Chuck-o-saurus
02-22-2008, 10:33 PM
I randomly happened upon the HAMB and I like it a lot. There is a lot of good information and more than a few characters. Anyhow, I'm in Arroyo Grande, CA and am working on a 1957 Ranchero. I've had it since I was about 10; got it as payment for working around my dad's ranch. It was just an old worn out, rusted through piece of crap then. But, low and behold, more than a few years pass and now it's a classic. Go figure. There a lot of really popular cars out there, it seems to me that the 1957 Ranchero never gets is proper respect as a really good looking car.
If anyone has any suggestions regarding the Ranchero, p[lease send them my way. I know a bit about cars and have been around them for a long time. But I've got nowhere near the knowledge that my dad had back in the day - he was a rodding nut and spent a good part of his life paying penance to "The Poeple" (as in "the people" verses Freeman Richards). I hope to pick up on some good information and meet a few good guys in the process. I love old steel, it's in my blood and I can't help it. My goal is a stock looking ride, with some wide rally wheels, and a mild V8 with a 5 speed. A good cruiser, but not a muscle machine.
Well here's a question to get things rolling and to give a little information about myself (the HAMB master said that was a good thing): What's up with guys running automatics in everything? I find it boring. No offense to the guys who drive an AT, but one thing I like about old cars is that you actually have to "drive" them. They don't have power everything, navigation, seat warmers, and such. They are four wheels and, hopefully, a V8. Damn a V8 just sounds soo good through a decent exhaust system.
I hope the FNG didn't just piss off the all the FOG's with the AT comment. Next post will have much fewer words. I promise.
If anyone has any suggestions regarding the Ranchero, p[lease send them my way. I know a bit about cars and have been around them for a long time. But I've got nowhere near the knowledge that my dad had back in the day - he was a rodding nut and spent a good part of his life paying penance to "The Poeple" (as in "the people" verses Freeman Richards). I hope to pick up on some good information and meet a few good guys in the process. I love old steel, it's in my blood and I can't help it. My goal is a stock looking ride, with some wide rally wheels, and a mild V8 with a 5 speed. A good cruiser, but not a muscle machine.
Well here's a question to get things rolling and to give a little information about myself (the HAMB master said that was a good thing): What's up with guys running automatics in everything? I find it boring. No offense to the guys who drive an AT, but one thing I like about old cars is that you actually have to "drive" them. They don't have power everything, navigation, seat warmers, and such. They are four wheels and, hopefully, a V8. Damn a V8 just sounds soo good through a decent exhaust system.
I hope the FNG didn't just piss off the all the FOG's with the AT comment. Next post will have much fewer words. I promise.