Starting a car club

[graverobber63]

Okay I know there is TONNES of car clubs spurting all across North America, but i'd like to start my own under 30 pre 65 car club, or at least join one.
Are any clubs on the H.A.M.B who would want another chapter up north?
And does the HAMB have an annual swapmeet/cruise?

Thanks
Adamo

[luketrash]

My take on the issue is:

What does a car club have to offer?

I'm like the army: A car club of one.

The internet really is the 'car club' I need, as far as getting useful tech info. Any type of club (not car clubs, but other clubs) I've ever been a member of has eventually gone south, even if it started out with good intentions. Mostly, I think a car club's only GOOD purpose it'd serve me is to have a list of human bodies to lend each other a hand during engine/transmission swaps or that sort of stuff.

And I find out that the enthusiastic ones like us, always end up doing 90% of the work, and the slackers suck up 90% of the resources and never do anything http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Not to be a pessimist or anything!!!

[graverobber63]

Well I already hang out with some Old school rodders, but I'm the youngest and would really like to hang with a crew more my age range.

And like you said, It's good to be in a club cause you can help each other out with swaps, parts etc...

[luketrash]

My problem here is finding like-minded individuals. I came to this city to go to college with all my buddies, and now they've all graduated (as have I) but I stayed here, and they all took off. (none of them were into old cars though anyway)

So now I'm in a town full of kids that are mostly interested in big stereos in little imported cars.

In somewhere like California, it seems natural to round up a bunch of like minded folks in the big cities, but out in the sticks here, it's more like every man for himself. And like you said, most of the classic car types here are past retirement age.

The internet has far exceeded my needs over the years with car information. It is such a great resource on obscure information that nobody local ever has any input on.

But I know how you feel. Kinda boring driving around alone all the time. My biggest thing with a 'club' is that it kind of keeps you motivated to improve your car or keep it running, when you got people with similar interests together as a group.

[Antibilly]

DONT DO IT!!!!!!!!! its more headache then its worth...If you want to look cool at shows all wearing the same shirt then do it. If not save face and just be friends...youll get more done

Ill sale you my club name hahahahahah Im so over it http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[squirrel]

You might find that some of those greybeards will be friendly and helpful if you take the time to get to know them...and that starts with having some appreciation of what they're into, even if it is quite different from what you're into.

I've been in a local "open" car club for over 15 years, I used to be the youngest guy, and now I'm still about the youngest, and many of the older folks are retired now. They don't always do what I want, but we still have fun with old cars.

The older guys in the club don't seem to be as interested in beaters now that they can afford the really nice cars they have, and they don't seem to be very interested in staying out late anymore either. But the club puts on a couple shows each year (big one coming up Saturday), which bring some neat cars from out of town. And they put up with me...maybe because I help out as I can.

The lone wolf club may be the only one that'll keep you 100% happy, but if you are willing to take what you can get, you might find some use for a club that's not quite what you had in mind.

[buzzard]

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, but i'd like to start my own under 30 pre 65 car club,

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Ya gonna be like Menudo, and kick 'em out when they turn 30?

[graverobber63]

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You might find that some of those greybeards will be friendly and helpful if you take the time to get to know them...and that starts with having some appreciation of what they're into, even if it is quite different from what you're into.

I've been in a local "open" car club for over 15 years, I used to be the youngest guy, and now I'm still about the youngest, and many of the older folks are retired now. They don't always do what I want, but we still have fun with old cars.

The older guys in the club don't seem to be as interested in beaters now that they can afford the really nice cars they have, and they don't seem to be very interested in staying out late anymore either. But the club puts on a couple shows each year (big one coming up Saturday), which bring some neat cars from out of town. And they put up with me...maybe because I help out as I can.

The lone wolf club may be the only one that'll keep you 100% happy, but if you are willing to take what you can get, you might find some use for a club that's not quite what you had in mind.



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That's EXACTLY my situation. The guys i hang with are a really cool gang, but they've all got tonnes of cash and are into the 'big wheels' and clips etc... a few of us are more nostalgia oriented, but these guys are old enough to be my dad!
I've got a few friends that are mid twenties like me and grew up around rods and musclecars, and are now into them aswell.

