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

Aint that the truth

 

Yea just like you said, and without running out of funds.

 

see the Daytona 500

drive coast to coast in a hot rod

race at Bonneville

race in the silver state classic

race in the targa newfoundland http://www.targanewfoundland.com/

find & build a 1959 Elcamino.

 

Race at El Mirage.

 

build 100 more cars

 

#1- get close to 200 mph @ Bonneville
#2-RTE 66=Up and back and in between
#3At least a buck fiddy at the drags-wheels hangin' of course
#4 Finnish my damn car and drive the thing instead of workin on it
# die in my sleep(hopefully dreamin about cars!)

 

Drive from here to the west coast in a big ass GM car of the late 50s early 60s. All with the family. Drive through one of those tree tunnels. The traditional rt66 deal.

Ya know i've never been further east than Panama City?

Go fishing in Alaska.

Buy my father the car he had to get rid of so he could raise us snot nosed brats. ('68 Chevelle SS 396)

Spoil my grandkids, and watch them put there parents through what they put me through....

Get a garage big enough to actually store all my toys.

 

Drive my 33 pickup to Bonneville (2010) and back.
Go see a superbike race at Laguna Seca.
Own and fly an airplane (cub 150, or similar)

 

drive my high school 49 Chevy one more time under it's own power

 

Drive to Bonneville, (and hopefully a number of other events across the US) in a car I built myself and shipped over.

Build at least half the cars that I have in my head right now - damn they get in so much easier(and quicker) than they get out...

Build cars with my two sons as they grow up.

 

Finish my F1 and cruise out to CA for the Western Nats., then head up the CA coast to lay under the Redwoods and drink a beer, welcoming any stops along the way. That's not so much to ask, is it?

 

I REALLY want to build my 34 Ford pickup and hopefully drive it a little bit before my eye disease gets worse. A tall order but thank goodness I'm an optimist!!! Maybe Chip Foose will kidnap my 34 and build it on Overhaulin! A guy can dream can't he?!

Max

 

Finish my hot rod, and take my Mom and Dad for a cruise,because the've been more supportive of this project, than I've deserved, for so many years.

 

1.Finish my Merc.(I probably need to get started first)
2.Go to Indianapolis 500
3.Go to Bonneville
4.Run a car at Bonneville or El Mirage
5.Go to Don Garlits Museum
6.Go to Speedy Bill's museum
7.Build a Hot Rod
8.Fly in a fighter plane
9.Build a shop for all my toys
10.Have as many photo shoots with pinups as Bad Bob
11.Hang out Mercury Charlies shop.
Maybe not in that order.

 

Build a 55 chevy
Run sub 8's in the 1/4 in a door slammer.
Put the bumper on the ground, and set her back down without destroying the car.
Rallyrace
Drive across the country, without breaking down
A few good nites out of street race again like it used to be without 50,000 imports, or 20,000 cops.
and finally.
Actually Complete a car to the point where I can honestly say.. "I'm done"

 

I am already working on my bucket list...

This year I drove to Bonneville with my oldest son driving my home built 32 five window.

Next will have to be build a 36 3window ( and drive it some where bitchen)

I also need to find some form of racing that I can afford ( time and money) ( wheel to wheel) god I love racing........

 

arkie, i can help you with the striping dilemma. pick up a brush, baby! no but seriously, practice makes perfect, and there's plenty of resources out there. check out Alan Johnson's book, "How To Pinstripe" That one's def not too ambitious

 

You quoted what I was thinking exactly... Except my Hemi powered car is an unfinished '34 five window. Got everything else spot-on though. And, I hate the term spot-on. Ha-ha!

 

Build a 32 roadster.
Build a 32 5w coupe.
Build a 50 Ford Shoebox.
Build a 49 Merc.
Own a Bugatti Veyron.
Drive a dragster, over 200mph.
Make the Lone Star Round-up 2010.
Drink more of Ryan's beer

 

Drive route 66 in my merc
Go to a drive in movie
Go to an original car hop
Go to Bonneville
Get my dad the camaro he always wanted('67 RS/SS)
N go to the hunnert car pile up

 

I would like to build a car with my son before I die.

