love driving alone. dont look good in leather. not really into the "lets dress to match" thing. and hate working on other peoples shit unless they're paying me. LOL i do however think they are great to get into, or get around, if you are just getting into rods. you can learn lots because there are so many different people to learn from.
chris:that might have just tipped the non-gay scale! hahahah its alright i am the one who got a tramp stamp thats quite large...... Southpark: you said it perfectly..
I'm hoping to get into a club once I get back stateside - I like the idea of friends like that - though all the guys already in the club would be people I'd be cool with club or not.
I have a great group of friends that I love to hang out, build cars, and drink beer with. We started a club more as a joke than anything. Now we are a group of friends that drink beer and build cars with plaques while wearing matching jackets. We now have more friends that also having matching jacket and like beer.
i know chris!<3 were Bro-mantic....hahaha don:i wont change my mind.......................or at least hope not!
no club then club now no club I quit before they booted me, a bunch of lazy dicks and a few good people
I found being in a club bad for buisness. We had 3 clubs at the time, if I joined one the other club members didn't want me to work on their cars and the members of my club "expected" the major hook-up. Found it much easier to remain nutral. One of the hot rod shop owners around here wanted to know if I'd be interested in joining a club of just the hot rod shop owners belong (we all get along and help each other out, we all see the advantage in networking), might join that one.
Some friends and I just started a new club. There is only 3 of us. I suspect at some point we will grow but for now it's easy to get thing set with only 3 personalities. Our jacket design is going into production within the next week and we are pretty siked. 100% Matt Daggers C/C
my club members are my best friends it just kinda happened. without the club my car would be even further from finished. great guys great friends no complaints from me for being in a club
I am in no club . Have been in different clubs before but not a car club . If car clubs are like some of the clubs I have ben in , you have the handful that do everything and all the rest just bitch about what isn't being done but never come to meeting to help . I am in Abbottstown , north of Hanover , East of York and don't know of any . I go to car shows and ones close to home and just shoot the stuff with car people because a car guy or gal will always talk cars with you . That is the kind of people I enjoy being with . My wife & I would like to join a club but the only 2 close to me ithat I know of is a Streetrod club and a club that you have to be invited to join . I have a 55 Ford so don't fit in . Could join GoodGuys , AACA or ones like that but they arn't the same as a local car clubs where people bring a 6 pack , shoot the stuff and help each other out with their rods . That to me is the best kind of car club where small group of Hotrodders get together with their ladies and cruise and have fun with their rides . If I ever find one like that , I would join in the fun . That's what it's all about , Friends & their ladies , just good old cruising fun ! If there is one near me let me know !
"Its more of a drinking club than anything." Max out Black out... HAHAHA! Just joking. Were not "Those Guys" at all! Its just really close friends you can trust and can hang out with that share the same interest, traditional Hot Rods and Customs!
So does the club seek you out or do you chance being rejected? Say for example I wanted to be a Shifter, a Zombie or Them, would someone even have to have the right car, look or clothes to be in the club with other guys that love cars no matter what type?
Lol, that's the word from the pigburner... kind of the way it should be... You don't choose the club, it chooses you. Unless you're starting your own. I don't know why we have to wade through this every 6 months. If you're in a club great, if you're not great. Other than that who f'n cares.
Our local clubs have to many politics for me. One even makes you wear matching shirts, jackets, sweat shirts , etc. and they have daytime and evening dress codes. A real fashion show. I'm really surprised they don't change their wheel and tire combos when they change cloths every outing. We have a group of car nuts that meet once a week for lunch, " The Lunch Bunch ". It was fun for the first 7 years but it got too big. We started with 4 guys and after a few years it got to be 15-20 every week. We had no rules, no leaders , and had a lot of fun. Got another group that I hang with that meets at a different shop or garage most every Fri, night and have a potluck dinner. Wives and kids are welcome, and it is a blast. The group consist of bikers, hot rodders, rat rodders, off road 4x4 types and imports. Again no rules or leaders. Remember when you join a club its not what the club can do for you, its what you can do for the club !
A club is only as good as who is in them. Most clubs are full of posers or worse - folks who lack authority in their lives - so they join a club to enforce rules. There are a few good clubs out there - the ones were the members are your brothers. Keep looking or just keep with your own true friends.
If my club wasn't made up of my best friends I would never have joined one. All the guys (7 of us) that make up the Iron Lords just so happen to be the some of my best friends so it's only natural that I got jumped in...haha!!! I think that once drama or any of that bullshit starts it's time to move one. They are only as good as the people in them. No sense sticking around if it's not natural.
the key to it all... CarGurl hit the nail on the head, too, about the folks who join to be a 'big shot'. I ran into a lot of that when I tried to help out with the local VFD
From what I've seen from the outside, there seems to be a lot of politics even in the most casual of clubs. When the drama starts it's time to bounce no matter where you are. Sure, the idea of being able to pick up the phone and get some help putting the body on the frame or getting the engine in place may be appealing but, that's all it is is an idea. The truth is, either you have friends or you don't. Is your buddy going to refuse to help because you're not in his club? Cliques are for high school kids and so is the drama that goes with them. I'd join a club that I thought was made up of guy's I could become REAL friends with because friend are the guy's who'll help you when you really need it, not fellow club members. Otherwise forget it. And zman's right about a club choosing you, if you have to beg your way in why would you want in.
I belong to a Motorcycle Club and I don't ride with them. We all have cruisers but most of them like to ride as if they are crotch rockets. WTF!?! I like to cruise but I don't like scraping my floor boards. Also even tho I've been there since the begining I don't like the politics and Bull Sh!t that goes with the constant power struggle. The motto is Fast Fun and Friendly. Yeah right. They got 1 out of 3 right. All of you guys have been helpful and friendly and I like it here. I'm hoping Car clubs are the same way as it is here.
Was in one club, then got as far away as possible with the politics, ego's and BS. We re-vitalized a club my grandfather and his friends started in the 50's. A club is what you make and we are fortunate enough to all have the same interest in traditional cars. Lot's of cool people and friends not in the club that I still run with. So I guess in the end, it really doesn't matter.
I live in Carlisle. The car clubs around here are not my thing. I do my own thing . If I go to car show I always end up B.s.ing with someone I know . I don't really have alot of friends around here. I would like to meet some other people around that are into the same cars, but alot dont have the same taste I do.
old club from california central valley. been hanging around these guys for a few years. they just mentioned getting me a plaque. pretty happy about that.
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