Who would you like to have a beer with ?

[Ricci32]

Don Gartlits

[Ricci32]

Kent Fuller

[evs1]

Originally Posted by Russt29

I think, judging by alot of the responses here, those of us that are able , should sit down with a beverage of choice with our kids. maybe alleviate some regrets for them in the future. Great thread ,very thought provoking. sorry , I dont post alot but I felt qualified ( two adult children) to post to this one .

I already do that, usually once a month. It's a time-out no bitching at each other about anything session. Just talk about whatever. Kinda nice.

[Mazooma1]

Ed Roth

[oneyellowtub]

Smokey Yunick.

[rats28]

Originally Posted by 49ratfink

Danica Patrick.

Yep that would work

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by 49ratfink

Danica Patrick.

Damn fake knockoffs

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Mazooma1

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NO politics here, buddy,,you need to read the rules, FNG.
You're attempt at humor falls way short.
Knock it off and start to show some respect for the rules and the people who founded this site.
Or, go away.
Your choice...understand?

Jeebus!! take a fucking joke and get off the high horse.

[sbakar]

The Boss - Bill Stroppe

[StraightSixHP]

My Grandpa Adams (died when I was 7)
Carroll Shelby
Chip Foose
Lee Iacocca
Henry Ford

To name a few....

[Rocky Famoso]

Jeff Beck...I think some of you may have heard of him.

Here is a little excerpt from a recent interview:

St. James: What about cars? You work on cars a little bit? Is that your other main thing?

Beck: Yeah. Yeah that’s what I do more as a main job, than play guitar. Because of the nature of my career, and the way that we’re in England, and my career is basically here, I wouldn’t be able to support myself with the work from England. It’s all corporately-run over there. You’re either big bananas or you’re nothing. You have to pay to play a small club. So I can’t keep going over here, I can’t keep going to Japan. It’s a sort of bi-annual thing or every three years.

St. James: Why did you never move here?

Beck: I don’t know. I love where I live. I’ve got a beautiful place and I belong there. I feel a sense of belonging which will never go. I lived in L.A. for a few months, and that was a good trial period – at no expense because I was actually being forced out of the country by our government because they were taking 90 percent of (my income).

St. James: So what car projects do you have going on right now?

Beck: I’ve got a couple at the moment. I managed to find a rare circa ’34 three-window coupe advertised in a Danish magazine, or Swedish paper. And I just looked at it and thought, ‘It’s all original, and it’s one-off.’ You don’t get those ever! — three-window. Five-window yeah, or sedan. And I sent my girlfriend up to Copenhagen with a mechanic friend of mine. It runs, it’s all there, it’s perfect. So I bought it. It was an impulse buy. Now it’s on it’s way to California.

St. James: Why is that?

Beck: Because I’m busy, busy. I’ve got concerts to do in England, I’ve got a Pavarotti date. You know Pavarotti?

St. James: Yes.

Beck: I played on a single, which he fell in love with. But they didn’t tell him who it was on guitar. And he said, ‘I want that guy.’ And when they told him it was me, he invited me to play in Austria. So I’m gonna do that. It doesn’t look like I’ ll get much mechanics done by Christmas. But by the time Christmas arrives this car will be disassembled, sand-blasted, and ready to re-assemble over at my friend’s shop in California. So I’ll go out there and check it out and just make sure what’s going on.

St. James: Will you do any of the work yourself?

Beck: Not on this particular one, but all the others. I’ve built 14 or 15 street rods in 25 years. And I’ve kept most of them. The ones I bought whole over in L.A. in ’76, and had them shipped back to England – they started to go rusty. And I thought, ‘I’m not going to rebuild this. I didn’t build it in the first place.’ So I cleaned it up, except the ones that were already clean, and let somebody else have them. But I never sold anything after. I can’t see 18 months of work go down the driveway. In a flash someone else has got the car, for a few bundles of notes that are all going to go out the window. So I’ ve built a special shed for them.

St. James: What are your favorites?

Beck: They’re all fantastic. They’ve all got memories. They all twitch and roll and do their things.

St. James: Do you have time to get out and drive them now and then?

Beck: Yeah, every time it stops raining

St. James: Do you do any drag racing?

Beck: Yeah, we’ve been to a couple. The fun is in the run, you know. We take a picnic and take the whole day and go. And watch a few people make idiots of themselves, and come home. It’s not the quality of drag racing like it is here. But there’s some good, real competitive cars. The fun is in meeting other people.

So, Yeah, I think I would like to have an extended talk with him...with beers involved...

[Rocky Famoso]

Jeff Beck...

[SaltCoupe]

Jeff Beck is too cool!!!

[weathrmn]

Levon Helm. May 26,1940-April 19,2012

[Rocky Famoso]

Original post:
"If you had the chance to sit down and share a few cold beers with some of your car heros,
who would they be ?"
...
Levon Helm, great musician, but not really a car guy...
...

[Don's Hot Rods]

Originally Posted by Rocky Famoso

Original post:
"If you had the chance to sit down and share a few cold beers with some of your car heros,
who would they be ?"
...
Levon Helm, great musician, but not really a car guy...
...

Well, since Jesus was put in a few times, Levon is ok too. I should have expanded my question to include heros of any genre', dead of alive. But I had a couple of beers when I wrote it so I wasn't thinking straight.

Don

[Rocky Famoso]

After a case of of beers with Jesus, and watching The Last Waltz,
I'd probably try to sell him my car...
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.
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[docc]

..my Dad..

[Rocky Famoso]

...My Lord...

[milwscruffy]

The five friends I've lost in the last 5 years or so. None famous but all were good car guys and great friends.