A couple older gentlemen ganged up on me at a cruise night asking me why I added the Bel Air trim on the dash and quarter panels of my 57. "Chevrolet didn't make Bel Aires with the post" I pointed out the extra stainless around the windows. They said I must have gotten the trim from a Pontiac or something. " you have a nice day fellas"
Man, someone musta made a fortune making Bel Air trim from all those fake 4dr Sedan and 5 dr Wagons This is like the SS 'purists'. More like SS, if you know what I mean. They shit themselves if they see a pea shooter powered Impala Super Sport.
Folks who “Can’t Wait” for what ever…. If you can’t wait.. go shoot yourself and let those who can …. wait.
People who can't care to apologize for a real mistake. And people who mutter sorry if they step near you. I can get over it. It just seems iggnant
If this has been posted, well it really pisses me off too, but its the folks post a pic of a completely finished car with an ad, but when you go to the ad, it's not finished it's in primer with no windows etc....what a waste of time!
I scooped up said poop with my shovel, rang door bell of the offender, then flung it all over their house when they answered the door. That NEVER happened again. They don't talk to me anymore
You need a cap 'P' and the possessive spelling is 'their.' My posts are most frequently edited due to me noticing errors after hitting 'post reply.'
my spelling may not be perfect but you knew what i meant. that's more than i can say about some peoples spelling.
I checked with my retired English teacher wife. Proofread is one word. Now, back to petrolhead stuff.
Hello, In looking back, I have been a student all of my life. Having been an art student since I could pick up a crayon was a moment i will not forget. (it was a nice design on my mom's wall...) But, those early drawings were not what anyone could identify and show case as art. Although, if I remember the design, it could pass for art, these days. The most memorable item was that I got punished and yelled at for several minutes. During our informative years of junior high school, I began to dabble in early scallops and that developed into swirling flames. I could never translate the art drawings on paper to real life surfaces. Car fenders, model car bodies, wagons, lawnmowers, bicycles and yes, in later times, an adult size scooter for those long mile long walks into the pristine surf spots from the parking areas. For real car fenders, the pinstriping design was attempted. It looked good for one extended claw, but as I progressed to the side of the fender, it was awful looking. So, it disappeared. A lot of appreciation of the talents of the pinstripers and painters of real life size cars. Although, sometimes a design highlight is overused. It draws away from the original custom car underneath the over painted design. Over load... Jnaki Since our days of full custom cars is gone, the artwork can still be used on an art board or laptop screen. It is still hand drawn with color added and if no hurry time limit is there, fine pinstriping along the edges for the final look. My only attempt as a ¾ angle art drawing and flames. From far away, the flames are not too bad, but I went a little overboard. I drew this for my toddler son as a different way to look at our two old 1940 Ford Sedan Deliveries we owned prior to his arrival. The rough drawing was supposed to be an afternoon activity. He was scribbling his modified drag car with smoke coming out of the exhausts. The 40 sedan delivery artwork turned into a three week draw, erase, draw and erase until it took on the ¾ angle so it did not look like a bulbous road hog. A colorful mural and some matching ocean color flames were finally added for a show entry sedan delivery. Ha! We barely had enough money to pay the monthly rent, let alone spending gobs of money on a show car. YRMV The art? Free… Note: Most of my favorite recent drawings took some time to finish. Some had variations of flame designs. In thinking back, our toddler son wanted to know if the flames could be put out with an opposite design. Like water on flames at our beach barbeques, on an open fire pit we used to have during those days. So, for several years, "water flames" became a new design. A version of “water flames” was drawn in the place of normal scallops or custom flames. I remember that our son laughed at the idea of “water flames,” but thought the idea was interesting, as well as my array of flames on most of my drawings. He was not a car guy as he grew up, but was a fantastic artist of characters for his anime art and stories. But when he had a daughter, I drew some red pinstripe flames on a pair of white tennies for some styling for our granddaughter. She thought they were the coolest shoes. The parents both went berserk and we bought a new pair of white tennies to calm the situation down. Ha! Never to let old style drag racing roadsters go, moderate flames just made the Model A roadster look as fast as they did in the record books. Then the custom version of a famous pinstriper and custom car painter’s idea of intricate flame designs incorporated into my own custom Corvair sedan delivery. YRMV…
When someone uses the word MOTOR when they mean ENGINE. I'm afraid to correct them, in todays world they may have an electric motor??
So here’s one that kinda gets me, but maybe a regional thing with power companies? But I’ve lived in maybe 6/8 houses, twice as many apartments, and never had 110volts or 220 volts. Every house I lived in was 120/240. I never had a need to check the 220/240 for the stove in an apartment, so can really only speak to the 110 vs 120 volt thing. Does anyone actually have 110/220 at their house? The reason I mention this is I read “I’m going to get a 110 volt xxxx, because I don’t need a 220volt one” I really want to ask “have you stuck your meter leads in the socket before, checked voltage at your panel”?, etc. Before you do go testing, please place one lead on ground or neutral first, never hot. If the lead you want to put to ground to test the voltage touches you, you will now complete the circuit and get bit. PSA over with.
The doctor is in. So, how long have you been exhibiting this obsessive/compulsive disorder? You can mail me the $5.00 . The doctor is out .
Last person that asked me what I paid for it got" I didn't buy it I built it " for an answer , he then proceeded to tell me only factories can build cars , no one could do that on their own , I walked away .
The core concept behind the book "The Dilbert Principle" by Scott Adams is that people are idiots. That fella was most certainly one. To build a car you don't have to create the components. build verb (used with object), built or (Archaic) build·ed; build·ing. to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials You most certainly did build that car.
I feel like the same guys that spaz over people saying they built their cars are often the same ones that get bent out of shape when people use motor to refer to internal combustion devices lol
Ha ha! The dude I responded to was moaning about people's spelling! A classic case of the pot calling the kettle black! (That is an expression, for those too young to be familiar with it.)
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