Teenagers= Muscle Cars

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11-04-2004, 07:12 PM
GTOman

Teenagers= Muscle Cars

hey yall. i posted this at the end of the ricer racing thread, but i figured no one would ever see it, and i wanted to get it out there.

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Originally posted by JeffMcMaster
. Oh, there are a few real rods around, but folks the days of teenage kids being true hotrodders is gone forever. They are more into loud music and nitrous today and they don't have a clue about how to get horsepower from an engine.
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HEY NOW! i know where your comin from but Hot roddin aint dead yet! i just turned 19 (oct) and i have been restoring a 69 GTO for 3 years. I did a frame off with the help of my dad, had the body hangin from the celling of the garage. Its got a 467ci 530hp ponch mill, 2X4's , and a whole buncha other goodies. backed up by a richmond 6 speed and 12 bolt posi. my brother (22) owns a chevelle, vette. AT home we have a fleet of gto's, camaros, chevelle, etc. NO ITS not dead! i cant tell you how much i love muscle cars and HATE imports ! so please dont give up on the younger generation yet!! keep trying. I would love to talk muscle cars with any/everyone who wants to chat and get the real deal of Teenagers nowadays! check out my website its got the goat and some others on there.
Daniel
11-04-2004, 07:35 PM
Jerilynne1965

Hi Daniel! Sounds like you've got a great project goin there! As far as teens n hot rods go I think that you'll meet a few other teens like yourself here at CHR! DRG84...Truckguy...My61Chevy...FMXHellraiser...all those guys are really young...i'd guess all under 22... so you're not alone...Have Fun here...I know there's lot's of info that goes both ways between the ages :D
11-04-2004, 07:47 PM
Matt167

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Originally posted by Jerilynne1965
Hi Daniel! Sounds like you've got a great project goin there! As far as teens n hot rods go I think that you'll meet a few other teens like yourself here at CHR! DRG84...Truckguy...My61Chevy...FMXHellraiser...all those guys are really young...i'd guess all under 22... so you're not alone...Have Fun here...I know there's lot's of info that goes both ways between the ages :D

Forgetting someone?:LOL: :LOL: I'm 16 so yeah, I think I'm part of the younger genereation of hotrodding, there are a few in my school, me, my friend who has a '68 Camero RS and another kid who has a '69 El Camino and me with the '51 Chevy and '67 Falcon, I'm the only 1 in my school with 2 classic cars to my name. the rest like both old iron and ricers.
11-04-2004, 07:52 PM
Jerilynne1965

OHHHH MATT!!!!

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Originally posted by Matt167
Forgetting someone?:LOL: :LOL: I'm 16 so yeah, I think I'm the younger genereation of hotrodding.

MATT ~~~ Sheesh...i'm an idiot:rolleyes: ...can U ever forgive me???? Daniel...I think Matt is probably our youngest an one of the most SENIOR members of CHR...an he gives out an awful lot of good advice!!! :cool:

Hey...I just checked out your cardomain webpage...nice!!! Left ya some props...c-ya! Geezers..lol...i love sayin that...check out our newest members page @ http://www.cardomain.com/id/gtoman581 I'm sorry i keep editing this post...but you guys gotta check out the paint on the GTO...Cool Flame job! Great colors! (i'm a girlie girl...i don't understand engines so i look at paint ha ha!)
11-04-2004, 07:59 PM
TRUCKGUY

yeah i'm only 14 but i'v been working on old cars and trucks well helping since i was about 5-7 i guess i dont want anything new there hard to work on and there ugly and + they have no power lol

other people can have them i'm just saying that i dont want none!!!
11-04-2004, 08:01 PM
Matt167

Re: OHHHH MATT!!!!

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Originally posted by Jerilynne1965
MATT ~~~ Sheesh...i'm an idiot:rolleyes: ...can U ever forgive me???? Daniel...I think Matt is probably our youngest an one of the most SENIOR members of CHR...an he gives out an awful lot of good advice!!! :cool:

Yep your forgiven Jerilynne.:)
11-04-2004, 09:10 PM
drg84

Young people

Actually, mine isnt a muscle car. Its more of a street/offroad/family/truck. Man, is it hard to catagorize an AMC Eagle!:p
11-04-2004, 10:50 PM
gassersrule_196

hey u forgot me lol im 17 my car isnt a muscle car by definition but its fun. <notice project gasser is still on hold> <<< for all the people who know what i am talking about lol......scooter**)
11-04-2004, 11:04 PM
john gemmer

hey don't forget me Im !! Im ! 29 that my story and Im sticking to it:eek: :eek: :rolleyes: :HMMM: :LOL:
11-05-2004, 08:22 AM
racerxjj67

Re: Teenagers= Muscle Cars

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Originally posted by GTOman
hey yall. i posted this at the end of the ricer racing thread, but i figured no one would ever see it, and i wanted to get it out there.

