Was directed to this site by Modifieddriver, so you can blame him. I was born and raised in St. Augustine, FL. My frist taste of Hot Rods was from an older cousin. He was building on it for years, his younge brother and I used to sit and watch him for hours or until he got tired of us and ran us off. In my teen years I worked at an Uncles Body and Paint Shop, Got $10 for every car I sanded and taped. Owned a couple of cl***ics back then but was young/dumb to relize what I had. A 58 Chevy Yoeman 2 dr wagon. I gathered all the yellow paint samples my Uncle had, mixed them and painted her, we call her the yellow sub. Blew that car up, on purpose, so I could buy a 64 GTO. That one won me a lot of money and kept me broke, at the same time repairing her. Left St.Aug. with the Navy in 68 and never moved back. Built a 64 XLCH Harley (swap meet special) in the 80's after about 6 months of aquiring parts at different meeets. A little Hot Rod Harley. 64 magneto kick start engine, 57 flat track racing frame, front end off a Harley Sprint 350, small tank and flat track seat. She weighed in at 250 lbs and made a fool of quite a few croch rockets. Also built a 64 Ford truck at that time. Had a FE390 balanced and blueprinted with FoMoCo tri power intake from a T-bird. The truck was a dream for about two months the a Semi ran a red light and left everything from the firewall foward laying in the middle of the road with me and the rest of the truck thrown off the side of the road. Really took a screwing from the insurance company on that one. $600 for a $4000 investment. Living in SC now and got into Vintage Racing, and no I'm not one of Bob Moores boys. Was in it prior to him comming on board. Heck of a nice guy and glad he joined the NVRA, he's done a lot and helped it grow greatly. Just wish he could get moer races in the upstate area. I bought a 55 Chevy racer out of a junkyard back it the mid 90's and brought her back to life. I Put a 250 six bannger in it and run it in NVRA limited sportsman division. Also found and bought a 48 Ford Coupe Racer that was run back in the 50's, but I haven't done anything to it other than place it in storage. Last year I bought a 56 Ford racer that is built to the same specs as they did in the 50's and early 60's. The 56 has a FE 406, so the man said, but most the numbers say 390. I got a 40 Chevy Coupe that I hope to turn into a Rat Rod styled like a Vintage racer. Also got a 55 Ford truck that I would like to fix for a street rod. Just need to get off rear and start working on them. I'm not normally long winded like this, but it said introduce yourself. Oh Yeah, although I know Modifieddriver and NVRA #44, I don't know Billy Bob. But he does sound a lot like my son.
Holy **** , another NVRA vintage racer . Welcome to the HAMB . Now folks, don't let this guy fool ya'. He's an instructor at the local tech college, and a damn good one. He's got his stuff together (kinda ). I remember him when he was nuttin' . He's a buddy of NVRA #44, but I won't hold that against ya'. Also, you sure you're not kin to Bubba or Billie Bob? Did ya' ever date Millie Jean's step mom? I'm still trying to find out if she's any good (if ya' know what I mean ).
Welcome .glad to have another vintage racer on the board. several here. Bob Moore is a good friend of mine. hang around you will like this place..
Yes, I'm a Writter/Instructor at Greenville Tech for technical maintenance training courses, it's something the Navy got me started doing and I always seem to come back to doing it. Couldn't stand to see Modifieddriver retire, so I had his wife make him come out and teach some of our welding cl***es. He thanks me every chance he gets (lol). Modifieddriver: Never met Millie Jean's mom, but from what I hear, judging from the size of her, her mom must be a great cook. Is that what you are trying to find out? k9racer: I've only known Bob for a few years now, but there's not much I wouldn't do for the man if he asked. GARHoF lost a valuable ***et when Bob resigned, but the NVRA gained. Just normal life, politics can kill a good thing. Thanks for the welcome.
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