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I have been lurking longer than I want to admit. I voted for Sam and Don in last year’s ego-rama and Don and Denise this year. I have sent money to Honest twice to help keep the board going. Computer stupid ( 31 rodder is helping me post pic) and a piss pour speeler has kept from posting. So after meeting some of you this summer at Bonneville and the HAMB Drags I figured better do my intro.
Still married to my high school sweetheart, two kids, one grandchild. I am an office manager at a two-way radio shop. My current rides are a `40 Chevy convertible, 2” folding chopped top, nose and decked, widened front fenders to clear TA front stub, headlight bucket resized and sunk back. (after seeing what Cletus has done to his 40 I have been thinking about turning it to a tail dragging kustom.) The `28 Roadster is what I had at B-ville and the HAMB Drags. The reason for the slow ET ( 19.10 at 66 mph) is a 2300 cc 4 cylinder with and A4LD overdrive trans that I control 3-4 gear shift and lock up the converter with dash mounted toggle switches. My current project is a 26 T Lakes modified that I narrowed 4” and stretched 2”, setting on `31 Chevy frame rails. A 35 Chevy 3 window cope is waiting in the loft of the house garage after the T is completed.
I do my sheet metal welding with oxy acetylene torch , hammer and dolly. The wire feed is used for chasse and bracket. fabrication. Having access to an older lath and overhead mill also helps.
I have learned from lurking and I hope I can add my 2 cents every once and awhile.
I will try and post a few pics of my rides.
Here is pic of what I started with on the 40.
Here is the roadster I was at the HAMB drags with and Bonneville.
Levis Classic
10-21-2003, 06:29 PM
WOW you sure made a beauty out of a pile of S***. Welcome.
here is the current project a lakes modified T.
And here is the next project waiting in the loft the 35 Chevrolet 3 window coupe.
porknbeaner
10-21-2003, 06:34 PM
Tom, so your no longer a stranger. Welcome to the HAMB
Looks like your close to being an old fart like the rest of us. I don't speel no gooood neither. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif And am also maried to my high school sweetheart, I tried others but no one would put up with the carparts in the house.
if you've been around for awhile I don't have to warn you about the banter. Life is good.
btw pretty complete intro. But I'm sure there's somthin wrong with it http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
if it don't make ya dirty it aint yours http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Welcome aboard Tom.I got a nice picture of you & eyeball at the drags.I'll see if the wife will help me post it. Charlie
hotrodladycrusr
10-21-2003, 07:03 PM
Hi bud! Glad to see you finally coming out of lurker statis. I LOVE your 40. Topless is the only way to travel! Looking forward to checking it out in person one of these days. I do have a shot of your roadster that I took on the salt that I'll post.
Again, welcome to the HAMB!
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hatch
10-21-2003, 07:32 PM
Welcome...I LOVE taildraggers!!!!
Eyeball
10-21-2003, 09:14 PM
Right on Hatch…… I think that is exactly what he has in mind.
Tom is the guy that I was calling every other day when I was building my roadster. He was about the only guy in ND that knew anything about how to put together a trad rod, so I should take this opportunity to publicly thank him for all the advice I got from him …….. I even took some of it. He was also a great navigator this summer on our trip to B'ville and the HAMB drags. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Welcome to the HAMB.
You now can exclude the words “free time” from you dialogue. As I found, any “free time” you may have had before will now be occupied by the HAMB.
beatnik
10-21-2003, 09:33 PM
Welcome aboard, Glad to see you made it out of lurker status.
Skate Fink
10-21-2003, 09:36 PM
That's a four star intro if I ever saw one. Welcome!! (well, seems like you've been there, but thanks for stepping up!!) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
DrDano
10-21-2003, 10:29 PM
Welcome Tom! Love the '40, and my hat is off to you seeing what you started with on that car.
wingnutz
10-21-2003, 10:32 PM
TomH
That was a first class intro.!
nd if u've been "Lurken" fer that long..., you shud no that spellin is wat you leev at skool!
Besides if you hav ever red nummnuts shit n yur izs dnt hirt..., that means his wife is typing! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gifhttp://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Welcome
Mark
Wowcars
10-21-2003, 11:44 PM
Hey Tom, its about damn time you show your face! So you finally got the final version of your intro done, eh? So, you've got the shop ready for us for the pre-NDSRA party party? Make sure you've got all of the exhaust fans goin strong! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Wowcars
10-21-2003, 11:49 PM
BTW Tom, where did you get the '40 all those years ago? And are those other cars still around?
Bout damn time!!!! Tom happens to be one of the coolest dirt farmers I know. For a backwards hick from North Dakota he knows his shit. Who else could make a combine steering box work on his modified? He also knows that I am yankin his chain(the combine part is true) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Velkommen Tom! You see my post about the Sturgis reliability run next summer?
Christian
10-22-2003, 03:56 AM
nice cars, especially the modified, is that the longest pitman arm in the world or is there something I'm missing?
31Rodder
10-22-2003, 10:41 PM
Glad to see that you are all signed up.
Tom is into the tradional style hotrods and has been my Tech O'Matic while building my A and always willing to lend a hand. Thanks and welcome aboard
hatch thanks for the photoshop- you nailed it
Wowcars, right now the shop is in paint booth mode, should be ready to party by Jan. Maybe we won't use the exhaust fan nothing like second hand cigar smoke. The before pic of the 40 is after I got it home and at my place. I still have one of the 2 door sedans in the backround.
Christian, your right dam long arm, but to make the angle and ratio work with the box I used it's what I needed.
Trent, I'll deal with you later. ha ha
Oh ya, to rest thanks for the welcomes.
overspray
10-23-2003, 08:17 PM
Who's TomH?? I call him "Tommy 2 tone". My only regret is-- I moved to Bismarck 12 years ago,(I lived on the other side of the state) and didn't get to know Tom till then. I'll second the nomination for most knowledgeable traditional rodder in North Dakota and probably a few extra square miles outside the borders. Welcome to a real good guy!! (With a little more of my "Norwegian" influence you might even get better). The H.A.M.B. will definately benefit from your experience!! overspray
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