Snafu
10-10-2005, 02:12 PM
Not exactly sure how I stumbled on to this site......but glad I did. A little about myself.
Born in upstate NY smack in the middle of the snow belt. Been a part of racing and cars my whole life. Rebuilt my first lawnmower engine at the age of 5, then it goes from there lol. As I got older I fell in love with the open wheeled, flatheads, red wheeled, white walled machines. When I came to Germany with the military in 97, people looked at me like I was crazy when I showed them cars I like. Europe being mostly "fast and the furious" I was starting to feel like a dieing breed.
Got out of the Army in 2001 and started working as a mechanic for a company that is contracted by the military. www.drash.com (http://www.drash.com) We hired a friend of mine, a local (German), worked as a panel beater by trade. When I talked to him about hotrods in the states he was shocked. Showed him websites and pics of car shows. He had no words, he has never seen anything like it. He said he now understood why its a "way of life" or cult and not just a fad, or trend.
In short I have now found the perfect site :). Having searched over and over and only finding the cookie cutter type sites full of commercials. This place is everything I am, want to be, dream of and hope to be. Keep up the great work....hopefully someday I will get back to the states and be able to post something :).
Later.......Snafu (Sal)
Born in upstate NY smack in the middle of the snow belt. Been a part of racing and cars my whole life. Rebuilt my first lawnmower engine at the age of 5, then it goes from there lol. As I got older I fell in love with the open wheeled, flatheads, red wheeled, white walled machines. When I came to Germany with the military in 97, people looked at me like I was crazy when I showed them cars I like. Europe being mostly "fast and the furious" I was starting to feel like a dieing breed.
Got out of the Army in 2001 and started working as a mechanic for a company that is contracted by the military. www.drash.com (http://www.drash.com) We hired a friend of mine, a local (German), worked as a panel beater by trade. When I talked to him about hotrods in the states he was shocked. Showed him websites and pics of car shows. He had no words, he has never seen anything like it. He said he now understood why its a "way of life" or cult and not just a fad, or trend.
In short I have now found the perfect site :). Having searched over and over and only finding the cookie cutter type sites full of commercials. This place is everything I am, want to be, dream of and hope to be. Keep up the great work....hopefully someday I will get back to the states and be able to post something :).
Later.......Snafu (Sal)