novadude
12-15-2005, 12:33 PM
My car is a bit "new" by HAMB standards, but I love the old stuff, and the HAMB DIY philosophy.
I first caught the disease in 1980, when my Dad drug home a shell of a 1940 Chevy Master 85 business coupe. Dad had always wanted a hot rod, and finally, at age 33, he decided it was time to jump in head first. Prior to this, he had only performed routine maintenance tasks on his late model cars. I was 8 yrs old at the time, and thought that it was the coolest damn car I had ever seen. I spent many weekends trying to help him work on that thing (my help was limited to sanding stuff at that age! LOL). It was a true "junkyard build". He bought a '66 Chevelle for $60 and yanked the 283 and PG from the Chevelle and dropped it into the '40 "as-is". The rest was pieced together with a junkyard Camaro column, vega seats, '56 chev. rear, stock "knee action" front suspension, etc, etc. No chrome or billet! ;) I was hooked.
He sold the '40 when he picked up a '63 Impala. Him and I worked on that car together (327, offy 3x2 intake, vette valve cover... rest was stock '63), and then I decided I wanted my own hot rod. I bought my '65 Nova project in 1986 at the age of 14. I did all the work on the car (with much help from Dad) on a shoestring budget. It has it's share of wavy body panels and flaws, but it is a lot of fun, and that is what really counts! Here is what it looks like today:
http://users.penn.com/~johns/65and70.jpg
I first caught the disease in 1980, when my Dad drug home a shell of a 1940 Chevy Master 85 business coupe. Dad had always wanted a hot rod, and finally, at age 33, he decided it was time to jump in head first. Prior to this, he had only performed routine maintenance tasks on his late model cars. I was 8 yrs old at the time, and thought that it was the coolest damn car I had ever seen. I spent many weekends trying to help him work on that thing (my help was limited to sanding stuff at that age! LOL). It was a true "junkyard build". He bought a '66 Chevelle for $60 and yanked the 283 and PG from the Chevelle and dropped it into the '40 "as-is". The rest was pieced together with a junkyard Camaro column, vega seats, '56 chev. rear, stock "knee action" front suspension, etc, etc. No chrome or billet! ;) I was hooked.
He sold the '40 when he picked up a '63 Impala. Him and I worked on that car together (327, offy 3x2 intake, vette valve cover... rest was stock '63), and then I decided I wanted my own hot rod. I bought my '65 Nova project in 1986 at the age of 14. I did all the work on the car (with much help from Dad) on a shoestring budget. It has it's share of wavy body panels and flaws, but it is a lot of fun, and that is what really counts! Here is what it looks like today:
http://users.penn.com/~johns/65and70.jpg