 

1. Build a 40's style kustom, preferably a 35-39 ford, 41-48 ford or chevy or caddy, or merc or zephyr or something along those lines

2. Drive cross country in a 40's-50's convertible with a teardrop or small (under 16 ft. vintage) trailer--like "The long long trailer" and just camp out and fish the whole way on the cheap.

3. Finish my hotrod, with paint and interior (hopefully in the next couple months!) DONE! and its for sale in the Classifieds

4. Drive it to El Mirage and make a pass Hmmmm.

5. Ride a vintage 30's-50's motorcycle with sidecar up the entire length of the west coast. well at least from san diego, to seatle and maybe canada/alaska

6. Go to The A-Bombers old style weekend in Sweden and camp out on the grass and watch the hill climb races

7. Go to Bonneville speed week

8. Start at Santa Monica Pier and take route 66 all the way to chicago.

9. Ride a bike to Sturgis and see mount Rushmore and yellowstone.

10. Fly in a WWII bomber and fighter plane.

11. Own a traditional custom, Hotrod, Vintage Mahogany Speedboat, Vintage Bike, Restored Vintage trailer all at the same time.

12. check out the Lone Star Round up

13. Have a replica of the Ford Mystere or the Lincoln Futura made and use it as my daily driver to go to work etc.

14. Finish my '51 triumph t100 bobber-hopefully this coming year!

15. Build a cool '35 to '57 beater work truck

16. Own a house with a huge garage/clubhouse with a lift, sand blaster, welders, lathe, mill, bandsaw, sheet metal break, shear, etc etc.

17. Own a 50's sportscar. a 53-55 corvette, an early 50's jaguar xk, or 50's porsche

18. Build a Demolition Derby Car and destroy the shit out of it.

19. Build/Drive a Belly Tank. (I have a good buddy with 80% of the parts to build one) I should probably help him!

20. When I finally kick the bucket, I want to be burried in a Cadillac!

 

Finish and drive my T bucket. Thats it apart from doing as many drag racing events as possible.
Update. Sold the T, now got an A. New goal, Finish the A.

 

lets see

1.finish my merc
2.drive the hell out of it
3.buy another merc for my second son
4.live old enough to see both cars passed on
5.Take a road trip with my wife cross country we got married young and didnt get to really travel much the farthest i have been is vegas .But when the kids get older and the car is done and i wake up in the morning not because i have to to go to work I just want to pack light get in the merc and drive eat in different places and just come back with new storys to lie about

 

finish my roadster
race my blown sanger shovel nose hydro
run el-marage in my '56 chevy
race my '55 at bakersfield
race my off road truck in the dezert

 

Al, you just turned 51 thirteen days ago, you better hurry up if you wanna build 100 more cars! Let's say you do two full builds a year, then you'll be building cars till you're 101. But like every thing else you do, you don't give up until you achieve it, so am I invited to your 101st B-day party? I'll only be 90 years old by then.

 

Go to Bonneville, have 7 different cars with 7 different engines and drive and maintain them. Last but not least, one of the cars must have a blown motor.

 

I'm buildin five cars at the same time I've got a girlfriend, and a wife on the side. I'm like the last year of 2 pacs life I wanna do all of it, today, lets go! WHO'S COMIN WITH ME?

 

My overall list is too long.
But I concur with pete.

and OLLIN #16 isn't all it's cracked up to be..LOL

 

There are many things I want to do in my life but there are a few that when I am on my deathbed I want to be able to say I either did or tried to do them .

In no perticuler order

1. Race a nitro funny car
2. go drag racing
3. go land speed racing
4. build a streamliner and at least try and break a record
5. A long shot but I want to have a go at building something that may challenge the all time land speed record currently held by the brittish .

Not exactly realistic but I can at least try .