I know a club can be a pain in the ass, but I'd love to pull into a cruise night here in my hometown (with 700 billet rods in the parking lot) with a tuff group of sled's scrapin' the ground and watch the look on their faces.
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Draglinks C.C sounds good too me how much? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[52Chief]

I think the age limit thing sucks. There are a lot of "old" guys with young hearts, just look at the ones we have here.

Theres an "old" guy in my club who LOVES what we are doing with are cars, and has more knowledge in his pinky then most young guys have put together. Just a thought.....

[luketrash]

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You might find that some of those greybeards will be friendly and helpful if you take the time to get to know them...and that starts with having some appreciation of what they're into, even if it is quite different from what you're into.

I've been in a local "open" car club for over 15 years, I used to be the youngest guy, and now I'm still about the youngest, and many of the older folks are retired now. They don't always do what I want, but we still have fun with old cars.

The older guys in the club don't seem to be as interested in beaters now that they can afford the really nice cars they have, and they don't seem to be very interested in staying out late anymore either. But the club puts on a couple shows each year (big one coming up Saturday), which bring some neat cars from out of town. And they put up with me...maybe because I help out as I can.

The lone wolf club may be the only one that'll keep you 100% happy, but if you are willing to take what you can get, you might find some use for a club that's not quite what you had in mind.



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Yep, this is what I've run into http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Old guys don't take me serious because of my sub 2000 dollar car. They don't understand why I just want to drive something crappy. But I've had old guys say "I had a ford Mainline in highschool" and talk to me about the car. But the only way I ever see 'car' people is at the shows, and of course, anything at a show is 100x nicer than my car (and 100x nicer than I ever WANT my car to be)...

I feel guilty asking old people for advice, but not so much asking young people.. I guess because I feel like old people get tired of spitting out the same information 1000 times to idiots like me.

It's not that I am against the aged, just that they intimidate me, and I try not to bother them.

And I have always got the hint that they think I'm a loser because I'm trying to run an old car on zero budget, when they are typically business owners with bottomless pockets.

[graverobber63]

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I think the age limit thing sucks. There are a lot of "old" guys with young hearts, just look at the ones we have here.

Theres an "old" guy in my club who LOVES what we are doing with are cars, and has more knowledge in his pinky then most young guys have put together. Just a thought.....

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I have nothing against the old timers at all! It's really cool cause they where the first to take me to big swapmeets and the like when I was in my teens. One of them even hooked me up with my first shoebox a 56 Chev with 50 000 miles on it!

But I really want to hang with people my age so we can relate to each other.

I mean i hang out with these older guys, and they're talking about putting Flaming river tilt columns, disc brake conversions, 605 power steering boxes etc...in their rides which i can't relate to because i don't dig that shit.

[graverobber63]

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, but i'd like to start my own under 30 pre 65 car club,

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Ya gonna be like Menudo, and kick 'em out when they turn 30?

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Hey buzzard i've got your '3rd annual lonestar roundup' poster in my office at work http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[52Chief]

I understand what you mean BUT, not all old guys are into the high dollar stuff. The "old" guy I was talking about that loves our kinds of cars built this thing, in a shed, all buy hand and on a tight retirement budget, and loves nothing more then to teach the young dogs new tricks...

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And what are you going to do when somebody hits 31?

[Coupe-De-CAB]

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, but i'd like to start my own under 30 pre 65 car club,

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Ya gonna be like Menudo, and kick 'em out when they turn 30?

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Bummer... I couldn't be in your car club because i'll be turning 40 next month, so i guess if you ever started one and you wanted a Norcal chapter... i couldn't join it:(

yea... i think the age thing doesn't matter if the guy is into the same thing that your into... hot rods or sleds!

I'm a lone wolf at the moment because i want to feel it out for awhile and not jump right into a relationship with other guys that hold meetings all the time and talk about car stuff... i just want to cruise my car and go to shows and chat with people and learn from others:)

CAB

[squirrel]

I've seen a broad age range of folks interested in the traditional and low buck cars. Since I'm middle aged now I guess (43) I'm like a kid to the old guys, and a father to the youngest ones.

As for the shows having cars 100x times nicer than yours...I've had my primered 55 in our local shows and at most cruise nites since I got it running in 1996 (it was missing a lot of parts at the first show, since I got it on the road the day before!). I personally will spend a lot more time looking at an unfinished car...maybe because I can use my imagination? but at the same time I can certainly respect the work and effort put into the high buck cars, and I can appreciate the beauty of them.

