Art & Inspiration "Before I die,I want to.......(car related only PLEASE!)

I noticed that Bonneville was on alot of peoples list ... in 1988 I drove an O/T but classic American car that I bought while stationed in England and had shipped back to the U.S of A. from San Diego back to Lowry AFB, Colorado. I didn't plan too many stops, but Bonneville was one of them. What surprised me was that you could just drive out on the salt and go for it. That was one of if not the CLest things I have ever done. I wonder if you can still do that ??!!!???

 

Well you already do; I don't know about the dick part but I am sure I can check that out for ya.

 

ahahahahahahahahhaahha...LMAO

 

Finish all the cars and trucks I have now and the ones to come. Own a 57 vette. Drive my studebaker project over 200 mph on the salt.

 

The one thing i realy want to do is build a diesel powerd gasser that dose wheelies.

 

Live long enough, to Die Old !


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I would like to just finish what I have. Time just slips away with a young family. Building the 1936 Ford I have stashed away with my son is something I daydream about all the time. He's only 3 years old now. Watching him learn and surpass my abilities in the garage will be heart-warming. Oh yeah, I also wanna do a wheel-e in my Chevy II wagon....

 

I would like to finish and drive the three project cars I have now. Race one of them at Bonneville

 

Finish my coupe, wel lat least enough to drive it to the local ice cream stands and just drive the heck out of it.

 

.....I want to own a

59 Elcamino
37 Chevy 2 door sedan
57 Pontiac safari wagon
a flared 64 Vette fastback to tribute my 1st Vette from 1974

 

Drive route 66 start to finish in a 57 chevy 150... but really any classic will do!
Drive a landspeed car on the salt flats bonneville!
Drive as a stuntdriver for a major motion picture!
And meet James Dean... oh wait that's after I die!

 

Bingo...the answer!!

 

Oh, I'd like to drive 200MPH somewhere

 

Travel USA in a hot rod, and 300mph in the 1/4 would be fun

 

Not that is novel in any way, but...bust 200 on the salt at Bonneville...in a car I built from scratch with my son.

 

Love to drive on the salt and to collect my 6 favorite cars before I die

 

build a bobtail bucket T. ill be happy starting that project.. if all goes well come winter ill get started. as my grandma use to say "enjoy today, for tomorrow maybe even worse" she use to say "if its free its for me" and of course "what a jip" hence my handle.. heh, she rocked!

 

.........Red '62 Corvette with Linda Vaughn as my co-pilot.

 

1) Actually RUN a car at Bonneville or El Mirage, now that I have been to Bonneville for Speed Week as a spectator!

2) Go to the Indy 500 to see the race (been to the track, though)

3) See a NA$CAR race at Bristol and Daytona

4) Spend a month at Daytona for all of the February events

5) Drive a 1960 Corvette up the PCH.

6) Drive a 1952 Dodge Power Wagon WC up the AlCan Highway and back.

7) Take a European road tour in a Citroen Traction Avant.

8.) Take a summer-long road trip across the US and Canada in a 1948 Chrysler Town & Country convertible or wagon.

9) Own a Hudson Hornet convertible with the optional 7X 308 hotrod engine. Black with black top and red leather interior.

10) Own a 1962 Chrysler 300H ragtop, in the same color combo as the Hudson

 

Bonniville.....
Lonestar round up
Paso (never got to do that dream)
Vegas ...when the shifters put it on (never got that one either)

 

actually finish one of my cars

 

Great thread................here is my short list;

Do some solid low 9's or maybe high 8's in my Maverick with a carb
Crew on a Bonneville Car (which I hope to do this year with the FlatCad Team)
Drive a car at Bonneville
Race a GT-3 racecar at Laguna Seca or Sears Point
Finish building my 289ci flathead and put it into an open dragster and turn low 11's or high 10's

 

Make that all
My cars

 

Drive across Canada or the US with mine. Possibly way down into South America if I can. I was about to do that last year on my bike, but had too much on my plate to take a few months off and go down to SA. Doing that in a hot rod would be infinitely cooler.


Also - Get some serious (race) track time with my '38 Chevy half ton. I know it sounds dumb but it handles awesome on its S10 frame and stiff suspension. Quite a fast little truck too.

 

Ironman the Baja 1000 on a bike and in a trophy truck.
Set a record at Bonneville on a Bike and car.
Drive an f1 car around monaco.
Launch a hemi powered f.e.d hard.
Ride in a pro supercross event.
Do the gumball 3000.
Meet and drive with the Top Gear presenters.
and meet Don Garlits.

 

Your South America trip is going to take some real timming it is over 300 miles across the Dariun Jungle in Central America. The road is iffy and not much more than a wide trail in places during the dry season and pretty much non existant during the wet season. The only place on the Pan American highway that is nearly impassable.

Not to rain on your parade just for information only.

 

Only a dream: Move to New Mexico, set up a studio and do Automotive Art. Any rodders from HAMB driving Rt. 66 can stop on by my studio...I'll have a cold one waiting for you.

 

Sell my Bonneville car to some one of all these guys who SAY they want to go to the salt befoe they die.

 

I want to install a 409 in my 39'
I want to go to Bonneville
I want to go to the LA roadster show
I'd like to Drive over__________ Obama, with studded snow tires!

In any order!

 

Wow..so many things everyone wants to do..so ok.I'm in...

1). Work for Brian Bass at his shop ..
2).Drive a vintage funny car 200 mph....on the street..screaming at the radar cop who sits by my house...CATCH ME NOW..F*CKER..!!
3).Have a garage like Jay Leno but filled with 32 Highboys...coupes..sedans and all the parts to build 10 more...
4).Wishing my Dad was alive so he can ride with me...just one time.
5).Build and drive a ROADSTER...across the USA....
6).Have Gene Winfield teach me metal work..
7). Open a scrap yard with NO PRICES ..BUT you have to bring something for trade we can use..if not,we will give you car to build,donate it to charity for kids with special needs.
8).And to buy ONE CAR THAT HAS NO RUST ON IT..!!!!