Jeff, that metro pic rocks. You should get 3 of them for the girls to follow you to shows and around town.... We need to bring your ride a little closer to the pavement.... let me know when you are ready. HC ps, tell your mom I said thanks!
SoCal Texas maven Lindig's 27 dirt-style modified is one sweet piece. Superb craftsmanship--rorty almost straight pipe sound too. Pretty much his whole collection is mag worthy. Particularly cool was a rare 32 Ford B400 sedan with requisite flathead capped by even rarer Elco twin plug heads sparked by twin front mount magnetos. There was enough variety of the non-goldchainer sort to make things interesting. Food was indeed good--and plenty and free! Although this was only the second year for the event it looks like they've already outgrown the venue. It's one of the few events anywhere around here where early rods predominate. Twas the place to be last saturday. Fine weather as well after a week of downpours.
Mark, I fell differently about the modified, but the rest of the collection is outstanding. That blue B400 recently came from one of the Scandinavian countries. The undercarriage was incredable. Near perfect chrome plating and everything was in order except for the pair of anachrostic Vertex magnetos and the billet adapter to adapt them to a '48 front timing cover. The use of an F1 box in an unpinched '32 ch***is caused the steering wheel to tilt to the side, but the overall look of the car was teriffic! That modified though....looks great and follows the rough outline of a vintage indy style or sprint car style race car, but the execution, and the components used in it, along with some of the out of step minor styling cues detract from it. Also, look at the bottom of the hood. It's a giveaway that it was initially built by a garage builder with little patience or care. I think it was initially built to sell, not as a cherished car. Either way, if I owned it, I have to admit that I wouldn't have changed it. To Bills credit, he's made a LOT of changes for the better since he bought it. I sometimes wonder if I'll get jaded seeing all those cars so often (I'm there at least once a month) but every time I visit I see something new, or see something in a different way that keeps it fresh.
I did not realize the modified wasn't an original build for Bill. There may be a few styling miscues and it isn't precisely my cup 'o tea but if it appeared in my driveway I wouldn't exactly be calling the sanitation department to come haul that pile of old junk away. See your point though. Being jaded by the constant presence of beautifully built street rods would indeed be an occupational hazard of consorting with the Lindig clan.
The cars on the tarps... Is that to keep moisture down? Is that something we all should do in the winter months? Would that also be effective in a dirt floor barn?
Parking a car on the gr*** is never a good idea. Moisture comes up like crazy. A tarp under a car at any time can't hurt, even on gravel or pavement. Keeps the drippings off the pavement. Also if the concrete is fresh it weeps moisture and chemicals. I have seen it pop lead seams that were factory and untouched for decades. Sorry to hijack this post, but felt he needed an answer. By the way, nice cars.
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