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Originally posted by lt1s10
welcome juras, bought a new olds. in 1969 looked just like that. well almost that good, it was the W30 and it came from the factory with small hub caps, but they didnt stay on there long. looking good

ahh..w30 yz nyisssssse..best except for the hurst editions. but my cutlass will kick ass of any stocker 442 at a traffic light just as it is..factory rims and 60s rubber and all.

btw, you have a'97 s10 with an lt1? pretty kewl..i had a similar daily ride b4 my cutlass- a customized '99 s10 -full walk through cab/bed conversion with a permanent cap and rear mattress, suspension with air bags/compressor/air tank, american torque thrusts, gibson exhaust, chip, k&n filter, hotter ignition/coil plus some extras...it was a 4.3v6 but ordered with a locking differential..it went straight to the conversion shop from a dealer back in '98. it was the only new ride i ever had in my life [likely last one too] but i got a lot of help with paying for it from government.

i left it as part of a tree in september '03 after my air bags blew up [or lost pressure] while taking a 90 degree turn at about 30 mph..lost control and swerved to avoid a mailbox, which maneuver threw me sideways on the passenger seat and as a result i pulled my hand control lever [thus actually accelerating] as i went head on into a tree at around 45mph..nasty permanent injuries and have a lot of steel in my legs now because of it including 2 rods from my hip to knee on my right thigh..lost most of my diaphragm function too so i get winded easily now. almost all ribs broken [for nteenth time hehe]. etc. etc. right leg is almost 3 inches shorter and my ribcage caved in for the second time in my life which makes me much shorter now than my original 5'9"...eh, story of my life these crashes hehe..got some bucks from insurance for the totalled pick up and bought that cutlass which i'm much happier with anyway.

my s10 was ok but lacked balls and that v8 feel/sound. plus i simply like older tin have but yours definitely has some balls with that v8. bet you surprise some unsuspecting 'tuners' at the traffic lights

and here's a pic of my s10 for ya before i had torque thrusts and the gibson exhaust installed..

Sounds like you had a sweet bike. I see you said something about liking Indians, etc. My father was looking at buying an indian bike a few months back and they sure are nice. I am with you on HD selling out. Hear about what they are trying to do now? I like old HD but now after all this stuff I hear they are trying to do to shut the custom bike world down I don't want a HD anymore or have a bike with any of their parts on it for that fact. If you ever post on www.clubchopper.com you will know what I am talking about.

no, i don't know what you're talking about but that's also because i stopped caring what hd does or put out right around the time i became paralyzed in '90..i'll drop by that forum when i'll have some time. without knowing the story i can't really comment but older, faithful bikers literally saved hd from going under not only by staying faithful to it when it was putting out crappy iron but by putting their hard earned bux when their mouth and hearts were and buying its stock share control from amf.

if hd now is actually going after customizers, it's biting the hand that saved it from a prolonged demise in the first place and the only one that hd should blame for losing the core die hards as its supporters is oneself for giving into greed and fad rather than keeping its integrity.

original indians are great bikes although those stylized unique chief, etc., fenders looked always kinda kooky to me. that new indian ompany i know nothing about and doubt they have mucyh more of the genuine soul save for the name. i also dig the boss-hoss concept although those bikes look like only their mother could love its ungainly looks but its concept delves deep right into pure american hot rod spirit and these sleds certainly don't lack huge balls..plus, what better way to connect the bikers and rodders than to put a ballsy, cager, made in us of a, mill into a bike frame hehehe...i wonder how long before someone slams a bds, etc., 6-71 blower on one with a huge bug catcher ..i'd likely do it if i still could ride and had the bux.

btw, i know all this is getting off-subject but hell, it's my 'introduction' so it shouldn't bother the moderators here

Originally posted by juras
hotrodangel-hey, not only are ya a stude nut but as i understand by your nick/avatar-a lady motorhead...pleasure is all mine as we need far more of you ladies in this passion [ok, some call it hobby ]..right back at ya..

Juras - My sugar DHOTROD gave me my avatar...He thought it fit me, and I think he's right...

Yep, I agree, some call it a hobby, but for most of us here, myself included, it is a passion...it's in our blood, it's a way of life, a lifestyle, our greatest weakness, and our only sanity...

While I will be the first one to admit that I don't know a whole bunch about working on & building hot rods, I am learning...

I have learned so much already since first starting the build on my Stude...but I've got a long way to go. Before I started, I didn't know how to run a grinder, or a cutting wheel, or a chop saw, but now I can, and I know my way around the old toolbox fairly well too...Luckily, the guy that is helping me build this truck is extremely patient and is willing to teach me...His help, along with the great bunch of guys here at CHR, guide me in building this truck, and building it right.

Juras You life is similar to mine except no service for me as I lost part of my foot in a hunting accident. Took up boxiing instead and became a professional in 1966 as a welterweight, but was to interested in the ladies and beer so after a 14 and 4 recored gave it up.

My bike experience was a 305 superHawk which was pretty good back in the 60's. My brother and I put it on it's side at 105(Iwas driving drunk) and I only got a few cuts and scrapes, but my brother broke his arm and leg. Gave up the bikes after that but didn't give up the booze until my wife said (after my last bar fight) one more and I''m walking. Now it's just a couple beers a week.

That stude of yours is interesting(don't think I ever saw one like yours).

Ever feel like shooting the sh--, I'm usually on this computer every night after work.

