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

I want to get cured of this car disease.

Since I retired, I have started and finished about 1 car per year.

When will it stop? I don't have enough time to drive them.

 

1; Get laid in the back seat of my 67 Shelby GT 500 with my high school sweetheart, the only problem is I sold my Shelby 30 years ago for $3000 and couldn't even afford a clone today and Barbara my high school sweetheart couldn't even fit in the back seat today. Damm I hope my wife Barbara don't read this ! 2; This aint car related but I would like to graduate HIGH SCHOOL

 

Build a genuine hot rod Model A coupe

Go to Bonneville

Drive the Hot Rod Power Tour

Build something with a supercharger

 

. . . merely get on the road the '29 AA I've had since 1974.

 

When I'm ready to die I want to go over Niagra Falls in my '31 Essex.

 

Last year I felt i had covered all the bases,,last project completed, sitting with the wife,nothing else on the go..a great feeling of relief but at the same time I thought,,,this is boring...I need stress,,I need a money sucking project to maintain my sanity so of course I started another

 

Bang the GF I had when I first built the 28chev 3win in 63,but in the new and improved, rebuilt 28chev 3win Im building now !

 

Power tour- done 1999
SilverState Classic- done 2000
Build a high end hot rod- done 2007 Nsra give away car.
Open my own shop again- done 2012
Build a salt flat car-
Race at Bonneville in that car-
Then maybe go ahead and win the Ridler-

 

Build a car with my daughter when she is old enough

 

* Revision* To get to drive the '27 T bucket/lakester I'm accumulating parts for.

 

Finish the 47 Ford convertible and drive it to San Diego, then up the coast to Seattle to visit a good friend. I need to hurry, I'm getting older every day.

 

Own a old front engine nitro car and fire it up at my house(dont even have to race it).

 

build my wifes 30 tudor.and drive it on a long road trip!! got the body, engine which needs to be built again, so does the body. need a frame, subframe, oh hell i need damn near everything! lol so i better hurry up .

 

Go to the salt flats and run my (then) finished coupester like a bat out of hell. I want my wife and kids to be there to see me do it, even my folks. That's if one of these infernal diseases doesn't get me first XP

 

The first thing that comes to mind for me is...

Drive my olds or whatever current hot rod / custom I have at the moment across country with no schedule and enjoy every bit of it.

 

Finish and actually get to drive my '36 Ford 3-window before I croak..........and it ain't looking good!

 

build and daily drive a 500+HP truck

 

Finish this god damm 40 dodge convert, geez these things take longer
as you get older!!!!

 

Finish my cars so my family isn't left to deal with the scrap. They are worth money finished but not when they are in pieces. Don't want to leave a mess for them when I go.

 

Build a HELLLUVA hot rod from scraps, make it a real head-turner, and drive cross-country and back with my son, showing him things he'll only otherwise read about in textbooks. Colorado River, crested buttes, Grand Canyon, giant redwoods, Route 66 (what's left of it), the Alamo, Great Salt Lake, the desert route, and everything in between. I want to teach him how to deal with a situation with what you've got readily available, how to meet and talk to people you don't know, and how to set a budget and stick to it. No cell phones, no GPS, no nothing. Just two guys, a machine, and a little bit of know-how. I want him to learn that technology is great, but you can't depend on it.

Then upon our return, hand him the keys and title to the car we just took on what I hope will be the most memorable trip he'll ever take with his old man. I figure two weeks on the road teaching him some REAL life lessons (as I'm sure they will crop up), and I'll be able to curl up and die without having to wonder if he's equipped to survive without me around.

Love my little guy.

 

Bonneville... Hopefully sooner, rather than later...

 

I want to drive New York to LA, in a hot rod I've built myself. Preferably a piss yella deuce coupe....

I want to visit Bonneville, in a hot rod, just to watch would do, but a 200mph pass would be good.

I'd like to make some sort of small business out of hot rod building, to subsidize my retirement, but I doubt that would happen when it takes me two years to even half finish a car.....

 

Bang my high school girlfriend and her twin sister again

 

win a "Best of Show Trophy"
oh, finally did that yesterday Sisseton SD
wife bought me a "living the dream" hat and am finally doing just that

 

I gotta say Bonneville is gonna happen... My WIFE is beggin me to go :O

 

1. Finish my '60 Olds flat top. Not only to drive it again after 5 years, but to know what color it will be. Then I can get my '60 Olds tattoo colored too!

2. Also help my son build his car. He's 12 and doesn't have one yet, but wants a '56 Buick. Once he builds one for himself, he'll have a great foundation.

 

1. Like to get my merc done and drive it..
2. Drive a real 33/34 chopped ford
3. Make it to a good custom/hotrod show, one with lots of chopped cars, cool cars, not gold chainer cars.... Jim

 

brother that has to be the best yet, or atleast of what i read.un-selfish, simple and heartwarming. good for you brother!! i truly hope it works out for you.

 

Finish my wifes sedan
Build my dream roadster
Make trip to Bonneville speedweek in one of my ride
Trip to LA roadster show.
Pass my rides to my daughter or god willing grandchildren.
Pretty easy bucket list.

 

Finish my 51 ford and drive what is left of route 66.