Name is Mickey...Mickey_Rat

[Mickey_Rat]

Hello everybody. Like many of you I love old cars. Had many cool old cars for the last 30 years but got side tracked when I started racing circle track in 1990. The last few years I have been slowing down a little on the racin' and getting back into having old cars. I presently own a 29 Whippet 4 door that is about 75 % restored, a 58 Belair 4 door and a 58 El Camino rat rod project (was a 4 dr sw). My wife says I never finish anything but my race cars and she is right. Once I can drive them...I drive them.

[pecker head]

Welcome from Corsicana , where is Manchaca ?

[Mickey_Rat]

Manchaca (Manshak) is just south of the Austin city limits...pretty much deep south Austin now. Went to a few homecomings in Corsicana with my older siblings back in the 70's and 80's. Drag raced out a crowded Sonic one saturday night in a 56 Chevy when a cop who was eating there turned on his dash lights !

[Silhouettes 57]

Welcome aboard Mickey Rat to H.A.M.B.

[pecker head]

Manchaca (Manshak) is just south of the Austin city limits...pretty much deep south Austin now. Went to a few homecomings in Corsicana with my older siblings back in the 70's and 80's. Drag raced out a crowded Sonic one saturday night in a 56 Chevy when a cop who was eating there turned on his dash lights !there's a dang good chance I was at the Sonic that night ,

[hellonwheels]

Thanks for the welcome, thought I'd return the favor, from a fellow fng! So you say your '58 was a long roof and now its the "El Camino that never was?" I gotta see pics of that!

[smittyshotrods]

Welcome aboard.

[Mickey_Rat]

I may need help to download pics....

[PA]

Or Pavement Racing?? What class cars?

I ran hobby class, 3/8 mile dirt for many years, but the dust an fumes got to my lungs so had to quit.. Its kinda like quitin drinkin--things don't seem much as fun anymore ..

It does teach you that anything can be done to a car.. I thought I was a wrench before I started dirt trackin. Got took to school..

PA

[Mickey_Rat]

I've run asphalt since 1990. Bought and sold a few dirt cars but never got to race them. I race a Super Stock Camaro and am building an entry level car for my oldest daughter. It kinda pisses me off because it is so expensive...could have a few neat old cars for what I spend on racin'. Just can't kick the rush I get from racing. I have built a lot of circle track cars and can use my knowledge building old rods now (and some of my backup race engines and parts too).

[Rustahaulic]

Thats cool... lets see it!.. now theres at least two,....check out hamber "Choprods" he built a 58 El Fabricino for a few years...looks like it rolled off the assembly line...too cool...Welcome to the HAMB...Thanks for the welcome, thought I'd return the favor, from a fellow fng! So you say your '58 was a long roof and now its the "El Camino that never was?" I gotta see pics of that!