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nakigreengrass - Posted - 07/24/2012: 01:54:11
Any hot rodder's out there in banjo land? I've got a 40 ford coupe, 2" chop,350,700r, jag ifs& irs. Hot roddings big in NZ. Lot's of classic American car's here to.
JMalmsteen - Posted - 07/24/2012: 02:34:20
'70's muscle cars....
dingo - Posted - 07/24/2012: 04:07:06
My Dingo drives a classic Freightliner. No sure of stats. Pretty to look at, and one day I will figure out how to put pics from phone one here.
Edited by - dingo on 07/24/2012 04:11:38
figmo59 - Posted - 07/24/2012: 04:08:32
46 willys...jeep
327 chev...under tha hood..
Project tho....
Runs like,ah scalded dawg... ;0)
Edited by - figmo59 on 07/24/2012 04:10:04
bluegrassboy - Posted - 07/24/2012: 07:20:25
39 std 2 dr, built flathead, still a work in progress, it will never be "done".
Edited by - bluegrassboy on 07/24/2012 07:21:00
dingo - Posted - 07/24/2012: 07:45:49
That 39 Ford looks cool, I see a moonshine, banjo pick in movie featuring that car.
robbyboone - Posted - 07/24/2012: 08:18:30
If I told about all the old cars I've had......you all would think that I was the biggest liar in the world!!!!
Robby
bluegrassboy - Posted - 07/24/2012: 08:21:51
quote:
Originally posted by dingo
That 39 Ford looks cool, I see a moonshine, banjo pick in movie featuring that car.
thanks dingo, its almost driven me to drink!!
bluegrassboy - Posted - 07/24/2012: 08:24:06
quote:
Originally posted by robbyboone
If I told about all the old cars I've had......you all would think that I was the biggest liar in the world!!!!
Robby
in reality, theres probably not enough room to list em all!
dat - Posted - 07/24/2012: 08:57:59
quote:
Originally posted by figmo59
46 willys...jeep
327 chev...under tha hood..
Project tho....
Runs like,ah scalded dawg... ;0)
'49 Willys CJ3A with a 134 flathead 4 cyl powerhouse. not much of a hot rod, but it does keep me spending money
Edited by - dat on 07/24/2012 08:58:37
steve davis - Posted - 07/24/2012: 09:34:48
Oh,tell us,Robbie.I won't call you any names.
Got any fender to fender stories you can tell.
Frisco Fred - Posted - 07/24/2012: 10:23:37
This use to be mine, it's my brothers now.
Back in the late sixties, on our way to the Street Rod Nationals, I ran across Hot Rod Magazine writer Tex Smith. Tex was out on the lawn, layed back playing his five string. When I told him I was starting banjo, Tex told me "forget finger pickin", learn to frail"
There ya go, Hot Rodder, Banjo Player and Magazine Man... Tex Smith and me, oh and... no writing job for me (as if that wasn't obvious)
robbyboone - Posted - 07/24/2012: 12:50:29
quote:
Originally posted by steve davis
Oh,tell us,Robbie.I won't call you any names.
Got any fender to fender stories you can tell.
Well......all American cars, never got into those furin' cars. Anything from steel 32' Fords to 1st gen Camaros and a whole lot in between. I am absolutely ashamed at the time and money that I have wasted on old cars......it's been a LOT of both and I don't have anything to show for it today except an empty bank account, a few pics and massive frustration for being so stupid to waste my time, money and energy. I have one old 50' Chevy truck left and the only reason that I have it is because it has the last motor that my Dad built for himself before he died.......I have an engine in the garage that is the same way, the last one that he built for me. I keep those as momentos of my Dad, otherwise I don't want old cars anymore.
Robby
steve davis - Posted - 07/24/2012: 12:59:57
I learned how to build up(blueprint) engines in the early 70s,but could never afford to build my own hotrod.
I had a good running '67 289 4v Mustang and a good handling '90 MX-6.
Now I get a lot of pleasure zipping around in our Yaris.Fun to drive and a good handling car.
A buddy of mine bought an all steel '32 Pontiac with the everpresent sbc/automatic/wire wheels from the Owl's Head Transportation Museum auction.
There are some real deals that come out of that auction.
Hard to justify with gas costing so much.
Except for a select few,it seems about everybody loses money when they sell a built up car on Barrett Jackson.
Edited by - steve davis on 07/24/2012 13:04:44
dat - Posted - 07/24/2012: 13:11:22
quote:
Originally posted by steve davis
Hard to justify with gas costing so much.
you are right about that, we don't do near as much traveling or just riding around as we used to. I had an old 78 chev 4x4 short bed with 35 inch tires that ran great and got 8 mpg on a good day. we would fill up both tanks and head for the woods and drive the back roads all day. I sold the truck and bought a rifle, uses a lot less gas and puts food on the table
nakigreengrass - Posted - 07/25/2012: 01:39:17
quote:
Originally posted by robbyboone
If I told about all the old cars I've had......you all would think that I was the biggest liar in the world!!!!
Robby
See if you can believe this, 1928 graham Paige roadster,1936 auburn roadster, 1928 Packard sedan,1954 rolls Royce, 1938 desota, 1934 ford coupe, 1928 model a truck, 1936 ford v8 hearse, 1934 ford v8 pickup, 1932 ford coupe, 1955 chev, 1956 chev, 1957 chev,1958 chev, T bucket, 1952 ford merc, 1938 dodge, 1930 model a roadster, 1940 ford deluxe coupe, That's just the one's I remember over the last 45 year's.(not counting all the one's we built for customer's)
country frank - Posted - 07/25/2012: 04:56:20
1963 SuperMinx [ratrod], 1959 IWL Berlin Stradroller [all original, even the paint], 1981 Moto Guzzi [hog, lowered & grunty].
All on the road and all used regularly.
Edited by - country frank on 07/25/2012 04:57:01
country frank - Posted - 07/25/2012: 04:58:12
quote:
Originally posted by nakigreengrass
quote:
Originally posted by robbyboone
If I told about all the old cars I've had......you all would think that I was the biggest liar in the world!!!!
Robby
See if you can believe this, 1928 graham Paige roadster,1936 auburn roadster, 1928 Packard sedan,1954 rolls Royce, 1938 desota, 1934 ford coupe, 1928 model a truck, 1936 ford v8 hearse, 1934 ford v8 pickup, 1932 ford coupe, 1955 chev, 1956 chev, 1957 chev,1958 chev, T bucket, 1952 ford merc, 1938 dodge, 1930 model a roadster, 1940 ford deluxe coupe, That's just the one's I remember over the last 45 year's.(not counting all the one's we built for customer's)
Pics please.......drool!
Frisco Fred - Posted - 07/25/2012: 07:16:44
Hum, lost the picture in the first post...
I bought this 32 Ford Sedan in the late sixties... I paid $150 for it as a roller (no engine) It was also missing most of it's interior. Since then, it's been off the frame and totally rebuilt. Driveline is; 39 Ford running gear and adapted Chevrolet engine. It's been driven approximately thirty thousand miles through some fifteen states.
nakigreengrass - Posted - 07/26/2012: 01:06:58
Beautiful Frisco, now, I want one of them.
