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  1. 04-30-2021 04:08 PM #1
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    Wannabe types.
    Living in a small rural area everybody knows everybody.
    I was in the local bar one evening having a quiet beer with my mates and one of the locals (not a friend,) came bursting in, headed straight for me and said: "I'm one of you fellas now!"
    What?
    "Yep. I've got an American car. I'm now a hot-rodder!"
    Oh. What is it?
    "I dunno. It's blue."

    Bloody drongo.

    I shook my head and turned my back on him.
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  2. 05-01-2021 07:45 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnboy View Post
    I dunno. It's blue.".
    BUT, It was a great BLUE, lol..
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  3. 05-02-2021 09:50 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by 36 sedan View Post
    BUT, It was a great BLUE, lol..
    Actually it was. It was a completely stock '55 Chev...very tidy.

    But it most certainly wasn't a HOT ROD!

    And he wasn't 'one of us.'

    (He's a retired school teacher...I rest my case...)
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  4. 05-03-2021 07:31 AM #4
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    i only have one . ratrods . last thing i need is some rockabilly punk telling me how true hotrods were built . i was there .
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    Quote Originally Posted by shine View Post
    i only have one . ratrods . last thing i need is some rockabilly punk telling me how true hotrods were built . i was there .
    What? You mean to tell me true hot rods weren't built with circular saw blades for steering wheels, chains welded together for steering arms, and hog feeder lids for hubcaps?
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  6. 05-04-2021 05:26 AM #6
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    yep. dont know anybody who built one butt ugly on purpose .
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  7. 05-04-2021 06:57 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by shine View Post
    yep. dont know anybody who built one butt ugly on purpose .
    I didn't know the clown, but how about a T cowl & windshield with an old manure spreader for the body and old toilet seats for the interior? And those were the good parts!
    Last edited by rspears; 05-04-2021 at 07:50 AM.
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