I just re-bookmarked my favorites as I had been just going directly in on the message board - ThanksQuote:
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I just re-bookmarked my favorites as I had been just going directly in on the message board - ThanksQuote:
Originally Posted by C9x
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Originally Posted by C9x
Another is RarRoddersRule
http://www.ratrodsrule.com/forum/
It is a good bunch of guys, never any disrespect there.
IC2 wrote:Dave (or the guy formerly known as Ireland's Child) - If it weren't for bad luck you wouldn't have any luck at all.:eek: :LOL: :LOL:Quote:
I have a grand total of 12 posts there under my current name (same thing happened there to my screen name as here), but have probably another 20 or so under my old name
Bob - If you are talking about my wiring issues - you're probably correct:DQuote:
Originally Posted by mopar34
As far as name....I can generally be found out, regardless. Bill (Mr Mustang) said my old name was all fixed after some twiddling, but I've gotten to like my newer identity tho I did lose ~1000 post cerdits (sooooooo what!!:LOL: )
I have not figured out how to start someone at negative 1,000 just yet...Give me some time ;) **) :LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by IC2
Ya just gotta try harder:eek: :LOL: :LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by mrmustang
Don't tempt me :pQuote:
Originally Posted by IC2
i was going to say that BUT :whacked: i like my ham pan fried :D potatoes golden yukons slice and browned down:DQuote:
Originally Posted by DennyW
This thread turned out to be more popular than I thought!
Well said.Quote:
Originally Posted by mopar34
Ron
Gotta 'fess up, check the HAMB all most daily. LOTS of good info, I dont post often, I try to maintain an open mind and listen / look for things that could / will help me out. I occassionaly contribute, never been slammed, Think its a great site.
i also check out hamb...indeed lost of great info...but their moto is if you didn't build, it don't curise it...wow...that would put a lot of hot rod builders out of business...and make a lot of people who have great careers doing something else that still love hot rods, not real hot rodders...even though most of my car is stainless and chrome...i do have aluminum rims, gas and break pedal...that sure counts me out...oh, and electric fans
Alot of folks know my car on the HAMB- and a few know it's a pro built car.
Not a 100% HAMB "traditional" ride over there but it's all good. There are friendly folks over there.
Here's the thread I started about a little show I attended last Saturday.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=297485
Yea- there's a couple of negatives but it's pretty clear this thread defys the conceived perception over on the HAMB.
I say sign up- introduce yourself & read alot to start. When you start posting, make it tech responses- try & help out. This quickly gives you clout. Then you can expand from there.
I have many HAMB friends now & alot of those same people busted my chops pretty good in the beginning.
Caution- I swear alot over there & actually enjoy not watching my P's & Q's. Kinda like at a show talking to your buds.
Guess I need to update my avitar over here to the new painted car w/ Ricklefs flames.
Take heart! You are most definitely a rodder! For the last 60-70 years hot rod fans have tried to make their stuff nice. A new fad does not diminish the efforts of the guys who have always built them to fulfill their own individual fantasy, screwed together parts they bought, brought together their own ideas with the help of others, or just bought a built car and enjoyed the hobby. We all have the same passion!Quote:
Originally Posted by cnile64
If you want a piece of "jewelry" that blinds people in direct sunlight....happen to like pink cars.....you think a Lamborghini engine is the wildest thing you've seen....or want to carve a unique part out of aluminum....DO IT!
......unless, of course, you need the approval of the herd.
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i also check out hamb...indeed lost of great info...but their moto is if you didn't build, it don't curise it...wow...
Ya' can't believe everything you hear.....or read.:LOL: :LOL: Building means a lot of different things to different people. To Itoldyouso, it might mean a build from the bottom of the tires to the roof and all of the extras. To some one else it might mean they added a shifter knob.:LOL: :LOL:
Huh,...
It seems a lot of you have a misconceived notion about the HAMB which I am a proud member of,... it goes under the age old understanding that respect is something earned,.. some guys can just jump in with a ton of knowledge, experience & background,..... this equals respect to a certain degree, But if you call out one of the old sages that has been on the HAMB for years and is usually always right like "Bruce Lancaster", you had better be dead right or have some thick skin.
If you show up with a attitude, or with a feeling like your just going to barge in, and because you bought a Hot Rod and read a few magazines your going to tell everybody how it's done,... this won't wash. you'll be detected as a poser,.....
It's a pretty close knit community even tho there is somewhere around 50,000 members, everybody that can find there place either contributes or asks questions, Don't assume because you own or built a Hot Rod, you know everything,... be willing to learn, even if you know it all. :)
Not everyone is a good fit for the HAMB, and there are times that some guys lock horns, It reminds me of how car clubs use to be in the old days (and some still are). It's a group of people with similar interests, If your really into cars but lack knowledge, spend time with them and learn, If you've been around the block and have some knowledge, share it with those you can see take a REAL interest, Not everyone was a good fit for those clubs just because they could afford dues,... ( My car club was established in 1951, To get in you had to have a sponsor, attend meetings for 6 mo. be brought up for membership and be voted on. If you didn't get 80% you didn't get in,... and it's still that way, as well as the other clubs in the Association).
So, If you feel comfortable there, great !,.... if you don't, find another board, no harm no foul,... just don't go there expecting it to change for you.
