Thread: I love driving my Hot Rod!

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i dont care much for shows myself.
i do love to go for drives in my kaiser/willys 63cj5
and i get all sorts of comments on it.
i am almost done with the 27 chevy and i bet i'll get even more with that!

No, I think the "civilians" that encounter our cars are more interested in them than we think. They may not know what they are looking at, but they realize it is different and that someone has spent some time working on it to get it to it's present state. I use mine a lot for errands and just driving around and there aren't too many times when I come out with my groceries and don't find a few people standing around it. Most of the initial comments are, "Did you build it, and What year is it?" Kids and old ladies seem the most interested, it seems.

My plan is to use it again today. There is a Sunday brunch at a town about 30 miles from here that I like and last night I put my street tires back on and capped the headers.

Don

It still amazes me the young ones are the ones asking the questions....most notably the year, and how much.....

I just got back from my little mini cruise and had to change my plans. It was sprinkling to the North so I went south and missed it all. Took the long route to Ft Myers Beach and had lunch down there. I had a seat where I could keep an eye on my car and this was one of those days where most people would stop and look, some taking pictures. One nice lady even reached in and turned off my turn signal. I always bump it when I am getting out and have it wired hot all the time...........gotta change that some time. I saw two other hotrods out cruising, a 32 highboy streetrod and my friend Bill in his rat rod "Skanky."

At a gas station a nice couple from Sweden approached me and we talked for a while. He has a 59 T Bird over there and said he had to get cats put on it to pass their sniffer test, but it made it. They said you see some hot rods over there but mainly old American cars restored.


Don

Here are a couple of shots of Skanky. Bill is a real trip. He ran funny cars, has a Bonneville speed record, and has a few other hot rods, but he LOVES ths car...........drives it everywhere, even to the Lone Star Roundup in Texas, all the way from Florida !

Sweden? am i reading this wrong? Been admiring your rod for awhile. Dans is cool to! Wow went back and read carefully. kudos