HEY NOW! i know where your comin from but Hot roddin aint dead yet! i just turned 19 (oct) and i have been restoring a 69 GTO for 3 years. I did a frame off with the help of my dad, had the body hangin from the celling of the garage. Its got a 467ci 530hp ponch mill, 2X4's , and a whole buncha other goodies. backed up by a richmond 6 speed and 12 bolt posi. my brother (22) owns a chevelle, vette. AT home we have a fleet of gto's, camaros, chevelle, etc. NO ITS not dead! i cant tell you how much i love muscle cars and HATE imports ! so please dont give up on the younger generation yet!! keep trying. I would love to talk muscle cars with any/everyone who wants to chat and get the real deal of Teenagers nowadays! check out my website its got the goat and some others on there.
Daniel

I figured i'd post my response here as well since it's a carry over from the ricer thread.

This may sound like a far out or a bit of a stretch as to how to get younger kids back into old time hot rodding and muscle cars, but it would actually be as simple as some movie studio putting out a couple of films about hot rodding. It could either be based in the hayday's of the hobby or modern times using old hotrods as center pieces. It worked great for boosting the ricer and NOS popularity.

That being said, I've been tossing around the idea of writting my own screen play about cruising and hot rodding. It would be a real story with believable characters and most importantly, a not-over-the-top, rediculous stunt filled story.

I mean if you watched "American Graffitti" with some kids nowadays, I bet they would be turned on to the scene of cold rolled steel, non fuel injected, gas guzzling, tire smoking, horsepower churning beast of the day! And that's not even describing the uniquely original cool designs of each and every car produced back then.

How's that for an idea? I told you it was a little out there to begin with.
11-05-2004, 08:48 AM
Jerilynne1965

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Originally posted by gassersrule_196
hey u forgot me lol im 17 my car isnt a muscle car by definition but its fun. <notice project gasser is still on hold> <<< for all the people who know what i am talking about lol......scooter**)

Hey there Scooter...I didn't realize that you were a teen!!!! Ha Ha! See the way you guys talk about roddin sometimes makes me think that you've got alot more years under your belt...hmmmm maybe u do...i'll bet you got started when you were 3!
11-05-2004, 11:46 AM
drg84

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Originally posted by Jerilynne1965
Hey there Scooter...I didn't realize that you were a teen!!!! Ha Ha! See the way you guys talk about roddin sometimes makes me think that you've got alot more years under your belt...hmmmm maybe u do...i'll bet you got started when you were 3!

Its amazing what happens when we have Parents/Relatives that are into hot rodding. After all, whos better to learn from than someone who was there when it was first done?:D
11-05-2004, 08:11 PM
gassersrule_196

a movie?

AWESOME can i have a part? hehe. but you are right if they'd make a straight forward no bullcrap movie it would get more kids into it.........scooter

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Originally posted by racerxjj67
I figured i'd post my response here as well since it's a carry over from the ricer thread.

This may sound like a far out or a bit of a stretch as to how to get younger kids back into old time hot rodding and muscle cars, but it would actually be as simple as some movie studio putting out a couple of films about hot rodding. It could either be based in the hayday's of the hobby or modern times using old hotrods as center pieces. It worked great for boosting the ricer and NOS popularity.

That being said, I've been tossing around the idea of writting my own screen play about cruising and hot rodding. It would be a real story with believable characters and most importantly, a not-over-the-top, rediculous stunt filled story.

I mean if you watched "American Graffitti" with some kids nowadays, I bet they would be turned on to the scene of cold rolled steel, non fuel injected, gas guzzling, tire smoking, horsepower churning beast of the day! And that's not even describing the uniquely original cool designs of each and every car produced back then.

How's that for an idea? I told you it was a little out there to begin with.
11-05-2004, 08:18 PM
TRUCKGUY

yeah all of these kids think that there rice burners are so fast and everything then why dont they take two cars and prove it like take the same amount of money and put in to a old car and then a new car we all know the old car will when thats why they dont put old race cars in movies with rice rockets racing
11-05-2004, 09:12 PM
FMXhellraiser

I wouldn't consider us being REAL young because man I feel old already. Haha just kidding. But yeah there isn't a lot of kids our age into hot rods. I am almost the only one at my school into it. There are some kids at school into them but most kids I see are into muscle cars. I am the ONLY one at school into the 30's-50's cars. I like 20's cars too. Like T pails that good ol Streets has there. heh. I wish I knew some more kids my age that were into hot rods. Only thing I don't like is us kids into them don't get much respect from older people and they always say how they wish kids were into rods instead of rice. Either they dont respect us or the blow us off or ignore us. I just don't bother with it though, I stay to myself in my own little world I guess you can say and try not to be in a certain stlye I guess you can call it, I just work on my car ride my dirt bike and do what I wan't.
Lol man I don't even know what I am saying anymore I have to go. haha
11-06-2004, 07:14 AM
Jerilynne1965

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Originally posted by FMXhellraiser
Only thing I don't like is us kids into them don't get much respect from older people and they always say how they wish kids were into rods instead of rice. Either they dont respect us or the blow us off or ignore us. I just don't bother with it though, I stay to myself in my own little world I guess you can say and try not to be in a certain stlye I guess you can call it, I just work on my car ride my dirt bike and do what I wan't.
Lol man I don't even know what I am saying anymore I have to go. haha

FMX ~ You know that once you stick around this site for a bit that these guys give all you "young~uns" the credit you deserve. I don't doubt a bit that there are some skeptics in the beginning...they probably just want to know if your full of hot air or if your gonna stick around... heh..;) I don't know what it's like where you guys live...but the hot rod clubs in my area that i've visited at Cruise - in's this summer are just REALLY nice folks...they even put up with ME n the Fire Cluck Cluck! an I don't know squat about what makes a car tick... Ha Ha! So you guys don't listen to the few boneheads out there that like to lump all kids into the same category...just keep doin what you do an hang with the ones that do respect you...you know you've earned it! ;)
11-06-2004, 11:27 AM
gassersrule_196

in a way thats true. we make our horsepower cheaper and more for the amount of money. like i was watching hot rod tv the other day they decided to do a honda i was like pff so i watched it so i could laugh at them. they spent 1 grand and gained 10 horsepwoer. went from 87 to 97 not even 100!!!!! they put a header an intake <very geniusly put right behind the bumper cover> i mean damn if we put headers and a good intake on our cars we gain more than 10 :LOL: i mean our horsepower is cheaper. sure the cars may cost a tad more but damn it they are an investment in 20 years what are people going to want? a dry rotted plastic rattle trap or a good soild hunk of american beauty? moral of story BUY AN OLD CAR reasons you ask? ill list a few.
1. its an investment the old car market place is growing all the time.
2.we can go faster make more horsepower for about half what they spend. i.e 1 grand we can make a hell of alot more than just 10 :LOL:
3.old cars have more style and class.
4.theres nothing like the feeling they have "the feel" theres nothing like the feel of driving an old car it is a time machine.
5. the thumbs up and comments you get everywhere you go people are yelling hooting and hollaring and always talking to you about the car's old people young people all walks of life.
6.they sound good <hehehhe>
7. you can actually work on them without needing a degree in rocket science.
8.they make good family projects and its cool to hand them down from generation to generation.
9. some of the best memories are in old cars.
10.its a time machine back to when times were more innocent. a time when a kid could walk in to a dealership check a few boxes and get a sweet car that with a few tweaks could pull 12's and lower easily for under 4 grand because horsepower was just a check away. people who were designing them cared. a time when people could have fun cruise hang out have fun. a time when we backed into cruise ins and opened our hoods now people pull in and open there trunk :HMMM: its alot more fun sitting on your hood then your trunk the times used to be good and these cars are the only way we can try to relive them. a time when even music reflected the new cars that were coming out. i.e gto, my ss396 and many more. those times may be gone but as soon as you get in your car its a time warp.....scooter :toocool:

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Originally posted by TRUCKGUY
yeah all of these kids think that there rice burners are so fast and everything then why dont they take two cars and prove it like take the same amount of money and put in to a old car and then a new car we all know the old car will when thats why they dont put old race cars in movies with rice rockets racing
11-06-2004, 11:39 AM
gassersrule_196

i am 47yrs old and anytime i see a young person with an old car i try to talk to them and encourage them as much as i can,i feel i have alot of knowledge to offer them if they want to listen,if their car is a work in progress i try to offer them ideas and things they can do to their car,i dont blow off any young person who is willing to listen to me.i love seeing you guys with old rides,keep up the good work. scooters dad.
11-06-2004, 11:56 AM
Jerilynne1965

Shoulda' posted this here...

Hey Scooter's Dad...This is something I posted this a.m. on the Post a Pic thread...ha ha...it's more suited to this one...

Kids n Rods
Ya know guys I don't have to tell you this....hehe... but i'm going to anyway...lol...it's the mommy in me!

It is sooooo cool that you guys work with your kids on ANYTHING! There are so many uninvolved daddy's out there that leave the life training for their kids up to the momma's...I really think that you guys spending time with your kids (don't forget yer girls if ya got em!) no matter what your hobby/job/interests are is THE most important thing you will ever do. They look to you during those times to see how you handle yourself, how you deal with other people, how you respond when things go your way or especially when they don't go your way. They learn to think & problem solve, strategize, interact with adults when they spend that time with you. They also watch how you treat their momma...hehe and that's how they will treat important women in their life...hint hint... You guys are the greatest influence the next generation has. An that goes for you Geezer Rodders too...if there are young ones in your circle of influence that DON'T have that example at home...they depend on you to be that example.

My husband is into bicycling (my kids don't like it)...so that's what he and I do together. He doesn't know anything about cars so in order to spend time with our boys he took up golf and does that with them. I don't care what it is...if your out there spending time with those kids it will pay off bigtime! You guys ROCK!!!!!