The only cars that make me unhappy are ones that don't do what they were intended to do. Take Cacklefest cars for example. I wanna see that shit run the quarter mile guardrail to guardrail, axle swapping, tire smoking, through the lights with their hair on fire!!! Not some snoozefest standing around taking videos of a mobile engine stand. I feel better now. Oh, by the way I like what you are doing with the roadster. Now go peel out!
I love what you are doing and look forward to watching how it plays out on your channel! Don't sell it anytime soon!!!
I don’t think that is very likely, but they should be able to find him next week if they want to express their displeasure in person.
Whenever anyone tells me what I need to do with my car, my standard response is, "Ok when you buy a (whatever car), you can go ahead and do that" Being told how to build my project makes me nuts. Theres a fine line between giving advice and judging
2 quick examples come to mind, both involve my cars. 1- I had family up from out of state this past weekend and we have a full car guy weekend planned. The Chevy starter ZZZZIIIINNNNGGGGS when I hit the key. Jack it up, Jack stands placed, I get under there and see one starter bolt missing and the other two are barely holding the starter in the bellhousing. Mad at myself for not periodically checking that. 2- after the Chevy debacle I go to fire up the roadster and show off how cool I am. I flooded the shit out of it! No start! Mad at myself again. Had to pull the plugs, wire wheel them, put them back and it fired right up.
Hello, I have always thought the idea of a hot rod was to find a body/complete car and have it running to start off. Then do as you see fit. Keep the original motor, put in a big v8 or modify the stock motor to get at least enough horsepower to keep up with traffic and not have to stay in the slow lane going up a hill of sloping road. Once the body is fairly clean and nice, then do the mods. It takes many steps off of the whole build process and the stock body gives a good solid starting place to keep things happy. In my own case, as a teenager, we always saw cool Model A coupes/sedans and others in the parades. The celebration of something in the community always had a bevy of old cars chugging down the road. We always wondered if that was a thing, to go slowly in any driving situation. obviously, it was not, but the small motor old cars just did not have it to keep up with the more modern cars on the highway. So, when I saw a modified 348 powered 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery roll into our Bixby Knolls drive-in restaurant parking lot, that was a car I had to have. Power, looks, sound and the coolness of the old car that could keep up with the other sedans in the parking lot. And, the body was pristine, as was the chrome. Jnaki As a teen, that met all of my choices of being a hot rod kid. Fast car, great sound and cool looks. The plus was, it was made for cruising down to the beach and be able to camp out for a week or two. Everyone thought I was crazy. We had all been going to the beach with sedans and station wagons with and without surfboards. But, they were daily drivers to school and jobs. They did not have the look of a beach cruiser or camping companion car. The owner of the 348 powered 40 Ford Sedan Delivery was an old friend from junior high school. Now, we all were in high school and his newest creation caused quite a stir. But, not all liked the sedan delivery. It was not a car, sedan or station wagon that everyone drove or borrowed from their parents. It was a delivery truck that we all saw making stops at the community stores, homes and offices. It was not a teenage car. So, what did people say and do when the “orangish” sedan delivery with black wheels came into the parking lot? Just chuckled and made normal teenage comments. Enough comments that it made the owner want to sell the high powered sedan delivery. So, he had it for sale. I made an offer and he laughed at my choice. I was the only one and knew it would be a hard sell. For weeks, it was for sale and no one wanted the unusual delivery hot rod and/or one with such a color. It was known as "Salmon Pink." Note: It eventually wound up in my hands as the owner had no offers and to make the deal, he took out the 348 and put in a Flathead motor. That move made me mad, but I got over it due to the cost and how the sedan delivery fit into my lifestyle. Now, it was my own teenage hot rod and my first official hot rod. It spent most of its life traveling up and down the So Cal coastline from the early morning to sometimes late at night on our longer road trips. My friends laughed at my choice of a teenage car and I did get the “dagger eyes” from parents of my high school dates. Even if they knew me from the community and accolades from sports in high school. It was the car (sedan delivery) sitting in the driveway that caused some great concern. A sedan delivery that should be making deliveries to houses and businesses for my daughter? At night or all day at the beach? So, to alleviate the concern, I drove a nice shiny black 58 Impala on the next dating scene for the smiles on the faces of the concerned parents. Ha! YRMV
If you really want to piss off the masses.. put a SBC into a '59 Ford. Which I did since I already had one and it boiled down to $ and ¢. Now if I can get the front sump pan for a BBC going...
Only thing that upsets me is that it’s not setting in my garage. Keep on with the direction You have in mind for the car . Your research of the vin and history of the car from previous owners prove that it was messed up to begin with. Lol
The world is full of know-it-alls that don't know squat! This guy had the biggest hard on for me because I wasn't going to restore my Chrysler back to stock. His little tirades only motivated me
Totally agree, I’ve been a fan of his work and channel from the very beginning. There is an original Riley that he has in the shop, that would be a great match for that car. The mods he has made are tasteful and in line with traditional. But I doubt the EV8CA or the AACA will ever sell him another car.
This is a cool hot rod, and as Matt nicely outlined in "restored" form wasn't how it left the factory anyways. He's not ruining anything, he paid for it, it's his property, and he can make it what he wants. If someone down the line wants to "restore" it again, they can. I had an old lady walk up and tell me "The Gulf signs on your truck are wrong, do you know why?" Just as she didn't care about why I built it the way I did, I very much did not care why she thought my truck was wrong. The little bit I caught before I walked away was that she worked at a Texaco station in the 1940's, and that meant she had the expertise to tell me how my truck should have been built. Had she approached it differently, I probably would have been more interested in her story. Also when I first had it on the road, I was driving through the city one work day. This guy in a Hino flatbed pulls up next to me, motions to me to roll down the window. Says "Needs paint!". I said "NOPE!" and rolled my window back up. There's a difference between having an opinion and knowing when it needs to be shared. Unless it's a safety piece, telling me I did something wrong or should have done something a different way on my ride is a sure way to irritate me. Isn't it nice to know that building your car your way impacted his life so negatively?
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