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Discussion in 'New to the H.A.M.B.? Introduce yourself here!' started by hitz, Aug 23, 2011.

  1. hitz
    Joined: May 17, 2011
    Posts: 1

    hitz
    Member
    from norcal

    76 year old guy here. As a 15 year old with a paper route I channeled my '29 model 2 door. That was my first car. Followed by a '40 std coupe,'40 deluxe coupe, '38 std 2 dr,'40 std. 2dr, '49 2 dr merc.. most mildly hot roded. Got married, fixed up a '50 chev two door hard top for my bride. raced dirt dirt bikes in so cal. Bought a '55 1500 Super Porsche.??? Built up a '56 350cc AJS for Bonneville in '58. Never did run it. Restored a '46 Luscombe in ~ '71. Bought a '68 912 Porsche and hot rodded it for my bride (same wife) boy did did that keep me busy for for a couple of years. Raced dirt bikes again with 2 of my boys in the early '70s.

    My dad passed away in '91 and I took his old trashed '53 chevy PU home per my mothers insistance. It was badly rusted and and really rough. I decided to try to get some paint on it. It took 11 years and more money that I can talk about. It ended out being 6" shorter with a narrowed rear frame.,jag rear end, 4 wheel disk brakes, all home built independant front suspension using Nova spindles, Thunderbird rack str., 400 SBC with AFR heads. It's a ball to drive and has air so the longer trips are in comfort.

    After a couple of years getting caught up around the house I decided I would like to build a complete car from scratch. It took about 4 years to design and build it. I took my first ride in it Aug '09 at the Booneville salt flats. It's a lakester class, #72 and runs in G/GL class and thats another full story.
    And thats the long winded truth.
    hitz:p
     
  2. THE_DUDE
    Joined: Aug 22, 2009
    Posts: 2,601

    THE_DUDE
    Member

    Welcome Sir. Glad to have ya here
     
  3. fitty_2
    Joined: Feb 16, 2009
    Posts: 151

    fitty_2
    Member

    Sounds like an excellent plan

    welcome
     
  4. Grommet
    Joined: Oct 24, 2008
    Posts: 532

    Grommet
    Member
    from South GA

    Welcome from Ga

    Grommet
     

  5. edsel
    Joined: Sep 3, 2004
    Posts: 261

    edsel
    Member

    Awesome, sounds like you well be right at home here. Welcome to the board.

    edsel
     
  6. Good stuff. Glad to have your wisdom.
     
  7. 51baldeagle
    Joined: Jan 4, 2011
    Posts: 23

    51baldeagle
    Member

    Hey O.T. welcome, your just practicing to get old a have a buddy that is 84 years young can wait to sell his car, he has a 34 ford really nice that he is going to sell so he can finish a 37 ford 4 dr, so he and his wife can take their grand-kids out for a spin, you sound a Active 20 year old.
     
  8. Flatheadguy
    Joined: Dec 2, 2008
    Posts: 2,037

    Flatheadguy
    Member

    And, WELCOME from SW Nebraska. Excellent intro.
     
  9. fbama73
    Joined: Jul 12, 2008
    Posts: 989

    fbama73
    Member

    Welcome! Glad to have you here!
     
  10. Welcome from Michigan.
     

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