Charlotte Good Guys 24th & 25th

[Tudor]

Anyone going to the Good Guy show in Charlotte? It would be cool to meet up with some of you there or caravan from Atlanta.

[38Chevy4door]

I plan on being there Saturday...not to speak for them, but should be a herd o' Carolinoleums there...

[kolor me kustom]

Tudor, I am making plans to go, probably leave out on Friday,........

[Tudor]

Great - I am glad you all will be there. Rat Rod - are you taking a car? I'll be in my 46 and leaving Friday too. I am staying at the Hampton Inn on the Concord side.

We will have to get together - any suggestions? 38chevy4door - can you post a picture of your car so I can watch out for you?

[dollarfordollar]

looks to be me,soph and hopefully zippy...just look for the police cars

[fatassbuick]

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looks to be me,soph and hopefully zippy...just look for the police cars


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Hopefully we'll get the same spot as usual..under the back stretch tunnel and to the right. Use your nose to find the skunk smell. That's my Heineken.

[38Chevy4door]

I'll be on the hoof...the '38's currently a garage queen!
Steve

[SwitchBlade327]

dunno if I'll get to be there or not, I'm wanting people to come to the last oakboro cruise of the year though, I'll definately be out there, perhaps in the poncho...There was a ton of cars last time, town was pretty much shut down. SHould be even better this month.

[fatassbuick]

Steve, stop by for sure. We'll say cuss words and drink some Mtn Dew.

Switch, you're a homo if you can't make it. You're a homo if you do, but that's besides the point.

[flamedabone]

I'm good and ready to make a specticle of myself again this year...

See ya, -Abone.

PS. Between Fatass' coupe and my sedan we will have SIXTEEN barrels of carburation and well over 800 cubic inches.

[Boones]

Driving up on thur morning, plan to do the poker run/ shop tour thing.. Staying at the Holiday Inn... Just got the sway bar on the wagon, thinking 120 into turn 1 will be just fine...

Fatass - Same spot, in the back, first right as you come out of the tunnel

Flamer you bring the purple sunglasses...

[fatassbuick]

bttt. End of this week.

[beatnik]

As crappy as the weather has been it's pretty tempting to just hop in the daily driver and shoot down there for the weekend.

[homebrew]

I will be there saturday. Will be in a viper red 37 ford todoor. Look me up in turn 3.

[hotrodladycrusr]

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As crappy as the weather has been it's pretty tempting to just hop in the daily driver and shoot down there for the weekend.

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If your going to spend the time to head there you really need to take enough time off to make sure you participate on the poker run on Thursday. It goes to about 5 or 6 NASCAR race shops. You can do this in your late model, not as much fun, but at least you can see the shops. It's one of the unique aspects of the Charlotte show that the other GG shows can't offer.

The BEST feature they have there is the cruzn on the track at nite. You need to hook up with my folks in the '56 (or someone else that has a hot rod there) and at least ride around the track. That track, at nite, is the COOLEST! I've been fortunate enough to be able to cruz my Chevy under the lites there and also my late model Corvette as well. Man, that Corvette hugged those banks! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

As far as thinking the weather there is going to be better then here, make sure you pack your long johns and gloves cuz the last 3 years it has been colder there then MI. Don't forget your rain poncho as well.

[beatnik]

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The last 3 years it has been colder there then MI.

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Well that killed that temptation.

[fatassbuick]

It's supposed to be in the 60s to 70s this weekend and sunny/dry.

[hotrodladycrusr]

Pack the shorts!!! Well worth heading there then! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Look for, and stop and say "hi" to my mom and pops. They'll be in a blue 56 Olds with big billet wheels, but don't hold that against them http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif If the hoods not open, ask to see inside. Slickest 385 I've ever seen and the lowering job has to be seen in person.

If you see the car, walk up to the tall, skinny guy and ask him if he's Denise's dad. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif He runs around with a '39 Chevy, white and black cherry, redish/orangish '40 Ford, and an AWESOME '33 Ford Vicky, white and grey. They usually don't park too far from where you guys do. Drive in from the tunnel, turn right, they park a bit of a distance out between turn 3 and 4. Make sure you tell him your some HAMB buds. He hears me talk about this site all the time. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[38Chevy4door]

Why do the fates mock me?!! Hate missing it, but I'm out...just found out Tammy's folks are coming up this weekend, so I'll be doing the in-law chauffering thing...

