hotrodladycrusr
12-18-2003, 10:28 PM
Sam's comment about every HAMB member being only one removed from all the hot rodders in the world got me thinking about a guy I meet a few years ago.
I was sitting at a table in a bar with some RRT/HAMB guys a few years ago, it was a Friday nite during the Detroit Autorama and we were sitting in Cobo Joes, a sports bar, across the street from Cobo Hall.
Next to our table was a half wall that had stools on the other side. There were a couple of guys sitting at these stools. After a while shy me said hello and started a conversation with them. They were from ColoRODo and had car t-shirts on.
Naturaly the conversation revolved around hot rods. I asked if they had a car in the show. They said their buddy had one in the show that was a Riddler contender. We chatted alittle about that then they asked me if I had one in the show. Told them no but one day my "project" will see the inside of Cobo Hall. They then asked what I had and I told them I had just purchased a 47 Olds convert. The one guy, Royce, said isn't that a coincidence, the gauges in my 36 came from a 47 Olds. I then asked him where he bought them. He said, "A swap meet in MN" I said to him "From a guy named Steve Hendrickson?" His mouth dropped wide open and he said "How'd you know?" I then told him that those are the guages out of my Olds! What a small world! We got a great laugh out of it, exchanged cards, alittle more chit chat, then went our own ways with our buds.
Fast forward now to this past Aug. in Wendover, UT at the State Line casino parking lot on Friday nite. I pulled Big Olds in and parked. Got out and started walking toward some HAMB buds that were on the other side of the parking lot. As I was walking, about 4 hot rods in front of Big Olds was a black primered 36 convert. I proceeded to check it out as I passed by and low and behold it has 47 Olds guage cluster in it. This is too cool I thought to myself. No one was around though. I walked over to Roadstar's roadster and planted my butt on one of his tires and watched the 36.
After a while the owner appeared and I walked over to him. I put my hand out and said nice to see you again. He shook my hand but I could tell he was having trouble placing how he knew me. That was ok cuz I could remember where we met but I couldn't remember his name. We both refreshed each others memory, had a good laugh, and he showed me his 36. WAY cool, the guage cluster looked great in his dash along with the glove box door.
http://photo.starblvd.net/~AdventuresinBigOlds/4-3-2.jpg
Chatted for a bit more. He told me about his current project a roadster pickup that he will be debuting at the Detroit Autorama in 2005. He said it's going to be a Riddler contender and will knock everyones socks off. I'm looking forward to it. Of course I had a photo taken of us together.
http://photo.starblvd.net/~AdventuresinBigOlds/4-3-3.jpg
Well, you'd think that would be the end of the story. Nope, it really is a very small hot rod world. This past Oct, while at the Hunnert Car Pilup, HAMB member ThirtyFivePickup hands me a CD of photos that he took at B'ville. Once home, and I started checking them out, I was floored. Mike, 35PU, must have REALLY loved Royce's 36 cuz he had about 2 dozen shots of it on the salt! Which a couple of the shots I captured and place in my Star Photo albumn online.
http://photo.starblvd.net/~AdventuresinBigOlds/4-2-5.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/~AdventuresinBigOlds/4-3-1.jpg
Well, shortly after that I get an email from a guy in Wyoming, at WyoTech, named Brick. Seems he saw a link to my album as he was lurking on the HAMB and saw his friend Royce's 36 in there along with a few shots that I took of HIS hot rod on the salt! As it turns out he's a bud of FltBlk, Bass, Big Ric and a few of the other TX HAMB boys.
I do believe Sam's statement about every hot rodder in the world being only one removed from knowing each and every other hot rodder to be completly true. It really is a very small hot rod world we all live in.
I was sitting at a table in a bar with some RRT/HAMB guys a few years ago, it was a Friday nite during the Detroit Autorama and we were sitting in Cobo Joes, a sports bar, across the street from Cobo Hall.
Next to our table was a half wall that had stools on the other side. There were a couple of guys sitting at these stools. After a while shy me said hello and started a conversation with them. They were from ColoRODo and had car t-shirts on.
Naturaly the conversation revolved around hot rods. I asked if they had a car in the show. They said their buddy had one in the show that was a Riddler contender. We chatted alittle about that then they asked me if I had one in the show. Told them no but one day my "project" will see the inside of Cobo Hall. They then asked what I had and I told them I had just purchased a 47 Olds convert. The one guy, Royce, said isn't that a coincidence, the gauges in my 36 came from a 47 Olds. I then asked him where he bought them. He said, "A swap meet in MN" I said to him "From a guy named Steve Hendrickson?" His mouth dropped wide open and he said "How'd you know?" I then told him that those are the guages out of my Olds! What a small world! We got a great laugh out of it, exchanged cards, alittle more chit chat, then went our own ways with our buds.
Fast forward now to this past Aug. in Wendover, UT at the State Line casino parking lot on Friday nite. I pulled Big Olds in and parked. Got out and started walking toward some HAMB buds that were on the other side of the parking lot. As I was walking, about 4 hot rods in front of Big Olds was a black primered 36 convert. I proceeded to check it out as I passed by and low and behold it has 47 Olds guage cluster in it. This is too cool I thought to myself. No one was around though. I walked over to Roadstar's roadster and planted my butt on one of his tires and watched the 36.
After a while the owner appeared and I walked over to him. I put my hand out and said nice to see you again. He shook my hand but I could tell he was having trouble placing how he knew me. That was ok cuz I could remember where we met but I couldn't remember his name. We both refreshed each others memory, had a good laugh, and he showed me his 36. WAY cool, the guage cluster looked great in his dash along with the glove box door.
http://photo.starblvd.net/~AdventuresinBigOlds/4-3-2.jpg
Chatted for a bit more. He told me about his current project a roadster pickup that he will be debuting at the Detroit Autorama in 2005. He said it's going to be a Riddler contender and will knock everyones socks off. I'm looking forward to it. Of course I had a photo taken of us together.
http://photo.starblvd.net/~AdventuresinBigOlds/4-3-3.jpg
Well, you'd think that would be the end of the story. Nope, it really is a very small hot rod world. This past Oct, while at the Hunnert Car Pilup, HAMB member ThirtyFivePickup hands me a CD of photos that he took at B'ville. Once home, and I started checking them out, I was floored. Mike, 35PU, must have REALLY loved Royce's 36 cuz he had about 2 dozen shots of it on the salt! Which a couple of the shots I captured and place in my Star Photo albumn online.
http://photo.starblvd.net/~AdventuresinBigOlds/4-2-5.jpg
http://photo.starblvd.net/~AdventuresinBigOlds/4-3-1.jpg
Well, shortly after that I get an email from a guy in Wyoming, at WyoTech, named Brick. Seems he saw a link to my album as he was lurking on the HAMB and saw his friend Royce's 36 in there along with a few shots that I took of HIS hot rod on the salt! As it turns out he's a bud of FltBlk, Bass, Big Ric and a few of the other TX HAMB boys.
I do believe Sam's statement about every hot rodder in the world being only one removed from knowing each and every other hot rodder to be completly true. It really is a very small hot rod world we all live in.