There's also a "sort of" club in town which mainly consists of guys who've dropped out of our club (for whatever reason). Since these are the guys who don't play well with others, their club is kind of hit or miss, but they do usually have at least few "members" out on Saturday night at the diner...which is a much better turnout than our club gets.

I think that being in or not being in a club is not a real big deal, and I sure don't try to "recruit" everyone I see to join our club. If they ask, I'll tell them about it, but I don't force it on anyone. I think it's enough just to get out with your car and have fun with it, and if you go to some shows or cruise nites, you'll get to meet many interesting people, and share stories and ideas, and maybe find that part you've been looking for, or whatever.

[graverobber63]

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Bummer... I couldn't be in your car club because i'll be turning 40 next month, so i guess if you ever started one and you wanted a Norcal chapter... i couldn't join it:(

yea... i think the age thing doesn't matter if the guy is into the same thing that your into... hot rods or sleds!

I'm a lone wolf at the moment because i want to feel it out for awhile and not jump right into a relationship with other guys that hold meetings all the time and talk about car stuff... i just want to cruise my car and go to shows and chat with people and learn from others:)

CAB

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Age doesn't really matter to me but the guys i hang with (when they're not talking cars) they talk about their kids, mortgage payments, politics etc...

I can't relate to that...yet (:
I just want to shoot the shit and be a greasy hood I guess http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

who wants to go steal hubcaps with me?

[du$ty]

i wish some car clubs would end.

[graverobber63]

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I've seen a broad age range of folks interested in the traditional and low buck cars. Since I'm middle aged now I guess (43) I'm like a kid to the old guys, and a father to the youngest ones.

As for the shows having cars 100x times nicer than yours...I've had my primered 55 in our local shows and at most cruise nites since I got it running in 1996 (it was missing a lot of parts at the first show, since I got it on the road the day before!). I personally will spend a lot more time looking at an unfinished car...maybe because I can use my imagination? but at the same time I can certainly respect the work and effort put into the high buck cars, and I can appreciate the beauty of them.

There's also a "sort of" club in town which mainly consists of guys who've dropped out of our club (for whatever reason). Since these are the guys who don't play well with others, their club is kind of hit or miss, but they do usually have at least few "members" out on Saturday night at the diner...which is a much better turnout than our club gets.

I think that being in or not being in a club is not a real big deal, and I sure don't try to "recruit" everyone I see to join our club. If they ask, I'll tell them about it, but I don't force it on anyone. I think it's enough just to get out with your car and have fun with it, and if you go to some shows or cruise nites, you'll get to meet many interesting people, and share stories and ideas, and maybe find that part you've been looking for, or whatever.



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I think it should be like a brotherhood. Not a 'show sometimes- help a little and not come back for a month-type of deal'. I want a club that will cruise all together from 8 at night on Friday till 4 am just hanging out and help each other out during the day on weekends. swap parts, tales, and experience.

[DrJ]

Seems you are the "Lone Youngman" rodder in your area to me.
Otherwise you already would know some other sub 30 guys, (is that sub 30 in years or IQ?) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

You don't just start a club and expect the people will come.
Well it might happen but it's not likely.
I suppose if you are thinking you are going to be the club "leader" you could get yourself a jacket and plaque and "hang out" and some other dweebs might inquire about your club, but that would mean you are already hanging out where the other young punks already are and you are just blind to their presence.

If you are lucky enough to have any constant group of any age give you the time of day, then they ARE your club!

Besides, what does age have to do with hotrods?
Or are you really looking for a letcherous bar crawling gang?
If that's the case, just start parking your Jalopy in front of the local bar and lose every other game of pool and you'll make "friends" with pleanty of like kind.

If you want a club of guys to build cars with, who you can glean knowledge off of for your HOTROD building hobby, stick with the old farts, if they are in fact builders, and not just credit-card rodders that is.

IMPORTANT!
Don't just start, organize, or join a club just because the guys have "cool cars".
Join because the club has "cool people" who are ALREADY YOUR FRIENDS and already do what you want to do in a club.
For instance, if you don't smoke, or drink, don't join a club that most of the members do, or the other way around.
If you are a chain smoker, people who don't smoke won't want to be anywhere down wind or indoors with you so don't bother trying to join.

What's that got to do with hotrods?
Nothin, but it's got a lot to do with the social aspects of a club.

