A little about me

Hello to all i just found this site after doing some serching for street machine/hot rod sites and liked what i saw so i joined. I am a member of a few other sites but the "active membership" is just not very active on the other sites i belong to so i went looking for a new active group.

Hers a bit about myself,my name is Steve and i'm a 32 yr old welder/fabricator from Michigan i live about a mile from Woodward ave. and spend a great deal of time crusin woodward and enjoying the woodward dream cruise each year.

I have been into muscle cars since i built my first 66' pontiac at 16 yr's old and loved ever minute of it every since.

I currently am getting close to finishing a 4 yr build on my 69 GTO it is a drag car that will see some street miles cruisin woodward.

So far it has a chris alston eleminatorII chassis,dual funnycar cages,75% fiberglass body,Blown 540cid,glide,dana 60,tubbed,aluminum interior and should be a solid mid 8 second car when finished.

I also just finished restoring/building a 66'T-bird with a fresh 390cid for my mother and am very happy with the way the bird turned out.

another project i just started is a 67 mustang 289hipo for my sister and her husband,plan on doing a mild mini-tubbed streeter out of it.

Anyway glad to be a part of the site and look forward to sharing some knowledge and stories with everyone.

Thanks

BG

Welcome aboard BlownGoat.. Sounds like you've got yourself a mean GTO.

BlownGoat; Welcome aboard, glad to have you on here with us.If you have any questions just ask. some of the guys on here really know thier stuff. This is a great site, with a lot of great people. But be prepared to laugh your butt off these guys come up with all kinds of crazy stuff. These are a couple of the guys that can answer the harder stuff. Streets, Uncle Bob,Mr Mustang,Techinspector, just to name a few. If you want to post a picture you click new reply or new thread and your box will come up to write in, just below that you will see a button that says browse click that and it will let you get your picture from your computer.


~ Vegas ~ ;)

Welcome goat, sounds like a neat poncho. Post some pics, still good action on Woodward, huh??? Used to hang out with a bud who lived in Livonia a few choice summer weekends, but that was many years ago. Enjoy your stay at CHR

Hi Steve, welcome aboard. I'm one of the " old geezers" that hangs around here:D I don't post all that often, but wanted to say "HI" to a fellow Detroiter. I left the Detroit area in 1981, but I still consider it home. Post a pic of your Goat...sounds like something I would like. Don (North Woodward Timing Association member)

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Welcome BlownGoat !!
My 2nd car wuz a 66 GTO. some good memories wit. dat 1. Met me wife in dat car!!!
I'd like to see pics. of yer' latest project too!!
Sounds Kewl!!
I live just south of Chicago, so not too far from you..... Relatively. :LOL:

My current project is in the gallery: We need to compare notes!!!
Just click on this link....
http://www.clubhotrod.com/photopost/...=1&ppuser=1683

Hey BlownGoat!...I can almost hear all the car alarms going off when you rumble down Woodward in the Goat!

Hey guys thanks for the warm welcome :D i was cruisin through all the forums last night and not only was i happy to see some many people posting often but the advice/knowledge that some of the members here were giving was VERY inpressive. I can tell this site is going to be chewing up alot of my time!

pro70z28 very impressive bud looks like you do some nice work...also love the housing you have in it.

Dave...woodward is unbelievable on the weekends now,every since the dream cruise started back in 94' woodward is packed with old cars cruising from about mid may till september. ON the average weekend you can find not only cars cruising from 12-15mile but a few parking lots that have close to 150-200 cars parked in them each weekend....its great!!

Hers a couple pics of her,they are from last summer so i have progrees a bit futher since these .....going to be canary yellow with ghost flames when painted.

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last one.....right after the funny car cages were finished.

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Looks great. Wish I wuz that far along. I'm liable to be an old man by the time mine's runnin'. Oh... wait I'm already an old man. HEHEHE:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: **)

:LOL: dunno man,i think i'm gonna be a old man by the time mines done...been 4 years so far just to this point.

funny how a "1 winter project" can turn into 4-5 years aint it;)

The goat looks really good, and I am very glad to hear Woodward is still alive and well. Gotta get back there some day, last time I was there was in the mid 70's and there was some wicked players around then.

Hey pro z and goat, time is not even an issue when your are building yer own. I have a '72 Ford pick up I just started on 11 years ago, a '57 Ford wagon I just bought in 1973 might be my next project to start on. Half the fun is in the building way I see it, and when you're done it's totally unique and all yours.

But one final thought. Is it just me, or do you guys have these wonderful, intelligent friends who come around and make fantastic suggestions, then leave when it's time for the work to start?? Mine also come back about a week later and ask why you aren't done with that yet !!!!

Building rods and street machines is great fun, I would not trade the experience for anything !!

That is one awesome looking car. Like the smooth bend over the rear end with the frame. Ive seen quite a few of them that were cut and then welded back together in a box type down here in Florida. I would think that yours would be much stronger than those, cant wait to see the pics. when you get done. Is your engine already finished or are you still working on that. I just ran into a guy that was redoing a goat the other day, he has 2 of them one of them bieng all rusted out so he was robbing the parts from the one and putting them on the gaot with no rust on it. Then, he has fabricated some of the nose grill for it because it had been smashed in an accident. When you get done send some more pictures, I'd like to see it.


~ Vegas ~

Welcome to CHR!

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The goat looks really good, and I am very glad to hear Woodward is still alive and well. Gotta get back there some day, last time I was there was in the mid 70's and there was some wicked players around then.

Hey pro z and goat, time is not even an issue when your are building yer own. I have a '72 Ford pick up I just started on 11 years ago, a '57 Ford wagon I just bought in 1973 might be my next project to start on. Half the fun is in the building way I see it, and when you're done it's totally unique and all yours.

But one final thought. Is it just me, or do you guys have these wonderful, intelligent friends who come around and make fantastic suggestions, then leave when it's time for the work to start?? Mine also come back about a week later and ask why you aren't done with that yet !!!!

Building rods and street machines is great fun, I would not trade the experience for anything !!

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Yea I get a lot a "WHAT COLOR TA GONNA PAINT IT"??? "WHEN YA GONNA HAVE IT DONE"??? I tell em it L' be done as soon as I'm Finished:LOL: :LOL: :LOL: **)

Thanks for the nice comments guys its much appreciated.

Firstly yeah myself and my buddy greg are the ones that did the cage/frame.

Techinspector i havent yet had the frame/cage cert'ed yet but plan to as soon as i get the chance and find when i can take it and have it inspected(should be soon)

Also thanks for the "thumbs up" on the cage techinspector..i went back&forth about deciding if i wanted to do so much cage work to the car or just add the least that i could get away with so i could save some # in the car, but in the end i figured it is better to have a safer car with a extensive cage at the cost of maybe a tenth.

And yeah i get the "driveway inspectors" as i call them :LOL: guys that come over and tell me what they would have done or ask why i did this or that then tell me......awwww your never gonna finish that thing:whacked:

As for the motor i had been discussing the combo with the engine shop for about 6 months trying to decide what would get me the power that i wanted and putting money back the whole time. Well now all the short block parts are on order and i just dropped the block off yesterday at the shop. Its starting to progress very nicely in the last month......i ended up selling my boat to get the motor build up started:( i hated to do it since i am a huge fisherman....but my car and hot rods are always my #1 priority so i knew i had to do it.

I'll be working on the goat alot now that the weather here in MI is starting to get warmer and the snows mealting so i'll post some pics as i get more done.

Thanks for all the intrest guys....this site is really great i'm glad i found it:cool:

BG