Hot Rods Quotes to live by...

i read that in readers digest 60 yrs ago--or more!

 

Sounds about right.

 

I'm one fart away from giving a shit.

 

My grandfather used to say “he has more excuses than Carters has liver pills” I have no idea what a Carter liver pill is.
Dan

 

Me, everyday at work

I don't claim to know what I'm doing-
I'm just doing what I know
ras

 

Carter's pills

Obviously you're one of the younger set.

 

Some of my own from being a single parent and raising 3 kids.

My daughter ask me one day after finding out she was pregnant, "dad how do I know if I'll be a good parent?" I told her " there are 2 kinds of parents, good and bad, both make mistakes! The difference is good parents make mistakes doing what's best for you, bad parents make mistakes doing what's best for them..."-me.

My son ask how to know which friends to help ? I told him, " think of it as your in a small boat and they are drowning, you come up to them in this big ocean, now there will be 2 types of people in the water (turmoil), those that want saved and those that just want to drag you into the turmoil with them, your decision is to figure out which type they are" -me

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And never trust a fart after 60!!!

 

".........than Carter's has farter-starters." is the way I always heard it!

 

Another one of mine, when shit would go sideways and I always kept plugging along. Every once in awhile one of my kids would ask me how I kept going I'd tell them this.

"They say life is a highway and I'm good with that but just like life potholes come along and some are bigger than others. Now I have a choice, either waste time standing, staring, walking around that pothole that I can't do anything about or I can keep moving down the road and try to navigate the next one I see"-me

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What you think about what I think means nothing to me.

 

Yep I’m about 10 years younger than you, I guess I knew the pills were for the liver just never saw one.
Dan

 

Expectations lead to disappointment

 

All kinds of “ remedies” were sold over the years! Folks have always “ hurt”, more as we age! Folks of the forties and fifties took all kinds of medicine! Not sure what worked, what did not! But one thing is, if they thought it was helping, it probably was, either physically or psychologically! Carter’s little liver pills fell somewhere in that profile!





Bones

 

All in all,,, a lot of you jokers owe @Boneyard51 an apology.
AND if if Y'all wanna hate me for sayin' so be my guest

 

“Imagination is everything. It is a preview of life’s coming attractions.” Albert Einstein, but just as attributable to numerous pioneers of our wonderful lifestyle.

 

Ya Gotta Wanna

 

and they were forced by the Federal Trade Commission to change the name (drop the "liver") in the '50s. It was ruled deceptive advertising.

 

"A HOT ROD IS A DRUG THAT KEEPS ON GIVING AND IS ADDICTING."

Hello,

Being as old as I am, the hot rod ideas and culture is still with me. My wife and I talk about those early days of road trips in several of our old cars, from the 1965 Red El Camino to the red 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery.

When the SBC sedan delivery got the driving mode fixed, she was the first one to get in and go somewhere. She even liked driving up the coast back to our mom’s Westside of Long Beach house.

We took our mom to lunch and shopping. She still lived in the old Westside House our dad bought in 1952. In the backyard, the hot rod history for our family started and each time we did something different, it was in that custom converted rec room to a open garage door working space for our cars and motorcycles.

It was a series of photographic seasons to help keep the hot rod, motorcycle and custom designs going for us. It was a way to stay involved in the industry and have a business going for us.

Although we were not building any more hot rods with the inclusion of our son, the feeling was there with little things to our cars, a set of American Mag 5 Spoke Rims all around and custom color paint if it was offered by various dealers. (Pearl white metallic instead of plain white, for example.)

Jnaki

A hot rod or the term hot rod has given us the experiences that have kept us going. It is not just a cool car, but if my wife buys a new car, it has custom exhaust pipe system and better suspension. Plus, it has more horsepower than my modified 1958 Impala. Yikes!
Thanks @themoose
Plus, if we did have a three car garage, an old hot rod coupe, sedan or roadster would be in that third spot. But, our house is small and tidy. YRMV

 

It’s none of your business what other people think …

 

The best advice I ever received was : GET THE BRAKES "RIGHT" FIRST!!

 

As my father used to say, sometimes you just have to go with what works.

 

Sincerity is everything. Once you can fake that, you got it made.


-rick

 

"If the shit fits, wear it"

Donald Duck Dunn (The Blues Brothers)

 

That is the advise I gave my son when we dragged his first truck out of the junkyard to build! He wanted to build the engine first thing! I told him , No! Fix the rear end and the brakes first! Get the truck safe, then the engine! He drove that truck smoking and missing for two years, before we dropped the new 400 in it!




Bones

 

The Dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed

 

She’s knocking like a Jehovah’s Witness . Not to hurt anyone’s feelings , just what I heard an old time mechanic say , about a customer’s engine .

 

When the Devil farts on your Cornflakes, reach for the sugar bowl.

 

When you get to the end of your rope,, tie a knot in it and hang on.

 

Raced large sailboats for 60 plus years doing well and winning quite often. When we didn’t do well and were down in the wannabes one of my buddies would often say “The sun doesn’t shine up the same dogs ass every day” TSDSUTSDAE