Thread: Rat rod debate

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To be exact, I got hooked on cars at the '62 U.S. Nationals, at the age of 13. I got involved at 15 with my own car... painted my first car by 16... rebuilt my first engine by 17... had built a street rod from bare rails with a friend by 18... and helped build a B/G car by 20. By 23 I was painting bikes and cars for others, and building frame-up projects for myself on the side. That makes my involvement 42 years.... and the last 25 of it has been full-time. Not bad for a guy who doesn't know what true hot rodding is!

I can remember when, as kids, we thought any kind of a custom or hot rod was cool! We felt a kinship with other guys who also had the "mechanical gene", so it didn't matter what he built... how he built it... how much he spent... trailer or no trailer... he was a "brother car maniac"! I hope that comes back, because I still feel the same way. Just be nice to me, and I will return the favor.

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

To be exact, I got hooked on cars at the '62 U.S. Nationals, at the age of 13. I got involved at 15 with my own car... painted my first car by 16... rebuilt my first engine by 17... had built a street rod from bare rails with a friend by 18... and helped build a B/G car by 20. By 23 I was painting bikes and cars for others, and building frame-up projects for myself on the side. That makes my involvement 42 years.... and the last 25 of it has been full-time. Not bad for a guy who doesn't know what true hot rodding is!

I can remember when, as kids, we thought any kind of a custom or hot rod was cool! We felt a kinship with other guys who also had the "mechanical gene", so it didn't matter what he built... how he built it... how much he spent... trailer or no trailer... he was a "brother car maniac"! I hope that comes back, because I still feel the same way. Just be nice to me, and I will return the favor.

i decided i wanted a rod at the tender age of 46 (this year)
it has always been a dream i dismissed as impossible.
then i met an old rodder that is helping me make my dream a reality.
by next summer i will be driving that dream.

P.S.
HOTRODPAINT
if you ever make it to the 4 corners area.
look me up.
i'll buy ya a beer.

I might go just for that! :-)~