Here is a quick short story on the HD thing Juras if you wanna know. Basically EPA and some other law places are trying to close out the custom bike scene for good. So they are saying in 2006 California law will be that noone can have more than 1 custom chopper or bike that doesn't meet the new inspection laws in their lifetime and that they can't sell the custom bike until they have had it for 5 years or more. Then by 2010 it will be like this throughout the entire US. I thought maybe it was a joke or a rumor but so far it's true (it's on that Club Chopper, gotta just search for it and it's all over there too). They said that HD is trying to help EPA pass this law since HD already uses their crappy cat back exhausts and all the new emissions parts on their bikes so they don't care and that way it will be better for them because either people will have to buy from them or nothing. So basically it's like they are shutting down all their competition and it will make their job easier than ever.
That is not the only thing and I just skipped tons of info, etc but you get the deal. To me it's a bunch of bull and they are trying to get all these people on this site to sign some thing and send it in and all but I hear that wont work and wont change nothing. Stupid tree huggers, I swear. They think cutting down on emission laws will help, it never will, air is already polluted it wont get better and it wont stay the same so no point in doing that.
Now if this is true then I wonder what will happen to hot rods in about another 50 or so years. Most guys here wont care about 50 or 70 years down the road since (not being mean) they wont even be here but I sure hope to live that long and if they do something like this then they can just kill me because all I will have left that I like is guitar and drums, that's it.
Sorry to babble on about this and yeah it probably sounds like a bunch of crap to you guys but the chopper forums isn't the only place I am hearing this around.

hrangel, you rock girl. wish there were more women like ya around for all the rest of us
if you already wrench on your rides that's great, but since you say that you also dabble in tin work as well that's bloody excellent.

37chevy, yeah in a way i'm 'lucky' 'cause i can still do crazy stuff without having to feel responsible for a wife/kids..although the downshot is the lonesome blues once in a while hehe. i like that bit of you becoming a fighter after an accident..i always did things backward like that too [example-took up guitar after losing two fingertips down to first knuckles of my chord hand in a bike sprocket..actually got pretty good and devised my own 'short' chords for 2 and a half fingers] these stude coupes are rare birds. if you'll go to 'hotrod talk' [or is it shop] under the topic '36 studebaker' you'll find a link to a hot rod mag feature of another 36 stude dictator rod they did a couple of years ago.

fmx-yeah, that sounds like another attempt by a bunch of misguided treehugging a-holes trying to make a commie country out of us..i come from one and hate shit like that. hd is a company who turned into a pathetic incoporation ridin' on its former legend..no respect from me. and yer right about this eventually affecting other groups like hotrodders, etc.
btw-i joined the cc after seeing some amazing work in leather from rocky at purekustom..if ya people haven't seen it check it out..bloody awesome craft and talent. i think i'll be lurking there almost as much as here just to feed my eyes with some of those super lookin custom sleds. man i miss riding
think i'll go for a night spin in my cutlass...that's the ticket

Yeah man that guy does some AWSOME work! Check out the metal work section, there are some VERY talented guys in there too. Even though you can't ride, maybe going to those forums checking them out and talking about them will help. Or maybe they will just make you wish you can ride more I don't know. I don't ride dirt bikes anymore and I go on some motocross or freestyle sites and look at pics of kids hitting 80 foot ramps and wish I can ride again when I can't so I try not to go there too much, just get's me in a bad bummed mood.
If you miss bikes still then ever think about working on them? Like finding old bikes, tinker with them and resell or something? I am just trying to throw idea's at ya you know, seems like you miss it a lot. Would be cool to take up leather work on your spare time and who knows, maybe you got a natural talent and can work your way up to making sweet seats for bikes. Hell it sounds like a job you can do in a wheelchair to me and it would keep ya busy.
Oh and the section on the chopper site about metal work is real good to read up on if your into custom led sleds, etc because there are a lot of helpful people and all that theory like stuff about metal shaping basically is the same for hot rodding. There are some really cool people there though. They made some girl there a bike for her. I think she was making a frame and then some guy showed her how to make a tank over the net and made her one and gave it to her and everyone else threw in parts like bars, fenders, etc and she made a bike. Pretty awsome if you ask me.

Man I was just looking at your Stude in your gallery and damn that is a NIIIIIICE ass car! Probably one of the best looking cars of that year IMO. I'd be hugging it too if I had that thing. All I can say is NEVER sell that thing (unless it's to me of course haha) and make sure they bury that thing with you so it's yours forever.

i actually get bummed somewhat too by looking knowing i can't do it on 2 wheels anymore but still enjoy checkin' outsome nice bikes. as far as doing anything it won't work, not only do i lack balance of my trunk from my chest down but my hands are paralyzed as well [i'm a quad not a para] and i can't hold anything in them..barely can wiggle my fingers a bit. i gained about 50% ofmy arms/shoulders strength back eventually by super hard work in rehab and can transfer on my own to/from wheelchair but these problems [and others like inability to sweat, lack of control of physiological functions, etc] are beyond the possibility of getting them back so that's why i'm unemployed and unable to do anything like music, art, etc. which i loved once to indulge in.
but i'll check out all those sections on cc regardless.
now i'm off for a moon ride to the tune of v8. later all.

Originally posted by FMXhellraiser
Man I was just looking at your Stude in your gallery and damn that is a NIIIIIICE ass car! Probably one of the best looking cars of that year IMO. I'd be hugging it too if I had that thing. All I can say is NEVER sell that thing (unless it's to me of course haha) and make sure they bury that thing with you so it's yours forever.

that was a nice little ride and fell good hehe...thanx man, i feel the same way obviously. actually i often tell people and my family that i would like to get buried in it but that would probably be too much of a waste of such a rare stude so it's mostly a wish that likely won't come true..plus those cemetary grave spot costs would be too much as i'd need 2 to fit the stude in hehe..unless i'll become rich before kickin' the bucket then i can be buried in my stude on my own property ..