On the HAMB I am "Harms Way", ( I tried to use that here but it was taken)
1987 I bought a 40 Chevy Coupe Street Rod, and left the next day for the Street Rod Nationals in Louisville Ky. The builder didn't take it out of town. Granted I had to put a leaky chrome water pump on it the night before leaving. On the way the alternator bracket was too close to the inner fender, and something had to break. We made it to the Nationals fixed the bracket in the repair section. We were not alone several cars needed to be fixed. We had a good time I have film to reflect back to the show. I replaced the alternator, master cylinder, added an extra electric fan, fixed some wires that were getting hot and blowing fuses. One year when the Louisville Nationals flooded on the way home traffic was bumper-to-bumper trying to get out of Ky. I would have to pull off to the side of the road and let the engine cool down. Then I would run like hell on the shoulder to get a little further. For the most part people knew what I was doing; they would see me on the side and later running the shoulder. My point is I didn’t build the car but I sure had to keep it running so it didn’t bother me if someone would ask if I built the car. In my younger years I pulled engines put in engines, transmissions, clutches but by no means was I an expert I just did what ever it took to keep the car going. Right now I’m just tinkering I can’t work like I use to. I spent 4 years on a Corvette restoring it in the 80’s but at my age now that is too long. Some days I would look at the car and turn around and go back in the house. It only got exciting for me when I could see it all coming together.
Richard
My only beef with HAMB was that many of the mega-posters try to come across as the messiahs of all hot rodding and are quick to slam anyone who vaguely disagrees with their preconceived ideas or opinions. However, I always questioned how anyone who had 50-plus posts a day had time to do anything, especially work on cars!
The internet is a great equalizer and it can make a pig a prince!:LOL:
There are plenty of those types on almost any board, sometimes you just have to ignore them. And usually those that "try to come across as the messiahs of all hot rodding" are either right, or more than likely, will be seen and ignored as one of the posers.Quote:
Originally Posted by GulfCoastGasser
Even on the internet, eventually you can tell a prince from a pig.
I am a member of the HAMB and have even met a few local guys that post there. It is just too big for me to keep up with. But I will check in from time to time.
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Originally Posted by highboy32
Oh so true... but the day of reckoning can be slow coming...:D
I am also on the HAMB. I agree, its a tough crowd, but if you come to expect it, it's no problem.
My problem with that board is the speed at which the posts drop off, there is so much traffic on there it makes it difficult to follow an interesting thread, or get a question answered (I know, someone already mentioned that, but figured I'd concur)
I did banter with Jesse James on there, which is pretty cool.
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There is another side of the HAMB, as I’ve seen when someone needs prayers for a family member, or friend they jump right in with support. If someone is having trouble on the road they put the word out and someone will come to help.
Richard
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There is another side of the HAMB, as I’ve seen when someone needs prayers for a family member, or friend they jump right in with support. If someone is having trouble on the road they put the word out and someone will come to help.
All of the boards that I am a member of will send prayers when prayers are requested or needed. But I have witnessed HAMB members taking it even further. They will provide things for a HAMB auction with proceeds to go to a person of need. They have collected funds to help pay for the medical cost or a funeral of someone in a member's family. They have collected funds to buy a piece of equipment for a member who seems to always be there for other members in a time of need. Recently they requested that as many members as possible send cards to a member who was struggling with an illness.
It's not just prayers that they send, they also send parts, money and support to people in need. And their generosity seem nearly boundless for some. Imagine donating thousands of dollars to match the sum collected form all other members in order to aid a special cause or person.
Yes it is true that some of the HAMBer's are tough as nails and just as brash. But it is also true that many are the first to step up to help when real help is needed. And they aren't concerned about opening up their wallets, as well as their hearts, for those in troubled times.:cool:
The "HAMB relays" are a pretty cool idea too. Members will help deliver cars, parts or people from point A to point B by quickly organizing pickup and drop off points along the route. Beats the hell out of UPS or a greyhound bus.
Well said Bob.
Richard
well that is great they do all that.. but i did not stick around that long to find the good side of what they can do:( i am sure i not the only one. i click on to a post were they were railing this guy and evey one just gang up and beat the $hit out of him .just alot of B.S
I agree with Pat. I do not find the attacks and criticism entertaining. I go to these groups for enjoyment, and to share ideas and experiences. All I ask for is the common respect you would grant a person on the street. If the group isn't interested in doing that, and the moderators think that behavior is acceptable, I won't fit in anyway.
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Originally Posted by mopar34
Those folks over there have helped me out a couple of times in the past, not only w/prayers, just like you folks have done here, but one of the members went so far as to give me his airplane ticket credits making it possible for the wife & I getting to watch our son Joe graduate from Marine basic Training which is something I will never forget & saying thank you to him just didn't seem to justify his generosity.
The one out pouring of generosity that has amazed me & has made me cry more then once is the car they are building for a young kid named Hambandy all from donated parts. This young man is very ill and these guys came together to make his dream come true with building THIS CAR for him.
So regardless of what you may see or read a lot of those so called hardasses really do have a soft spot in their heart whether they want you to know it. You have to consider the source at times & just take some of the stuff that happens over there w/a grain of salt. Personally I can only think of one time where someone "tried" to hand me my ass because of a post I had made, but the over whelming response to what I posted was well received. I look at it this way, opinions are like assholes, it's just some stink worse then others....joe
there is good people still in the world and i was trying to say it could be better place with out the play gound B.S . the coarse words for younger ears ? some kid may want to lean how to do some things with out the shop words we use when doing the job :HMMM: .they can lean them on there own :D .i did :3dSMILE: saying them in the shop thats just shop talk in a form it just makes you look dumb
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Originally Posted by pat mccarthy
Pat,
I fully agree. If I have to take a ton of "medicine" to get an ounce of "cure", it is just not worth it.:(
There may be a few folks over there that know what they are talking about and feel like they have to administer advice with a kick in the pants, but the majority are posers that follow the pack mentality of jumping on a guy only once he is down.:mad:
In the past folks like those needed a sheet to mask their really identity – today they use the web.:LOL: