No Dave, it's a different climate now. Some of my friends are cops who own hot rods. I've even attended car shows that were sponsored by the police for various fund raisers. If you go to any event like Daytona 50% of the cars there are on the edge of being "legal", but the cops realize we have a ton of money tied up in our rods and they are probably safer than a lot of the daily drivers on the road.

Just last Saturday night I had nothing going on so I cruised down to Naples for a little cruise in they hold there, and I probably passed and was passed by 10 cops who didn't blink twice. I've even had them pull up along side and give me compliments or ask where the show is. Florida is very cool on this stuff, they have bigger fish to fry with crime and serious traffic violations so they rarely bother us. I drove my 27 almost daily for 7 years and was never stopped once.

We are far removed from the hooligans in the B movies, and the police realize it. Oh, and you should hear some of the Harleys running around down here!

Don