I do not want to drive a Honda civic

Dude...I cant belive what im hearing. Secondly, looking at your "collection" of rides and the time/money you put in that 58.

What are you looking for? 32 3-window w/ a supercharged Ardun Flattie?

If you want to get into this hobby, you have to sacrifice. If you cant sacrifice yourself to what you love...drop it and move on...because it wasnt meant to be.

Oh, and the lottery comment, if you win the lottery and buy that fiberglass 32 w/ the Lexus motor...I guarantee you will be walking down "Goldchainer Boulevard" by yourself.

This hobbie is based on the love, hard work, dedication and sacrifices to your ride...and enjoying them w/ others. The greatest of them all is getting together w/ your friends and turning wrenches. Getting it done...and finally firing it up...Damn, its like sex w/ a Christy Brinkley look alike on Hollywood Blvd....Experiences I wouldnt trade for anything. PERIOD.

I owned 6 classic cars before I finally had one that ran, and looked sharp...

Im wasting my breath...

Good luck on your searches!!! Sell your sh*t and get what you want...what else is there to say????

 

wait wait wait wait..young people cant have a cool car that they drive every day??i'm 21,and i drive a 54 chevy to work every day!and what are you bitching about?get yourself an old car and shut up.i got my car running and in primer for $5k,so knock it off,you big baby!you want and old car but dont want to work on it?GET A MODEL.geez.just do us all a favor and SHUT UP.
creepy

 

HIJACK!
Hilborn mechanical fuel injection- fer a flathead. Anyone got any pics?
-Crew

 

Carps rules.

FWIW, I got a $1500 loan to buy a '61 Caddy in '86, it established my credit, now I owe every credit card company in the world money.

 

Yikes,

I can feel your fustration... I wanted a hot rod so bad I could taste it. And I got one... how?

When everyone was dirnking away thier pay cheque I was saving. When everyone was buying late model cars I was catching the train and saving. When everyone else was partying I was working over time and ...saving.

Its all about priorities and sacrifice. It took me 5 years to get a hot rod...and I got it when I was 23. Hardly my golden years. Infact I was the youngest person I knew with a rod - that they paid for themselves.

I dont want to sound patronising but I think if your serious enough you will find away. Sell some of those other cars and buy a rod.

Danny

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I know quite a few very young fellas who own some of the nicest, and better built, even big bux, high zoot hot rods in the land. Likewise, I know a bunch of young fellas who own some of the coolest rattiest old shitters in the land. Both groups got 'em the same way and both groups are equally proud of what they have. See my second paragraph above to learn how they do it.

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By the way im def in the coolest rattiest old shitters in the land cattergory hey carps?

Danny

 

alright, before you guys lynch me, here's my story:

I made a deal to buy a chopped Merc sled. I talked to the guy and he told me the first guy to show up at my door with $18000 CANADIAN DOLLARS drives it away.



Otherwise he's listing it on Ebay that night and asking $18000 AMERICAN DOLLARS. He further goes on to tell me it's a hell of a deal because I save on the exchange rate.

I go to the bank and get a loan and show up at the guys door.

The car is on an Olds frame. Not worth $18000...maybe $10000 max.It needs a lot of finish work to hit the road but it's well within my abilities.

I already know that I'm paying waaaay too much but you need to pay to play. I'm about to seal the deal and he tells me that I must be mistaken because he wanted $18000 AMERICAN DOLLARS.

WTF?

He tells me that he needs to get at least $24000 CANADIAN DOLLARS out of it but he'll consider taking my '58 Ford in on a trade on top of $20000 CANADIAN cash.

He then tells me to hurry up and find the extra cash because it's going on Ebay tomorrow and it'll sell quick.

I look it up on Ebay and it already been there for 2 days.

I guess he figured he could soak me for as much as he could because I am a youngster.

I put the '58 up for sale to clear the way for the Merc but I guess that's a moot issue.

So now I'm stuck with a paying the intrest on the bank loan, didn't get the car I wanted.

I guess I didn't need to kvetch like a little girl but I didn't want to be a royal prick and name the guy (yeah, he cruises this board).

So again, sorry for sounding like a whiney bit¢h.

Honestly, my attitude isn't as bad as I come off. I've just had one guy after another try to sucker me.

Hell of an entrance huh?


okay, I'm done

 

Just keep the Ford.

 

wait the bank loaned you $18000 you have that money in hand. not using it on the car jsut pay the bank back the 18000 and be done why pay monthly and get charged the interest?

 

yeah, I have an appointment at the bank tomorrow to pay back the loan. I guess I didn't lose a whole lot of money though.

I find out tomorrow what my early payment penalty is.

 

Yeah...pay the $$ back and be done. I might be inclined to poke out my good eye to get that 58 Ford from you. Thats a nice car. Wish I had one like that. If I get time to work on mine, I will.