Most "Car Clubs" these days have very little to do with building cars and are mostly comprised of a bunch of party animals and a few builders that the rest try to get their cars built by real cheap.
So, if you are a builder, you don't need a club, the club needs you, so you can be picky about who's in "your" club.
You might think thrice about being in a club with the local "bad asses" just because they are "cool" (unless that describes yourself) because they probably will get in trouble and you in trouble with drinking, wrecking cars, relationships, reputations, etc. and in most ways just cause you grief.

Successful car clubs are usually somethng that evolves from an already established group of people, friends, who are already a functioning social group, so just let "the force" or whatever, take you to your club destiny.
Do you have any same-age friends?
(you don't have to answer that if you don't want to...) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

[squirrel]

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I think it should be like a brotherhood. Not a 'show sometimes- help a little and not come back for a month-type of deal'. I want a club that will cruise all together from 8 at night on Friday till 4 am just hanging out and help each other out during the day on weekends. swap parts, tales, and experience.

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What we want, and what we get, ain't always the same thing.

We used to have an informal "club" like that about 12 years ago, maybe half a dozen guys, but it only lasted for one summer. This was just some guys who happened to start hanging out together and had got their cars going recently and wanted to have some fun, and we also were at each other's places helping wrench on whoever's car needed it. It vanished as quick as it started.

Don't get your hopes up, but if you do meet up with some likeminded guys, don't let the chance get away.

[graverobber63]

Hey DrJ I agree with you completely, and I ain't no homewrecker or boozer if that's what you think I'm looking for. I simply want to start a club with younger like minded guys that are into old cars.
I'm sick of hanging out at the local coffee shop with 100 hondas and me being the only old car.
That's all I'm saying.
I've learned alot from my 'older rodder' crew, but it'd be nice to actually be on THE SAME LEVEL with guys for a change.

I sure as hell couldn't afford a 331 Hemi powered 41 Plymouth...

[Joe Riot]

I agree, I think that age shouldn't be an issue. It should be all about guys or gals with the same interest and enjoy building something unique at the same time having fun. I would say 95% of the guys in my club are over 30 and this includes all the chapters.

Well good luck anyway in starting your car club.

[lucky_1974]

We just started a car club most of us are younger, but not all... We all are interested in tradional Hot Rod and Customs some exclusively others are into drag racing too. We all hung out for many years and talked cars when we got together and would always give a hand if some one needed help. Well we formalized (translation we picked a name and bought coats) and really things are about the same... Car clubs are like sex if you have to work real hard at something that is supposed to be fun your probably doing it wrong http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif...

[jay]

Starting the club wasnt a problem, I brought back my dads old car club. At the time it was Just me and him and of course a few of the remaining old timers that were in with him. But they tried to bring back the glory days to quickly they thought the more members they had the more they would be able to accomplish. They had plans of a club house where people could work on there cars and help each other out. What took three years to build was destroyed in less than three months. i beleive the main thing was greed when there was alot of money in the bank people get greedy. I live 300 miles from my dad so we kind of had two branches of the car club i was still based with him but i had all the stuff to do my own thing. The greed got the better of his branch of the club and they are in a bitter fight well were he is going to start a new club and let the ice cream social party keep the old one we had brought back from the grave. I had told him before to keep it to friends and to people who are really into cars to much of the time it seems you go to help other people out on their cars and when you need a hand you cant find a soul out of 72 members on the charter none can be found to help stab a tranny or work on a frame. But if there was free food and beer watch out they would be first to suck it down.
I have started my own branch Rickshaws of Bayard it has two members at the moment me and my oldest daughter and beleive me she puts her time in on getting dirty..But i have found through the H.A.M.B. people who i can get parts from and not have to bring my own grease..i have also made new friends. Radshit when i can catch him awake or at home has more stuff to look at and more things going on than i can keep up with..no he doesnt have a Rickshaw shirt but he is more of a club member to me than i can say of all the ones i used to know. He is first to lend a hand and has great ideas and is fun just to hang out with..Thats my kind of club i have no by laws..i have no dues..i have no meetings..when we get together to work on a car or have a drink or just bs thats the club meeting and since i took that approach it has seemed to shake out the wanna bees and left me with a few good friends that if they ever needed to have a car club they would have a home in the Rickshaws..as far as age well i'm thirty six the oldest is 52 and the youngest is 13 i have yet to hear about politics,mortgages..the top end buying of parts yeah my oldest friend likes billet but he also likes a raw hot rod..But the best part is when we get together and you have to hold your hand above your head..I dont know about you guys but i dont have a B.S. proof watch. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Oilcan Harry]

