't even have a rod.

 

You should see the jokers around here...late model Caprice 4 doors, mid 90's Caddys and nearly any kind of SUV...with 24 inchers and lo-profile tires...they have to get the car up sooooooooooo high to get the wheels under them...they look like Big Foot...and they think they are so koooooooooooooool...NOT!!!

R-

 

Um, that's not just around there...

 

Texas cars are famous for this.

Great paint and interior, with a well-detailed engine compartment - with stock replacement or "helper" springs and $50 Pep Boys aluminum wheels. I don't see how you can spend $30K or more on a car and then gloss over the really important stuff.

Stance and wheels are EVERYthing on a car. Even a turd looks cool when it sits right and has bad*** wheels. And conversely, even a great car looks stupid with cheap wheels and too much ride height.

 

You sir, have just been eye-****d by a donk. Or a box. Or a bubble. They can't decide what to call em.....However, I have.

FUGLY.

 

Not to defend the goofballs out there ('cause I personally think they ought to license paint guns and take them away from anyone who shoots graphics or two-tones any car in a way that works against the body lines), but I have an image in my mind of my next car and for some reason I keep wanting to put a certain kind of wheel on it that didn't exist long ago. I know it won't look "right" but I can't convince myself it won't look "good," if you see what I mean?
I guess I'm saying that wheels don't bother me because they're so easy to change. I'm a hubcap lover myself, but even I'm getting a little tired of seeing the same 3 or 4 hubcaps on every car.
Now having said that, I would LOVE a set of Caddy sombreros if someone wants to donate them to me!

 

Yep.

Mild work warning for the Impala abuse: http://www.digitalwheels.net/ECR Images/Bigwheels***al.jpg

 

saw this recently at a swap meet, had to take a picture, sad part is that the guy probably thought I liked it.

 

For my money, you just can't beat late model Corvette rims, frenched square quad headlights and two-tone Pepto Bismal & Turquoise paint.

 

At a recent show, a '39 Zephyr made an appearance. Looked really cool....sat right, nice paint, then...it rolled closer an I spotted the ghost flames on the front fenders.....it rolled by only to disclose the builder's taste in tailights. Had at least 6 led taillights and a neon license plate surround/3rd brakelight. Nice!

 

Oh, you can buy cool alright, and you can buy taste....


-Jason

 

Is that going on the new Fly-Rite t-shirts?

 

Although you do have to shop at the right place.

 

Well I have already mentioned on this board that I am the only one of my friends that is into rods traditional and otherwise. Anyways a friend of mine went ot the show in Shy Town and came back with some pics. I about puked in my suit when I seen a few he snapped of a Escalade. It had more tv's in it then a motel. The wheels were so big it looked like a matchbox car it had **** air brushed all over it and bling everywhere. That was not the total package. It was hauling a trailer with a four wheeler on it. The damn ATV had big rims, a stereo, and a tv mounted on it. The damn trailer had a big *** plasma screen up by the tounge and little tv's on the side. It also had big rims on it.

Why can't someone with that much money have any taste at all. I like other kinds of cars and trucks. However what the hell kind of fun can you have with anything like that. If I want to watch tv or play a video game I sure as **** don't want to do it on a 8 inch monitor.

 

All the cool kids drive Caprice wagons. Right?

 

HA HA HA HA.

-Jason

 

And they wear black shirts..........

 

That most likely, isn't someone with money...
It's most likely a shop that put themselves deeply in debt building a "Show Truck" thinking they can "Just Write it Off."

Problem is that they don't realize that in many cases, they have to write it off over several years and probably won't be in business long enough to "reap the rewards"... If they knew what the term "reap" meant.

ie. 'Reap' not being a post-curser to the words 'statutory,' or 'date.'

 

YOU must mean "statutory"...as in statutory ****...

R-

 

I see your Donk and Escalade and raise you one Mustang with LCD's in the wheel wells...

 

OH DEAR LORD... now I've seen it all. What is that for? Instructional DVD on how to change the flat on the Mustang that Daddy bought for you???

JFC this **** is getting stupid.

 

The idjits are put in this world to make the rest of us look good!
Here in NZ there's a whole bunch of guys with otherwise cool 50's Buicks and Caddys that are ruined with 20" Boyds and Budniks. I guess bad taste is universal! LOL!

 

This is where I could say something like "You would know"...

Thanks for the correction.

 

Ooooh...I gots ta have me some-o-dem big*** rims. Could y'all photoshop some 30s on here fo me?

 

Now, this is just my opinion, and you know what they say about opinions!
But if your really trying to do a period correct HAMB-esc car, then don't go 90% and wuss out...
May I humbly present my:

Top 10 Offenses in the Traditional Rod and Custom world:

1. Over use of flames- flamed mirrors, flamed license plate, flamed floor mats. For the love of Taiwan, STOP!!!
2. Airbrushed skulls- Please, just don't do it. Anywhere.
3. Skinny white radials on a full 50's Kustom. Close, but no cigar.
4. Tilt column in an otherwise totally traditional car- Is your gut that big???
5. Body color Painted bumpers- If your just doing it to hide the rust, paint them aluminum color!
6. LED anything- guages, turn signals, 3rd brake light
7. Billet valve covers, Billet Air cleaners, Billet for the sake of dress up.
8. Cheesy accessories- Cry baby/ time out dolls, car hop tray with plastic food, life size cardboard James Dean. Come on man. Please!!!
9. Velour captain chairs from a minivan- Yes the armrest is sweet, and yes the seat were $50, but just cover the stock bench in a blanket till you get some money!!
10. Era mixing- 50's caps on a Riviera, 70's steering wheel on a Model A

Alright-- I'm done ranting.

 

HA HA HA THAT IS SOOO FUNNY