Over this past summer, I spent a bit of time on my son’s Ryan’s 71 Chevy pickup – the interior was a bit on the ratty side and the instruments were having some issues and the tires were getting thin. He’s still in college, working two jobs and making a lot of good decisions and very few bad ones. After reading through Dave’s post about his grand daughters and all the good stuff going on with Don and his boys I was once again reminded how blessed I am to have great kids. In addition to new interior and tires, I installed ceramic Hookers and took the truck to a local shop and had Flowmaster 40’s put on with nice stainless tips that dump just in front of the tires – Wow, what a nice sound. The old 350 is getting a bit tired, but it still has some grunt and a nice throaty lope at idle.

Ryan drives a Ford Escort most of the time (33mpg versus 13mpg – and did I mention he’s still a college student?) so from time-to-time, I fire up the Chevy and Joanie and I go for a little drive. The sound is awesome and we definitely get a lot of thumbs up. Feel like I’m 16 and on “E Street” in San Bernardino all over again!

Long story short –yup, I too love to cruise in a hot rod – the sounds and smells and smiles are all part of it, Keith! Thanks for starting this thread.

Regards All,
Glenn