Been a club member for 9 years and its OK. I'm a member mainly because of force of habit. I've been there so long I just stay. Were I starting the hobby all over I'd just hang out with my buddys but, I'd avoid a club. The guys I hang around with were my car buddys long before there was a club. We are all club menmbers now but that came much latter and does not really affect what we do as a group. We refer to ourselves as the "Gang of Four". I think for the most part clubs are an unneccesary pain in the ass. At least the ones that are structured. I hate all that President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Minutes of the last meeting etc.crap. You don't need a club to have car buddys, and thats a lot more fun.

[Byron Crump]

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Ya gonna be like Menudo, and kick 'em out when they turn 30?

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No, it will be more like a "Logans Run" kind of thing.

[Sport N Woode]

I also agree that the age thing is not the problem. I was in a Street Machine club in my twenties. We were all about the same age and didn't have a clue what like-minded meant. The rest of the guys eventually wound up holding all club meetings at the local bar and getting drunk before they got anything accomplished. As I got into my mid thirties, I bought a 56 chevy, so I decided to join a classic chevy club. I was one of the youngest members and always cherished the knowledge that the old farts shared with me. This club eventually wound up holding meetings and all club functions centered on their favorite restaurants. The club news letter was always about how good the food was at such-and-such place and where we would be eating next. I've always wanted to be in a club where you worked on each others cars and helped each other out. For several years now there's been three of us that do that and we will forever be THE CLUB. No name. No meetings. No dues. No bullshit. The key to the whole thing is LIKE MINDED. The force will be with you young Luke and you will know when it happens. Then if you guys want to buy shirts and roll into a show being all bad and greasy....it will be more fun and you'll all be even more proud of what you have...

...or not. Who knows what tomorrow brings! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Crease]

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I mean i hang out with these older guys, and they're talking about putting Flaming river tilt columns, disc brake conversions, 605 power steering boxes etc...in their rides which i can't relate to because i don't dig that shit.


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That's really a dumb ass comment. Age doesn't have crap to do with flaming river tilt columns. Making dumb ass comments does though. Wake the hell up. You're young, you must have a bunch of damn stickers on your Honda and wheels that keep on spinning at stop lights. You owe an apology to about half this board.

[Tman]

Thanks Crease, I feel the same. And the word "tuff" is not a word!!!!!!!!!! Get a clue young dude, the older crowd has tons (correct spelling) to offer us younger guys.

[RocketDaemon]

do not base on age base on types of persons that are alike
im the youngest one in my club , being 27 the rest is 30, 43, 44 etc...

i rather hang out with some 40 year old who know shit then a 20 year old who thinks he know shit ,

just being young guys in a club is in a sence a bad idea as the older ones usually have knowledge they can pass down..

[bigfive]

blah blah blah.... start a club 30 or not... just doit doit. car clubs a great. maybe just cause im from the "big city" but i love it. we help each other build shit, drink, talk shit, roll to shows, hang out with other clubs, cause rukus.

[moondisc]

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I feel guilty asking old people for advice, but not so much asking young people.. I guess because I feel like old people get tired of spitting out the same information 1000 times to idiots like me.

It's not that I am against the aged, just that they intimidate me, and I try not to bother them.

And I have always got the hint that they think I'm a loser because I'm trying to run an old car on zero budget, when they are typically business owners with bottomless pockets.

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Real hotrodders, young or old, like to help other rodders.
Don't be intimidated.

[moondisc]

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Okay I know there is TONNES of car clubs spurting all across North America, but i'd like to start my own under 30 pre 65 car club, or at least join one.
Are any clubs on the H.A.M.B who would want another chapter up north?
And does the HAMB have an annual swapmeet/cruise?

Thanks
Adamo


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I'm in a 300 member snowmobile club. 15 of us do all the work, and the other 285 sit around and bitch about what those 15 do.
Clubs suck!
Find like minded people and hang with them.