Apparently you missed the posts about low buck rods a few weeks back. Alot of guys building for under 5K.
Hell, I buy up to 20- 50 cars a year for under 300 each, all classics..1920-1960's
You arent looking hard enough.
And stop spending your loan money on all the girls. The good ones like ya even if youre broke.

 

thanks for understanding guys.

 

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So why are you selling this 1958 Ford Custom 300 in the classifieds?

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No shit.

What are you bitching about when you've got this?




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WTF?this guys pissing and moaning when he has THAT???Newbie,your a STOOGE for wanting to sell that thing man i drive a 90 Dakota that you havta bungie cord the fuckin door closed all my bread i make goes to my 60 F100 and my 73 Gremlin you shoulda NEVER look a GIFT HORSE in the mouth!!you have it made in the shade homie,purge the cliTuarus and the rump Ranger buy some beater and spruce up the bitchin 58!!nuff said

 

...and its time to take down the Christmas lights.

 

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You have a garage .Alot of the guys here don't even have that , they build their shit on the ground or in lean tos or storage spaces , scrounging salvage yards to find parts and enlisting the help of their friends , hosting bbqs throwing build parties and generaly busting their asses for what they have . don't you have to do that ? Sounds like your missing more than you have listed @&*@@%%%%&@ .Nice 58 . seeya . swaZZie

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right on man..i have an apartment carport.its 106 degrees when i work on my car.and if my apartments catch me,they will fine me $90.as soon as i get my new radiator,i have to push my car acrossed 4 lanes of traffic to an open parking lot to put it in,to avoid said fine

 

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alright, before you guys lynch me, here's my story:

I made a deal to buy a chopped Merc sled... I go to the bank and get a loan and show up at the guys door.

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What the fuck is wrong with you?

You got the loan before you even saw the car?

 

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alright, before you guys lynch me, here's my story:

I made a deal to buy a chopped Merc sled... I go to the bank and get a loan and show up at the guys door.

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What the fuck is wrong with you?

You got the loan before you even saw the car?

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People grow out of this I'm confident!

We were all young and stupid at one time, and luckily some of us got it out of the way before 20, but still...

Apparently he's infatuated with chopped 49-51 stuff, which is understandable, being it's the mainstream dream.

If I had the choice of a solid ride like his 58, and some backwoods engineered chop owned by a sheister, it'd be an easy choice.

Dude, lose the sunroof in the 58, and enjoy the thing. Your poop stinks of spoiled suburbia.. You got a yellow late model jeep sitting next to your car that's sitting in a nice asphaulted driveway..

I'm not lecturing you, but just want you to know how off base you are, but also that I know 50 kids JUST LIKE YOU.

My formula for success is to move out (if that's your folks house), educate yourself, get full time gainful employment, and fund your hobby...

All you need is a good dose of responsibility to see that you ain't got it that rough.

And going back to your original post, kids like you DO drive civics that cost 25,000 dollars and live at home with mom and dad, and THAT is like nails on a chalkboard to a guy like me who couldn't WAIT to get out of the house at 18 and make something of himself on his own...

 

Never mind those guys...just PM me I know of this old twin engine rod built int he 60's sitting in this garage. The old lady who owns it want it out and the first one with a trailer gets it. Oh and I think it has a bubble top or something...

 

(Never mind.)

 

to be continued...

 

oh shit..

 

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And that's only your hairdo.

 

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I made a deal to buy a chopped Merc sled. I talked to the guy and he told me the first guy to show up at my door with $18000 CANADIAN DOLLARS drives it away.

Otherwise he's listing it on Ebay that night and asking $18000 AMERICAN DOLLARS.

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Hmmm, high pressure tactic, time to ask myself, why is this guy in such a hurry to be shot of this car?

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I go to the bank and get a loan and show up at the guys door.The car is on an Olds frame. Not worth $18000...maybe $10000 max.It needs a lot of finish work to hit the road but it's well within my abilities.

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You agreed to buy, then borrowed the money having NEVER seen the car? Man, you're just asking to be to be played for a sucker!

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I already know that I'm paying waaaay too much but you need to pay to play.

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Rule 1. You NEVER need to pay more than anything is worth, or more than you can afford to pay.

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I'm about to seal the deal and he tells me that I must be mistaken because he wanted $18000 AMERICAN DOLLARS.

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He tells me that he needs to get at least $24000 CANADIAN DOLLARS out of it but he'll consider taking my '58 Ford in on a trade on top of $20000 CANADIAN cash.

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And you are still deaf to the warning buzzer and blind to the flashing lights? You should not have let it get this far! This is the point of no return, where you should have told him to go fuck himself and walked away from the deal.

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He then tells me to hurry up and find the extra cash because it's going on Ebay tomorrow and it'll sell quick.

