Could you live without your Hot Rod???

I had my roadster off the road for a few days last week while I fixed a oil weep front the the blower, so of course it wasnt driveable. And this got me thinking.


Could I live with out my hotrod?

I dont think I could.

I know its only a car and in the grand scheme of things its a material posession and not your health etc...

BUT, to me its what brings joy to my life, but I guess its not just the car its everything else that goes with it, the swapmeet hunt for parts, helping out mates get their rides on the road. bench racing, going to runs. late night blasts in the warm summer air etc...

My wife thinks I'm obsessed, I guess I am, I have had the beginings of my roadster since I was 13 so nearly 20 years! So its been a constant in my life. I think I would do just about anything to not have to sell it.

It doesnt help that I grew up in a hotrodding family, I can only think of one holiday we had that wasnt to a rod run! So I guess the hotrod thing is in my blood.

I guess some people play golf...

 

This is to me whats its all about, this is my new wall paper as it brings a smile to my dial every time I log on. One of Drewfus's great shots

 

I've had a rod of some sort since I was 15 yrs old. I could not imagine life without one of some sort! My wife and kids really enjoy the hot rod hobby, and I think they are lost without a rod in the family as well. I have it in my will, that when I die I wnt part of my 53 F-100 burried with me, and want driven to my final resting place in the back of it. I'm pretty**********!!! We have 6 rods in the family right now. I like to have back-up rods!!!

 

yeah, I try to keep several around, just in case.

 

see i dont have a rod of my own right now, but its hard not to have a project or hobby car of any sort. I know once i start a build on my first rod (or kustom) it will be hard to ever turn back. Right now i have my motorcycle which i love, but WI winter prevents riding that, so im limited to my daily. Life just aint the same without late nights in the garage, meet ups and the fun****ociated with just being a car guy.

 

i couldnt sleep at night knowing one of my rides was not there

 

If I didn't have hot rods...I would just be overdoing it in another hobby. I would have 25 mountain bikes or a closet full of rifles.

 

great picture

beautiful car

 

I will put a twist on this question. YES I could live without my T or my 54 Chevy................Blasphemy you say? What if big brother decided any car over 10 years old would not be allowed on the street?

What would I do?

The same thing rodders, inventers and tinkerers have been doing for ever. I would be in the shop making things with my hands. Whether is was building custom bicycles, machining new engine designs,building a racecar, scratchbuilding an airplane, or building another custome rifle from raw materials.

I could do just fine, and I WOULD be an outlaw in the eyes of big brother

 

I agree, very well put Tman

 

Is that because you like big, burly men? Me too.

I used to cry when my car broke down. I missed it so much. Then I bought the Pontiac almost a year ago...........I got over the crying bit. I just curse a whole lot more now. I'm going to get a MOM tattoo over my left pec and USN over my right.

xxx

 

I've got kids, so vehicles are secondary.

 

Could I live with out my hotrod?

No.

 

Well, I would be alive, but living? no.

 

I've got four kids....my dauhgter Lily, my '59 Cadillac, my 1930 Ford coupe, and my '50 Merc....my cars are my kids, my family too....I've had my '59 for ten years...through thick and thin...it's a constant in my changing life...

 

Absolutely not.

The're my fun, therapy, escape, pride, etc...also a reason i'm broke, and pissed half the time as well..

 

Nope !!!!!!!

 

I'm sure it could be done, but it would be one hell of an adjustment! That would take a long time to get used too!

 

Tman nailed it.......I feel the same way. Cars are just fun stuff for me...so are bikes.....but if they left, I wouldn't let it bother me.

 

I'm a mechanical kind of person, so if the cars left I'd probably just start building something else. Now if you said I couldn't use my hands to create things, that would be a differrent story. I don't think I'd do very well under those circumstances.


Frank

 

Yeah, but I would'nt like it. I'd have to be over obsessive about something else. Although I enjoy creating and building just about anything I have a interest in.

 

Yes, I would live, and I did live, BUT it was hard emotionally. As lots here know I lost my '47 Chevy convert in a fire and it was 18 months before I had a replacment and another 5 months before I actually got to drive it around. During that 18 months I still attended car shows and events cuz I was looking for my next car BUT it certainly wasn't the same as driving your car to and around the event. I felt like a huge part of me was missing. There was a void in my life.

My friends tried to make it up to me. One streetrod buddy, who had two rods, actually insisted I drive his '37 Ford to two out of town shows that I had already had plans to go to. Still wasn't the same and I cried almost daily.

If I didn't have Big Olds I would live but I don't think I would be the same person.

 

While I surely do enjoy my old cars, yes I could live without them. Stafford

 

The fun (for me) is in the buildup. I usually have several projects on the go and with limited space, eventually one must go to fund another peoject.


I do go thru withdrawal when each car leaves. For the first week ot two, Walkin into the shop and seeing an empty spot were somethin once stood is a little shocking. Knowing that a new/next project is moving up the list helps somewhat.

I have had sellers remorse on a few projects - knowing what they are worth now and what I sold them for.

But Ultimately, something most go to garner cash for another. Thats the Economics of my lifestyle.

Toys is toys and I get spread to thin with all the different interests/hobbies.
Should just concentrate on hotrods.

moe.......

 

Tman nailed it for me, I love rods, and am always thinking and dreaming what next and what could be done, they aren't the most important part of my life but certainly a huge one. & I'll have one as long as I'm able.

Currently I can only drive my A when on holidays, so I plan my hols around shows! (5weeks a year)

Outback

 

After 45 years of fun.....yep.


Mutt

 

No, but my lovely wife could.