Projects The bucket of ugly! A de-uglifying thread...

I hear ya, man. I have a wool, knit hat; I wear at work. I'm a receiving clerk in a meat warehouse. The average temp is 35*. That hat was given to me by an ex-girlfriend, but she gave it to me, when times were good and she's passed away. One day it came up missing. I clocked out and searched the loading dock for hours, until I found it. I'm still looking for the SOB that took that shift knob.

 

So then Ivo was a theiving bastard.
Confessed to it even apparently.
No excuse for that shit no matter who you think you are.

 

"CANDY COLORED CLOWN" Google it!
Of course I spell it KANDY KOLORED KLOWN.

 

Crap Gary that's scary.
Clowns are scary as heck.
If you don't believe me just check out the old B movie Killer Klowns from outer space.

 

I'm afraid of a lot of things but not clowns. I have all my car memorabilia in the guest room. I put this in there. Every time my daughter came for a visit I found it put away in a cabinet.

 

Read Stephen Kings, "It". "Pennywise", the clown. IMO, his best work. Read the book. Next time ya go to the circus.... you won't laugh. I read it in 3 days. Couldn't put it down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel)

 

Funny I haven't had one comment on it since I put it on a few months ago. Maybe that says something. I was always getting comments of Norms carved skull.

I saw the movie Blue Velvet and Roy's line just stuck with me.

 

Sadly, most folks at a car show, probably thought you got it at Auto Zone for $8.99

 

Nah, the quick disconnect isn't as much about theft as it is about getting in and out of the car. I still have these ridiculously long legs that are sort of hard to get around the wheel when it's time to dismount. Pop the wheel and it's a heck of a lot easier to do.

 

That's why I have a steering wheel disconnect in my T also.
Not so much for long legs as to get this old frame into the car.
With the steering wheel and column at a comfortable and sensible height and angle for driving (no stupid ugly and bulky tilt) there is no way I could get in or out with the wheel in the way.
Tiny doors and big me

 

de-uglifying my diamond in the rough. A 400 RAM AIR III for my '31 Model A Coupe.

 

You really took a lot of ugly out of that engine. Beautiful.

 

Very nice!

 

Wow!!! Very nice

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That is a thief trying to make himself feel better about taking what wasn't his, IMHO!

 

Hmmm I wonder why
Lets think about this.
1) an evil smile full of razor sharp teeth.
2) an ice cream cone in one hand and a hatchet in the other hand.

But c'mon in kiddies, don't be afraid

 

I agree, if it's true then he was a thieving bastard just like any other.

 

Yeah, technically he stole the dimensions from Norm's car also....he didn't have permission to take them. I wonder how old he was when he took the hood ornament? Since his face was kinda well known, you would think the original owner could have put 2 and 2 together. I know if something of mine turns up missing and someone was just trying to buy it, that person is gonna make the suspect list! (But maybe I'm just a suspicious old SOB!) Can't stand theives! They've taken FAR to much from me over the years! Everything from a set of skull valve stem caps (minor), a 454 long block out of the back of my El Camino (still wondering how many of them it took to pick it up!), a 454 powered jet boat, race prepared 1972 Datsun 240 Z, and a whole shop full of tools and parts in Virginia (240 Gallon commercial compressor, spray guns, a roll away full of air tools, another full of hand tools, an engine hoist, 3 Chevelle cowl induction air cleaners, a pair of Pro Car bucket seats, and I don't even remember what else! I actually know who did this (or knows who does), but I figured it out the day I left for Hawaii, and the cops did absolutely nothing about it once I was gone. Bad thing was, he was the previous tenant of my shop, so I've got a feeling he had keys. He's lucky I was in the Navy and never made it back to the East Coast! Now see there, Ya'll done went and got me all riled up! <end rant>.

 

On a happier note, start counting your pennies, got a line on a 70's 4-71 blown Survivor T. Friend of a friend passed away, and the cars for sale for $13000.00. Should have pics later this afternoon. It's been sitting in a shop for a while, it's got a fuel leak and he couldn't get under it anymore to fix it. It's got a coil spring front suspension that's a little ugly, but it's not too bad of a car (decent sized rear tires, has a top, SBC auto drivetrain, etc).

 

Cool - can't wait to see pics!

 

Don't ask "WHY", but is this one of the reasons Fad T's had fat assed tires? Just a thought.

 

The ultimate T Bucket.

 

Well... there is another.. NOT the traditional one.....but... cool.

 

Thanks Fred, one of my favourite race cars. JW

 

Yup! Once you started having HOT rods like this one, people wanted to emulate that style on the street.

 

To be honest, this was the one that got my T-with-a-tail mojo running, despite the Chevy engine. Had the Hot Rod image tacked on my wall as a kid.

 

And...

 

And don't get me started on Nanook!

 

How the heck did we get from T buckets to race cars that slightly resemble a T ?

 

Well, nothing else was getting posted. I thought it would be a nice T related JOLT. At present, I'm expecting my radius rods and I'll begin tacking brackets to my frame. My quest for a roller, by summers end, continues.