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I always thought you just put a small fuel tank in the uncomfortable cars, makes you get out and stretch more often while your filling up the tank!

Originally Posted by Matthyj

I always thought you just put a small fuel tank in the uncomfortable cars, makes you get out and stretch more often while your filling up the tank!

32/33/34's are NOT uncomfortable if ya set em up right. Have logged over 1/2 million miles in em over the years, and yes usually have 11 to 15 gallon tanks. Do the math 11 gals @ 19 MPG = 209 miles, so around 175 ya stop and top off. That's about 2 1/2 hrs drivin. Hell I get outta my new Dodge truck to stretch after about that far. So what the big deal with guys wanting a big tank in a hot rod? It about the journey, not the destination in a Hot Rod.
How many on here drive their Hot Rod more than 5000 miles a year anyway. Not too many I suspect. Most are "ZIP code Hotrodders" to me.

Originally Posted by DA34GUY

How many on here drive their Hot Rod more than 5000 miles a year anyway. Not too many I suspect. Most are "ZIP code Hotrodders" to me.

Your "ZIP code Hotrodder" term makes it sound like it's a negative thing. Just like seat structure and comfort, there's a lot of different circumstances and it's not a one size fits all world, at least in my opinion. What fits for you might not be right for another guy, but that doesn't make the other guy wrong, again in my opinion.

Originally Posted by rspears

Your "ZIP code Hotrodder" term makes it sound like it's a negative thing. Just like seat structure and comfort, there's a lot of different circumstances and it's not a one size fits all world, at least in my opinion. What fits for you might not be right for another guy, but that doesn't make the other guy wrong, again in my opinion.

My comment was more to the guy who may have a righteous hot rod, but also has obligations or commitments that make it all but impossible for him to hit the road for even a long weekend in his hobby car - the guy that's working a job that gives him Sundays off (if he's lucky); the guy who's working a second job on weekends to help his family have more than he had as a kid; the guy who attends his kid's sporting events every weekend of the year when he's not working; the retired guy who's income doesn't support long road trips, or who's the primary care giver for an elderly parent; or the guy who just may not like sitting around in a lawn chair at a big national/regional event. Some folks are simply not able to, or may just choose not to do the long road trip in a hot rod, but that's not a negative thing to me, and it's not a reason to put them in a box. The comment just struck me wrong, and I'll get off the soap box.

Originally Posted by DA34GUY

How many on here drive their Hot Rod more than 5000 miles a year anyway. Not too many I suspect. Most are "ZIP code Hotrodders" to me.

I must admit to being a tad offended by that crack.

We've had the '47 on the road about ten years now, and she's coming up to 80,000 miles. An average of 8,000 miles per year.
The bus has been on the road a little over twelve months, and has done just over 6,000 kms, around 4,000 miles.
The Morris Minor has been on the road for about fifteen years, the odometer has gone around the clock, and now reads 63,000 miles.
The Cobra has not been on the road for quite some time, and the odometer stopped working a long time ago, but it too reads over 30,000 miles.

So there's some of us as pull our rods out and play with them...

Originally Posted by johnboy

I must admit to being a tad offended by that crack.

We've had the '47 on the road about ten years now, and she's coming up to 80,000 miles. An average of 8,000 miles per year.
The bus has been on the road a little over twelve months, and has done just over 6,000 kms, around 4,000 miles.
The Morris Minor has been on the road for about fifteen years, the odometer has gone around the clock, and now reads 63,000 miles.
The Cobra has not been on the road for quite some time, and the odometer stopped working a long time ago, but it too reads over 30,000 miles.

So there's some of us as pull our rods out and play with them...

Thumbs up to ya Johnboy.