[moondisc]

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Seems you are the "Lone Youngman" rodder in your area to me.
Otherwise you already would know some other sub 30 guys, (is that sub 30 in years or IQ?) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

You don't just start a club and expect the people will come.
Well it might happen but it's not likely.
I suppose if you are thinking you are going to be the club "leader" you could get yourself a jacket and plaque and "hang out" and some other dweebs might inquire about your club, but that would mean you are already hanging out where the other young punks already are and you are just blind to their presence.

If you are lucky enough to have any constant group of any age give you the time of day, then they ARE your club!

Besides, what does age have to do with hotrods?
Or are you really looking for a letcherous bar crawling gang?
If that's the case, just start parking your Jalopy in front of the local bar and lose every other game of pool and you'll make "friends" with pleanty of like kind.

If you want a club of guys to build cars with, who you can glean knowledge off of for your HOTROD building hobby, stick with the old farts, if they are in fact builders, and not just credit-card rodders that is.

IMPORTANT!
Don't just start, organize, or join a club just because the guys have "cool cars".
Join because the club has "cool people" who are ALREADY YOUR FRIENDS and already do what you want to do in a club.
For instance, if you don't smoke, or drink, don't join a club that most of the members do, or the other way around.
If you are a chain smoker, people who don't smoke won't want to be anywhere down wind or indoors with you so don't bother trying to join.

What's that got to do with hotrods?
Nothin, but it's got a lot to do with the social aspects of a club.

Most "Car Clubs" these days have very little to do with building cars and are mostly comprised of a bunch of party animals and a few builders that the rest try to get their cars built by real cheap.
So, if you are a builder, you don't need a club, the club needs you, so you can be picky about who's in "your" club.
You might think thrice about being in a club with the local "bad asses" just because they are "cool" (unless that describes yourself) because they probably will get in trouble and you in trouble with drinking, wrecking cars, relationships, reputations, etc. and in most ways just cause you grief.

Successful car clubs are usually somethng that evolves from an already established group of people, friends, who are already a functioning social group, so just let "the force" or whatever, take you to your club destiny.
Do you have any same-age friends?
(you don't have to answer that if you don't want to...) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

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I bet you were the guy all the cool kids picked on in school.

[Mutt]

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Seems you are the "Lone Youngman" rodder in your area to me.
Otherwise you already would know some other sub 30 guys, (is that sub 30 in years or IQ?) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

You don't just start a club and expect the people will come.
Well it might happen but it's not likely.
I suppose if you are thinking you are going to be the club "leader" you could get yourself a jacket and plaque and "hang out" and some other dweebs might inquire about your club, but that would mean you are already hanging out where the other young punks already are and you are just blind to their presence.

If you are lucky enough to have any constant group of any age give you the time of day, then they ARE your club!

Besides, what does age have to do with hotrods?
Or are you really looking for a letcherous bar crawling gang?
If that's the case, just start parking your Jalopy in front of the local bar and lose every other game of pool and you'll make "friends" with pleanty of like kind.

If you want a club of guys to build cars with, who you can glean knowledge off of for your HOTROD building hobby, stick with the old farts, if they are in fact builders, and not just credit-card rodders that is.

IMPORTANT!
Don't just start, organize, or join a club just because the guys have "cool cars".
Join because the club has "cool people" who are ALREADY YOUR FRIENDS and already do what you want to do in a club.
For instance, if you don't smoke, or drink, don't join a club that most of the members do, or the other way around.
If you are a chain smoker, people who don't smoke won't want to be anywhere down wind or indoors with you so don't bother trying to join.

What's that got to do with hotrods?
Nothin, but it's got a lot to do with the social aspects of a club.

Most "Car Clubs" these days have very little to do with building cars and are mostly comprised of a bunch of party animals and a few builders that the rest try to get their cars built by real cheap.
So, if you are a builder, you don't need a club, the club needs you, so you can be picky about who's in "your" club.
You might think thrice about being in a club with the local "bad asses" just because they are "cool" (unless that describes yourself) because they probably will get in trouble and you in trouble with drinking, wrecking cars, relationships, reputations, etc. and in most ways just cause you grief.

Successful car clubs are usually somethng that evolves from an already established group of people, friends, who are already a functioning social group, so just let "the force" or whatever, take you to your club destiny.
Do you have any same-age friends?
(you don't have to answer that if you don't want to...) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

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I bet you were the guy all the cool kids picked on in school.

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