Thanks. Around my area slots are kind of looked down upon for wheel choice. Picked them up cheap and just kept them clean. The car has a jag front clip with airbags that makes it easy to tuck them under the fenders.
Just turned 30 here… But started my hotrodding life young with my dad. Didn’t buy my first pre-‘65 car until a couple years back, which was an all-original ‘59 Catalina. It was kept in a barn under a cover for quite a bit. Was able to restore the original paint, most of the interior minus the carpet, went through the 389, all the brakes, etc. Taught my 4-year-old daughter at the time to rebuild carburetors and she’s been doing it ever since. That was a sweet barge. Sold to a collector in Texas.
After the “Big Cat,” I wanted to find a decent little truck to turn into a little hotrod with my daughter. Started with this 62 that my dad’s friend had tucked into the back of his garage for a long time. He was going through a divorce and had to clear some space and picked it up for a deal. Hadn’t ran in 20 years but I got the ole Stovebolt 235 and Saginaw working that same day. The Saginaw blew up days later, so I tossed in a T5, modified it to fit a correct Hurst, replaced the sloppy column with an Ididit hotrod column, a 62 corvette wheel, buffed out the old rattlecan paint, lowered it, new bumpers, new interior with sound deadening, and some faux mag slots. Was going to build up the 235 and toss on my triple sidedraft corvette intake but she’s tired and I have a perfectly new dual quad early 60’s-style SBC ready to go in it. Not as cool as the older rigs but still fun.
I'm 78 years old, and have been building hot rods my entire life. Here's two I own now. The roadster runs and drives, the other not so much. Ahh the golden years. Can't see, can't pee, can't chew, and can't screw. But, I'm still building hot rods.
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