Guzzle Diet Mtn. Dew, look at cool customs, and make fun of late-model truck beds on old trucks done in bad taste for me...
Steve

[fatassbuick]

Don't you have a full sized "George Costanza" doll you could leave up there?

[hotrodladycrusr]

Reason #211 why I'm glad I'm single.......in law issues http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[stolenmojo]

weather should be good this weekend, forcast calls for 70's and it is 70 outside right now. i'll be missing it yet again, to be in atlanta for the race. maybe next year when i'm off the road i can setup some hamb members to tour the other side of the viewing window in a winston cup shop.

brandon

[fatassbuick]

Hmmm, I would bring my resume to that one. Nothing like a little 5-axis Haas machining to make your knees tense.

[hotrodladycrusr]

Brandon, you would be my new best friend for the weekend if you could set something like that up. Big Olds will have a top by then and we'll for sure not miss the next GG Charlotte gathering. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[38Chevy4door]

Wouldn't work...they'd notice it was a better conversationalist than me...

[fatassbuick]

Ahahaha! Of course you know that he who's absent is the butt of all the jokes. I'll try to remember some of them and insult you when it's over.

Denise, I'm climbing under that bastard Friday morning. If it goes without a hitch, your old man should have a nasty trunk by Saturday evening.

[hotrodladycrusr]

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif I'll break it to my mother via cell phone and let her inform the old man http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Your a pal, thanks so much http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Rocknrod]

Hows parking done down there? And do you pay at the gate?

Take the trailer? Or can you find a local rental truck?

Thinking if I find a project what I can do to bring it home!

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[Boones]

Denise, you sure you want him to know there are HAMB'ers there, he may not let you play with the group anymore.. We can tell him about all the topless pics you post on the Horny Ass Men with Belly site (HAMB).. and he thought it was a car sight...

[stolenmojo]

we'll definitely set something up for GG '04, off the road for a full year i can have no more excuses. there will be a catch to the tour, only hamb'ers and you gotta bring the ride. i'd love to have a shot of the cars in front of the shop.

fatass - screw the small haas, how about 6 daewoo machining centers! you'll freak out when you see the capabilities of our CNC dept. billet does have its place - inside racing engines!

brandon

[Tudor]

I'll be looking for you guys on Friday - that is cool they still do the cruise around the track - I didn't see it on any of the flyers they sent. They just let you park where ever you can find a spot right?

Rat Rod - when are you travelin?

We are going Friday morning round 8-10 ish

My Pop just did a tour of those Nascar shops - he really dug it.

[Tudor]

Well - we are back - It is sunday about 1:30
Highlights are as follows: - in no particualr order

Fastassbuick and A-Bone - cruising around and making a ruckus! This Kicked ass - Their pipes were bouncing all over the palce, off the stands, off the track wall - it sounded really kewl. Some of the old roosters got their feathers ruffled and gold chains in a knot about it - it was funny - sonething about some dust flying around

Meeting Fastassbuick, A-bone, and Boones and cruising the track at 180 mph. We got to do 2 laps around the speedway under the lights. Boones passed at least twenty cars and reports the sway bars are working nicely. I hammered it off the turns and got to wind her all the way out on the last lap. It was kick ass man.

A-bones lady got to drive the a-bone around the track, we won't say why and she did a great job.
She even saved my rear end from getting crunched - we won't say why again. Thanks catching that one!

I was also cool checking out ABones car learning that it is driven everywhere - including Missouri. I just have to say that is respectable and that car kicks ass - even though it has a pontiac engine and doesn't need no stinkin windows

I have a cool mpeg incar video of running the track that is a little over 5MB if someone can tell me how to share it I will.