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See above...
Despite how the moist patch in the front of your jeans makes you feel, you don't need this shitbox!



[/ QUOTE ]I look it up on Ebay and it already been there for 2 days.

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Surprise, surprise!

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I guess he figured he could soak me for as much as he could because I am a youngster.

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Nope, he saw you had the word "SUCKER" tatooed on your forehead and figured he could rape you, then ask you to pay him for the privelige.

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So now I'm stuck with a paying the intrest on the bank loan, didn't get the car I wanted.

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No, you now have $18k plus any money you get from the sale of your Ford. Do you not now have enough cash to continue searching for the car of your dreams?

Surely this overpriced peice of crap (if it really is that) is not the ONLY early Merc Custom that's being offered for sale anywhere in the world?

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Honestly, my attitude isn't as bad as I come off. I've just had one guy after another try to sucker me.

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So have you learned anything for the effort?

Maybe you need to wear a condom when you look at the next car, so that when you shoot your load in your pants, the seller can't see the teltale wet patch that marks you as a sucker.

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okay, I'm done

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Bitching, or trying to locate and purchase the car of your dreams?

 

i felt compeld to write a little someting here. im a younger guy 23 to be exact. i live in a damn condo (where im about to get kicke dout of for working on my cars) and i have a few old cars. and a shit load of debt and i onley make 12 bucks an hour. no i used to have a civic (rest its soul) and it had some rice into it. but i allso have a 50 chevy sled. that i bought instead of built thinking wow it would be nice not to have to work on a car and just drive it. well the car had other idea's and i felt like a punk driving "some one else's" car so off went the roof. and i still owe the bank a bunch of money for it. and if your bitching about not being able to find a old car that u can drive to work and back then your blind. about once i week i come acroos a old beater for under 500 bucks. granite thats like what 14,000 canadian but its out there sure that 500 dolla car may not run to good or hell not at all. but if u stick around here and make some friends and connections oyther then bitching about how your perfect life sucks u may be able to find some people that are willing to help you out. and for nothing in return other then the same from you at one point. hell right down the street from me there is a damn nice 50 chevy all orig runs drives the whole bit for 2500 and its preety damn solid too. and u would get to add your own kustom bits and peices to it. best part of all is your not working behoind some ones work trying to fix it. sounds to me like u really want that civic or toyota. i got a civic hatchback and a toyota supra engine ill sell ya you can have fun playing with with

 

ALright already. I've got it out of my system. The rest of my junk is up for sale to fund my projects. FOr the record, I don't have a garage either.

I am just tired of guys trying to rape me on the price of thier junk. I don't have a problem paying a FAIR price for stuff.

Of course a highly sought after car will command more money, I realize that.

FOr my next act, I am going to drive 2000 miles to look at a different car. relax, no more drama, I promise.

 

Dude,Anything worth having isn't cheap or free.I started with a 40 Chevy 4 door sedan(hence the name Sedan_dad)
through years of horse trading and wrenching I'm now here.
Develop patience and a plan.

 

dude $18000 - i could finish my whole truck with that and have heaps left over - build it your self - i don't want no body elses ride - hell i know what i do to hide stuff in the cars i trade - your complaining about having no $$$$$$$$$ dude i earn NZ$100 a week thats it i gotta pay for food and power out of that (joys of being a student) (student loan pays the mortgage on my house) i busted my arse getting a trade as a mechanic so i could buy a house and once i did that i moved onto going and doinsg something else but i got myself a ride (47 ford p/up) it needs a shit load of work but you know its all mine and its gonna get built the way i want it - if the bank is gonna lend you $18k you ain't poor so stop your whinging Hey i'm only young (28) and i've had over 70 cars and bikes yeah some of them have been crap but i've had some good stuff in there i've got a 91 toyota corrolla s/w i use as a daily driver - thats got a tricked up inj 1600 in yeah i'd love to drive my truck everyday (hell i'd i'd like to drive my truck -big empty space under the bonnet) but hell i'm just happy with what i got - i spent $50 on a set of mag wheels which i'll spend a weekend repainting and polishing and i'll sell 'em for $500 man everybody just wants there little silver platter with there silver goblet - get off your arse!!!!!!!!!!

 

my truck cost me NZ$250 to start with but i've paid less for stuff never pay what they ask always be willing to walk away (its the only way to get a good deal) and if some prick had changed the price on me i'd told to shove it my time costs.

 

1) He bent over.

2) He pulled his cheeks apart...

3) And he even asks "Please."


See #3. He asked for it.

 

Never finance anything you don't NEED. A house, maybe a reliable car for work or the family, that's IT! Too many kids move out and think they need the cool car, big screen tv and all the newest junk, then end up in major money trouble. Spend a few bucks to trick out the 58', save up for a welder and a cheap project and learn to do it yourself.