Thread: Took a little drive.

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

.......... I bet some of the comments non car people make are super interesting.


Don

Something similar has probably happened to anyone on here with a car at a "show". We had a street show in downtown Henderson yesterday. Along with the usual conversations, at one point a young East Indian girl (16-18ish) asked if she could sit behind the wheel of the '30 roadster so her daddy could take some pictures. What the heck!! Her mother thanked me profusely, and so did dad. She was grinning from ear to ear. I can't imagine she knew much about traditional hot rods, but for whatever reason this one rang her bell. Most girls her age there were much more interested in the "Smokey Bandit" Trans Am parked next to us. Just another of those little fun moments with cars.

Roger, we had strands of ss scrub pads hanging out the holes too. We have kind of come to the conclusion the current level is "close enough". Dan drove it around the industrial park tonight while I stayed behind to listen how it sounded, and it was louder than a Vette with side pipes, but more quiet than it was with open headers. He also realizes that turndowns on the end of the headers would help a lot as they aim right at you now, but cosmetics are important, you know. And he likes the way they look right now.

Andy, sorry to hear about the lousy weather. Well, it IS only April so Spring is still a few weeks or so away, up north. Pretty soon you should have some nice weather. Down here we are already starting to sweat, looks like it will be another scorcher this Summer.


Bob, I've done the same thing, and the smiles on the faces of the kid and his parents is priceless. On the other hand, some people have zero respect for other peoples stuff, and sometimes you just have to say something. When Dan's rpu was sitting in front of the stage at Billetproof some guy (who looked like he had one too many) walked up and set his beer bottle on Dan's rear tire. I debated with myself for a few minutes because I didn't want to spoil Dan's experience there, but finally I couldn't take it anymore. I walked over, took the bottle from the tire, handed it too him, and said "Here, thank you." He got the point, but WHO does that stuff?????? If that bottle had fallen into the bed we would have been the ones repairing the damage.

I guess some people just have had no upbringing.


Don

Don just got on here tonight. Very cool photo at the gas station. I'm glad Dan's RPU is drivable and doing road trips. It turned out great, as did yours and Don Jr.s. Must be pretty cool to have three rods driving down the road in one family!

Thanks, Steve. Yeah, I really enjoyed yesterday. Can't wait for our next little mini cruise.

Don