SomethinWicked
09-08-2003, 09:31 PM
Hi guys and gals,
My name is Chris, and I‘ve been religiously lurking around the HAMB for over a year now. I thought I would step up and introduce myself. I live in Dover, NH, but grew up most of my life on the coast in Hampton, NH. I’m 29 years old, married my college love, and have 2 kids… 2 ½ and 6 months. I’m a software engineer by profession, and a lover of rods and customs. My company develops software that corporations use to monitor company computer networks as well as the Internet. So, it’s very likely that our product is monitoring that cable modem you have sitting next to your PC.
I have always been into cars… my dad grew up in the 60s and owned a 1968 GTO, 1969 Carousel Red Judge, and a 1967 Corvette Stingray 427... drag raced out in California and at Epping Dragway before kids came along. Needless to say, I was mostly into muscle cars growing up. My dad always listened to the Beach Boys so at a young age, I new that a little deuce coupe was a cool car, but didn’t really know much about that era of cars. That was until I met my wife, Tracy. Her family lives down in York, PA, and one summer day when we were down there visiting, I started to see all these wicked cool rods driving into town. My first experience with hot rods was at the NSRA East Nats about 6 years ago. Since then, no other type of car has been on my mind, and we’ve gone to the show every year.
My tastes in hot rods were definitely influenced by the Little Deuce Coupe, as well as Milner’s coupe, but I have grown to appreciate just about every model year and build style there is. My favorite years, like many of you, are 1930-34. I am of the opinion… that a traditional rod is one in which you try to build it to resemble a specific time in history. The operative word in that sentence is resemble. I don’t care about period perfection, if it cost you $5,000 or $50,000, nor if you built it or just bought it… as long as you have fun with it, that’s cool in my book.
If you’re reading this, you’re probably most interested in knowing what kind of car I have, and where the pictures are. Well, guess what… I ain’t got one. A full time job, a family, and a house don’t currently allow me the time and money to have one. I’ll admit I am a beginner in this great hobby. In addition to reading many books on hot rod building, I have been religiously reading the HAMB for a long time, and have been learning a lot from you guys! My ideal plans are for one day to get road-worthy, semi-project rod that I can learn on, improve, and enjoy.
I actually met a couple of you this summer at the NSRA East Nats in York. I briefly talked with Spike and Duck over at the HAMB area. Thanks for being the open, honest, down-to-earth people that you are… you made me feel welcome even though I don’t own a rod. You guys had some wicked cars, and one day, I hope to be proudly parking mine next to yours.
I snapped a few pictures from the past 2 York meets and have put them on Webshots. Please feel free to take a look. They tend to reflect my tastes in rods. The address is http://community.webshots.com/user/somethinwicked.
Even though I won’t yet be able to provide much technical know-how on many subjects, I hope my enthusiasm for traditional rods will make up for it. I plan to contribute to the HAMB by asking some intelligent questions, and hopefully they will spur on some interesting discussions.
Oh, in case you’re wondering what my name means… I tried to come up with something that was somewhat cool, that incorporated a little New England slang. I used the word “wicked” probably a million times growing up, so I went with it.
Take care, and build ‘em safe.
Chris
My name is Chris, and I‘ve been religiously lurking around the HAMB for over a year now. I thought I would step up and introduce myself. I live in Dover, NH, but grew up most of my life on the coast in Hampton, NH. I’m 29 years old, married my college love, and have 2 kids… 2 ½ and 6 months. I’m a software engineer by profession, and a lover of rods and customs. My company develops software that corporations use to monitor company computer networks as well as the Internet. So, it’s very likely that our product is monitoring that cable modem you have sitting next to your PC.
I have always been into cars… my dad grew up in the 60s and owned a 1968 GTO, 1969 Carousel Red Judge, and a 1967 Corvette Stingray 427... drag raced out in California and at Epping Dragway before kids came along. Needless to say, I was mostly into muscle cars growing up. My dad always listened to the Beach Boys so at a young age, I new that a little deuce coupe was a cool car, but didn’t really know much about that era of cars. That was until I met my wife, Tracy. Her family lives down in York, PA, and one summer day when we were down there visiting, I started to see all these wicked cool rods driving into town. My first experience with hot rods was at the NSRA East Nats about 6 years ago. Since then, no other type of car has been on my mind, and we’ve gone to the show every year.
My tastes in hot rods were definitely influenced by the Little Deuce Coupe, as well as Milner’s coupe, but I have grown to appreciate just about every model year and build style there is. My favorite years, like many of you, are 1930-34. I am of the opinion… that a traditional rod is one in which you try to build it to resemble a specific time in history. The operative word in that sentence is resemble. I don’t care about period perfection, if it cost you $5,000 or $50,000, nor if you built it or just bought it… as long as you have fun with it, that’s cool in my book.
If you’re reading this, you’re probably most interested in knowing what kind of car I have, and where the pictures are. Well, guess what… I ain’t got one. A full time job, a family, and a house don’t currently allow me the time and money to have one. I’ll admit I am a beginner in this great hobby. In addition to reading many books on hot rod building, I have been religiously reading the HAMB for a long time, and have been learning a lot from you guys! My ideal plans are for one day to get road-worthy, semi-project rod that I can learn on, improve, and enjoy.
I actually met a couple of you this summer at the NSRA East Nats in York. I briefly talked with Spike and Duck over at the HAMB area. Thanks for being the open, honest, down-to-earth people that you are… you made me feel welcome even though I don’t own a rod. You guys had some wicked cars, and one day, I hope to be proudly parking mine next to yours.
I snapped a few pictures from the past 2 York meets and have put them on Webshots. Please feel free to take a look. They tend to reflect my tastes in rods. The address is http://community.webshots.com/user/somethinwicked.
Even though I won’t yet be able to provide much technical know-how on many subjects, I hope my enthusiasm for traditional rods will make up for it. I plan to contribute to the HAMB by asking some intelligent questions, and hopefully they will spur on some interesting discussions.
Oh, in case you’re wondering what my name means… I tried to come up with something that was somewhat cool, that incorporated a little New England slang. I used the word “wicked” probably a million times growing up, so I went with it.
Take care, and build ‘em safe.
Chris