History How many years have you had your car on the road?

21 years for my 35 pontiac hi boy.........

 

Had my '34 Chevy coupe on the road 37 years. I've had my '55 Chevy since 1970 but it hasn't been on the road in a while. I'm now working on getting it back out.

 

Almost 1

 

Bought the 36 Plymouth from the original owner in 1964. Drove it home. Many others have come and gone over the years but I still have the coupe. About 55 years and still counting.

 

Me and the Roadster are at the 45 year mark!

 

The Avanti 33 years and 55 Chevy 17 years

 

Built the truck in 2000 and the Fed in 2010

 

Off and on since buying it in the mid 80's. Then in around 08 it's been road worthy continuously.

 

Avatar car = 46 years.... Thats Mr Edsel Ford in blue shirt , he loved her & autographed glove box door. He told me don't change a thing.

 

Bought my ply in 1984.Been on the road since 1995.

 

57 years – some roads are faster than others.

 

I bought the 38 in my avatar in 73, it was a basket case. The Stude I've only had a couple of years I was married to my first wife when I built the 38, dated my second wife in the same car and now wife number three rides in it. She isn't a fan of fat fendered cars but does like the way the Stude is coming together

 

I'm at about a negative 2 years right now.....
SPark

 

I got my 39 Ford Deluxe coupe in 1959, gave it to my son two years ago for his 50 th birthday, he's driving it around today.

 

My 26 Ford coupe since Sep. 1997. Try to drive it at least 1 time a week...…….

 

1960 Pontiac Bubbletop 9 months on the road.

 

I got my 37 Chevy p/u around 76 or 77 but finally got it on the road in 2000,I had other on the road longer but they are long gone.

 

Hello,
We haven’t owned a long list of hot rods, due to lack of funds, or when the funds were available, lack of space. So, we made do with what worked for us during the teenage days, the simple 20 something days and revitalized 30’s. They were all daily drivers or alternate day’s, daily drivers. They were built to drive and drive we did all over So Cal, the California West Coast, Oregon, Washington, Canada, Nevada, Arizona, and into Baja.

Jnaki

It is amazing that some of the owners here have kept the original hot rod from way back in the 60’s. Kudos to those owners. We had a fun time in the 60s with our small bunch of cars. Our mantra was build a Hot rod (or partial build), enjoy it, drive it, then sell it to buy another hot rod. We did not have the privilege of keeping the stash of old cars.

But, as life kept hitting us on the head in the late 60s, other things came to front in center. A lack of garage space was also not in the cards for long term ownership. But, other big time things did last all of these years and #10 is still going strong.

1. Our 1929 rusty black Model A Coupe 1957 fall for less than a month
2. My first orange 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery drove for 1000’s of miles from 1960-65
3. The 1958 black Impala from 1959-1964 for 1000’s of miles
4. My 1949 army green VW sunroof from 1961-63
5. The 1965 red El Camino from 1965 to 77 for 125k miles
6. Our 1961 silver blue Corvair Coupe from 1966-68.
7. The second red-orange 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery from 1970-76 for 1000’s of miles
8. A cool sporty car that my wife had always wanted 1973-86
9. A smattering of non HAMB cars from 1973-2019
10. A very cool and accepting car culture wife, since (1966) 1968 legally.

 

20 Years And Rolling On....

 

Next month, it will be 29 years with the Nomad in my avatar. I've driven it over 300,000 miles so far.

 

After a build that started in 2003 , my roadster hit the pavement on Nov. 7 2011 on my 70th birthday....now has 6500 fun filled miles

 

My high school buddy has a 68 Camero that he bought a Firestone forever battery for in 75 and they don't like it but so far they have kept replaceing it.

 

I bought the '40 in my avatar in 1988. Worked on it on and off for 9 years then my Gf left me right after back to the 50's 1997, I decided to throw myself into getting it finished and drivable. I drove it in primer the following summer and tore it back apart that winter for paint. Its got about 40,000 miles on it. I built my 41 coupe in 2000-2001 its got 35,000 miles.

 

Got the 34 Ford Coupe in the late 70's, and on the road in 85. It has 80K on it. the 49 F 1 has been on the road for 8 years. Just sold the 61 Ranchero, owned it 40 years. I seem to hold onto things.

 

Twenty years for this one. The boss loves it and won’t let me flip it.

 

17 and 18 unless you count my 50 ford pickup with I did in 73. Gary

 

1981 from a back yard in Passadena,Ca


2013 sold to stepson. 240,000 miles later.

 

The coupe has been with me 20 years now. On the street and strip for 19 years. She was a drag car in the 60's. I wish she could talk and tell me about all the crazy days and nights.

 

I built my Coupe 30 years ago and have been driving it ever since