It was fun drag racing Boones out on hwy 29 - We stayed even and I'd say his big ole boat can move - we need to try one from a dead stop - and don't make me put my 750 double pumper back on - I can't have a station wagon blasting by me. Boones car is very cool in person. It sits right

I also met a real cool group of guys from Kanapolis who had a severly chopped 5 window coop - i mean the windows were at the most 3" tall. They had thrashed and finished it the night before. It had a wicked 289 in it. I'll post a picture of it. Their names were Mike, Dale or Dell, and Jaun. Dale took me for a ride in their cool little bucket - it flew and he laid some wheel till is got way sideways. Those guys were not aware of the hamb - but would fit right in if they had computers. anyway I enjoyed meeting them and the ride was awesome. Jaun had a cool 63 impala that was all tricked out.

There were also several thousand other rides there - some sucked but most were pretty awesome - a little too much turquoise and peach in some places - I'll post some of the pictures I took of both -

Well - My wife and I enjoyed meeting you guys - it made the show for us

Later On - Josh and Tracey

[Tudor]

Well - my pictures are too big file size wise - so I need to figure that out - before I can post them - computers suck

[Boones]

the show was good, nice selection of rides, some cool gassers and vintage tin. The weather was decent (a little cool at times) but had a good time. Met some new folks, drank beer with some old friends and just plain enjoyed myself .

Tudor. aka Mr. Flammer, It was great meeting you and the wife, just wished we could have met up earlier in the show.. For those that have not seen Tudor's ride, it is just bitchin, caught my eye the first day with its grey primer, no hood and red firewall and trio of carbss.. (pic coming soon)... and its a runner.

Yep, we had a good old fashion throttle fest on Hwy 29.. I think the ol wagon's power caught him off guard but he was pulling fast when we back out of it about a 1/4 mile down the road... After dinner he treated everyone to a very nice posi roast in the parking lot.. Very nice in deed..

The highlight for me was running on the track.. got to test out the new sway bars.. Passed about 8 cars, running full throttle most of the time..Tudor and I hit it coming out of turn 2 and at the end of the back straight going into turn 3 doing we were doing about 105 to 110mph.

[Deuce Roadster]

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Saw some good vehicles........
NO DEUCE DOINS .......bummer.......had to walk thru the used car lot stuff to see the 32's http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Talked with HotRodPrimer and his better half, FlamedAbone and his better half. FatAssBuick and MRS Boones. Boones was out profiling in the wagon.Talked with Abomb and his son. Meet a few other HAMBers.....not real good with names.......sorry.

Saw Deuce32 working the show.

The traffic was terrible.......wreck on I85 coming home (some car trailer came loose from the truck and crashed.....with 2 cars on the trailer) and a wreck on I77 at I85 coming up.


Went to the fish camp in Stanley NC and had a great supper.....WOW......great as always http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif



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[Boones]

Here is a few pics before I get them all loaded on Starblvd.. This is Tudors ride

[Boones]

a cool gasser that got FlamedAbone hot

[Boones]

another

[Boones]

ok one more

[Boones]

one last one I think

[Tudor]

cool shoe box - awesome paint

[Tudor]

very patriotic car

[Tudor]

cool roadster

[Tudor]

this is that chopped 5 window coupe

[Tudor]

cool truck

[Tudor]

cool truck 2 -

[Tudor]

in line for the track

[Tudor]

Boone's speed wagon

[Tudor]

Mr. Whitlow's cool 47

[Tudor]

flamedabone was uncapped

[Boones]

tudor email me that last pic of my wagon . I want to crop out some of the stuff in it.. its one of the best pics of my wagon I have seen

[SwitchBlade327]

can't believe i was up there all day and didn't take a single pic. Well, i figured some of you guys would have it covered.

[Boones]

Oh, here is one from the swap meet, this guy has all the good toys but was way to expensive for my wallet

[Action Girl]

That's funny!

That's my dad's flamed 32 in the back of the pack! post/picture #195549

Stacey

[fatassbuick]

It was good to meet HeX and Tudornomore (yesssss, I'm just as much of an asshole that you would think I am) and catch up with Gay Ken and BonerflameA. As much as it pains me to say this, FlamedAbone fucking rocks, went out of his way to bring me some cool shit all the way from Charleston in his A. I owe ya a not-Heineken beer or 12, bro. I had a great time, but was pretty burned out since I way over-drink/smoke cigs on two weekends out of the year and this was one of them...it isn't as easy to recover anymore.

