Any old guys(65 +) still build not buy their hot rods??

Me 67, have a 49 Ford Club coupe and a 51 Ford sedan, I chopped, with help from my father in law , he's 70................happy motorin sandy

 

__71+ , if i can't build it i don't need or want it, that's where the fun is.__

 

this is great. I hope I'm in good shape and tinkering still too. I got a friend I met a few yrs ago in salina KKOA, been twisting his arm for lonestar. He's going to drive down. I'm sure he will have a blast. He's built a few cars and still working on some. He's 67 and had a few health scares so he really wants to go.

 

Just turned 76. I'm putting a 4" drop axle in my '37 Ford.
Had to be a '37 as that's the year I was born.

 

65++++ what was the question?

 

I'm 66 and am reworking My 40 Chev cpe that my kid will be racing with her sisters this season, She's got the bug and Erika Enders is her hero. I plan to be towing it with my 56 Ford PU.

 

Me, I am a builder more than a buyer. But I would swap my Z06 for the right Hot Rod. 69 yrs.

 

Be 68 this summer. Took the maiden voyage last weekend in our 34 Chevy Sedan. Put 60 miles on her between pit stops. Nothing serious, alot of fun for wife and I

 

hi 62 working on my 37 ford coupe, almost done but ya know ya never done thats the way it is

 

hell yah! why buy someone else's mistakes. I can make my own...

 

60 ,one project in the garage and one still on the trailerStill doing it but am SLOW

 

I am 71 years into learning. Finished my 39 Ford coupe 2 years ago. Then I repainted my 66 Nova because I wanted to try the new urethane paint, you can keep it. I wish they didn't take the lead out of lacquer. Last winter I got into the wiring on my 55 Nomad along with the exhaust system, wipers, heater and some minor bugs that popped up since I built the car in 1983. This winter I installed relays in the 39 for halogen headlights. This coming spring I will start the re-paint on my Nomad. Build till you die is the only way.

 

My mistakes are so cunning that they are invisible until they bite me. Would not do it any other way.

 

Guilty! I'm 72 and still need to fill the need to create. I can't afford to buy a finished car
or project, just not enough in the SS check to do any thing but build and slowly at that.
I'm still trying to finish the '27 lakes modified ,then I've got a 31 Ford P/U to get busy with. Hope there is enough time left

...........................Jack

 

HEY! This was a great thread!!!!
I am NOT alone anymore... I at least GOT YOU GUYS here!!!!
It is a shame that we are so far apart! Mileage wise.
Good for this Web Site! Keeps us able to keep each other UP!
Also lets us Bitch once in awhile.

KEEP COOL and by all means KEEP WORKIN!
Joe in Mo. The 67 year old doin this stuff since 1958! They fall me on here the FNG.
I guess it means FeeliN Great!
Joe in Mo.

 

I'm almost 68 and just started building a Rat Rod for my grandson. '27 T Sedan 9" chopped top - '49 Lincoln Flathead 337 cu in V8 with Hydramatic trans Homemade tube frame - This weekend just finished 4 bar with coil overs on Crown Vic rear end

27sedanratrod

 

65+ and the oldest thing I own is a 65 Coronet drag car, however done a good bit of vintage motorhome rejuvination. The Airstream will be sitting on the truck chassis before too long. It will be a hot rod of sorts and I can shit in it.

 

Now that's funny....

 

I am 70 this month. A friend gave me the Tardel book and I was hooked. I started an A V8 roadster in December and will soon have a mock up roller. I have always had cars and motorcycles,but this is my first hot rod from scratch.
Best project I have had.

John

 

I am sneaking up on 71. Building an off road racing cj jeep with my grandson and in the process of building my own 36 chev coupe.

 

I'm 69 1/2. I built this one a couple years ago. 8BA FH w/5spd.





Working on this one now. 276ci FH, and dropped axle. Going to be my daily driver.



Must admit, I'm getting tired of laying on the floor. It's getting harder every year to get up.

 

Charley please edit the definition of your build. LOOSE the R/Rod.

 

I'm rapidly approaching 65. And nothing is more satisfying to me than heading out to the garage and tinkering on my car. Yeah...I may be an old old coot, with arthritis, bad ankles, ED, memory loss, overweight, and a cranky attitude. But somehow a few hours in the garage, wrenching on my car makes me forget about all that. I leave the garage with a much improved attitude. But I can't stay away for long !!!! In fact, I hear her calling for me right now. I'll be back there first thing in the morning. Woo Hoo.

 

I am 65 and working on a 66 Corvair and a 66 Ford econoline P/U.

 

Posted before--70 and in the middle of another 40 coupe--std this time--moving along and chassis should be done in 2 weeks ,then the painted body goes back on. When they are in my home garage I can't not go out and work on them--hope to have this one done minus uph by mid June-keeps me going.

 

I'm 66 and work in the shop every day except Sunday, church. I pray that I can do this for another week!
Two projects going, '32 sedan and a '32 pick up, I hope to take to the Autorama in 2015.

 

Nearly 67 and still spend time in the garage always learning. Just finishing a 48 F1 (to be a daily driver), IFS, SBC, Overdrive Auto, and lots of other things. I fab as much as I can. Been thru the old farm machinery craze, did a few bikes, restored a sprint car...museum piece. Now need to drive to the shows and cruises and update the truck as a driver.

 

68 years old and my results are not always the best but I sure enjoy the trip

 

63 and cant weight to start more projects

 

82+
I still do meaningful work 2 or 3 hours a day. (grinding cams and building flathead race engines)
6 or 8 hours a day I fiddle with my hot rod. (154 mph model A sedan)
An hour or so a day I fiddle with my used to be vintage circle track roadster
converting it to something else. (haven't decided yet) I quit racing it last year because tire and fuel costs got out of hand for me.
Every couple weeks I mow the grass (2 acres) with my hot rod tractor.
I think the model A sedan is about fiddled out so it might be time to move it
out and start a new project.
I don't have any trouble getting up from the floor but I cheat with the knees and use a pad when kneeling.