hi all, my name is matt and i am the owner of a 65 plymouth valiant 4 door that i started driving after my grandfather p***ed away. i got into rods and customs as a result of trying to learn as much as i could about my car, but the real love of it came about as a result of being a designer. i love the lines of my car, and my desire to inject some personality into an otherwise stock car really turned me on to rodding. at first i got really into custom rods but later on i developed more of an interest in rat rods. the big thing i respect the most about rat rods is the fundamental idea that you can learn how to wrench your ride, you can make it fun and unique and yours, and all without spending huge bucks to give your car to some guy who will make your car better than new for tens of thousands of bucks while you really get little to no creative direction nor get to indulge in the pleasure of doing these things yourself. i'm big on DIY. and i'm big on learning. and i'm still learning. HAMB seemed kinda cool; aside from this site, the only other board on cars i check is the slantsix.com forum. anyway, it's great to meet you all! aloha, matt
Cool man sounds like you got into kustoms for the right reasons. Have you seen the mint colored valiant custom from japan. I dont know if there is any pics of it on here.
Huwz it brah!!!.....welcome aboard!!!I just joined also.I was born in Honolulu.......but lived on the Big Island Hilo side.You'll find alot of info here and cool people................shaka brah
welcome to the site, this is a great board to get help on most questions. Nice to here the islands. I used to spend a lot of time over on the Big Island in Kona. Post some pis of the car.
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