Anyways, learned a valuable lesson about baloney cutting headers, doing burnouts at Goodguys shows, and cruising a show with Flamed behind you (you're asking for attention or trouble....)

Here's a couple of shots of me and some good friends from the Vendettas (Raleighwood, NC) car club this weekend:
http://home.carolina.rr.com/fatassbuick/GG/morn1.jpg
http://home.carolina.rr.com/fatassbuick/GG/oak1.JPG
http://home.carolina.rr.com/fatassbuick/GG/oak2.JPG
http://home.carolina.rr.com/fatassbuick/GG/oak3.jpg
Here's where I had the coolest yard in North Carolina:
http://home.carolina.rr.com/fatassbuick/GG/morn2.jpg
http://home.carolina.rr.com/fatassbuick/GG/morn3.jpg
Remember, just this week I got a notice from the town to remove the "junk cars" from my yard. I hope the asshole who sent that notice drove by this weekend.

Here's an indication that my car may be a little small:
http://home.carolina.rr.com/fatassbuick/GG/rf1.jpg
http://home.carolina.rr.com/fatassbuick/GG/rf2.jpg
But at least he was able to get in. I don't think we coulda folded him up small enough for this:
http://home.carolina.rr.com/fatassbuick/GG/fwtbg.jpg
http://home.carolina.rr.com/fatassbuick/GG/howler1.jpg
I have a few more pics but I'll have to screw around with them later..

[A-Bomb]

WOW, What a great time my son and I had at charlotte. I was very impressed with a lot of the craftmanship on the Phantom type cars even though they are not really my "cup of tea". My son had His 31 A coupe parked in the "young-guys" area and was picked for that award- You should have seen the grin on his face in front of all those people at the awards presentation--that alone made the last four years of work we put into it worhwhile!! Thay even gave all the "younguys entrants a free membership renewal,hat,mug,yearbook, etc. It was also a thrill doing a little over a 100 mph on the track Sat. night. He is hooked for good now,LOL. One little problem we had on the way up though-- The car wanted to change lane just by barely moving the steering wheel- it started just when we hit the 6 lane part of I-77 going thru charlotte-very scary. When we got to the track I looked under her and saw that the tw0 bolts that hold the rear panhard bar bracket to the pinion snout had come-a-loose and it was just hanging in the air. All I had to do was buy two more and bolt it back very tightly! This seems to be a common problem so CHECK YOURS if you have one. I probably would not be typing this if it had happened while we were going around the high banked speedway! anyway, It was good to see some of you, and sorry I missed some others, Happy Hotrodding, Dale

[Flipper]

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Is this the "silver fog" car from the 80's (maybe 70's ?) that was supposedly being built to compete for America's Most Beautiful Roadster award (build-up followed in Hot Rod or some other mag)? That car had some neat work, but the whole package didn't do it for me.

[HOTRODPRIMER]

FATASS,what was wrong with the severly chopped model A w/t the strange grill(is it a 32 Packard shovel nose?)

Never did get to meet ya in person but Deuce Roadster pointed you out as we were leaving saturday.(some kinda comment about primer?)

I did see Tudors ride go past a few times but didn't know it till Boones posted the picture,,,nice car!

I did meet Mrs.Boones and Mrs. FlamedAbone,,,,,,and saw Boones and Abone all over the place but never able to catch them.

I wasn't going to Charlotte G.G's this year but im glad i did,,,,,,,,,,if only for the one day,,,,drove the mor-door and the flatty ran great! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif,,,,,,HRP

[fatassbuick]

Nothing was wrong with that Model A except I never did get to hear it start. Cool looking, however, and sounded healthy when he turned it over.

I yelled, "That ain't no primer!!" when I saw you drive by with Deuce Roadster riding shotgun. At least I didn't throw rocks at you like I did to Boones and Tudornomore.

[Boones]

A-Bomb - being you are in my and FlamedAbones neck of the woods its a shame we did not met.. Always good to see any SC hot rod owner..

As for the Deuce brothers from upstate - Mrs Boones said you stopped by when we were out cruizing in the A... I looked for you after but did not see ya around...

You front yard does rock even if the city does not like it, I thought it was required to have a few cars in the yard when you are a redneck, Oh I know whats wrong, they had tires on them..