101 CAR - GUY things to do before U Die

HOT ROD did this list last month,

Some of there idea's were cool - some not so.

So I pen'd up some of my own.

Please add any & all of your own.



Learn to ( Gas Weld )

Then TIG Weld steel

Then Aluminum

Work on your back ( own a creeper & use it )

Pick up a pin stripe brush & some ( One Shot ) - then lay down some color.

Bend, Cope & Fit Tubing - then build somthing with it

Learn how to use a file

Bust & Balance a set of tires

Go 90+ mph in a boat

Wire up a complete car ( no Scotch Locks dude )

Go 150 + mph on a Motorcycle

Spend ( to much ) on your car project

Dyno your motor ( or Dyno your car )

Drive a real race car ( any kind )

Tour Gasoline Alley at Indy

Grudge race your car

Bring sombody to the race's who has never gone

Drive down US 1

Drive a dragster..!

Go 200 mph in ( somthin ) with wheels

Take a ride in a cup car

See the Indy 500

Go to the US Nationals

Make a ( dead ) car - run, stop & steer.

Bleed on ( or for ) your project

Build your own headers or exaust

Learn how to install a distributor & set timing

Learn how to degree in a cam

Date a Trophy Queen

Turn down a date to work on your car or go to a race

Teach your girl how to change oil

Build your first engine

Set up a ring & pinion

Own a Hot Rod Or Muscle Car with ( Three Pedals )

Set up a clutch

Drive a Car with a Trans Brake

Set up a shifter

Break a drive shaft or U joint set

Learn how to install new U joints

Drive a car with Slicks

Run a lathe ( make chips )

Run A Mill ( make more chips )

Drive a car with mechaical fuel injection, NOS , OR a Blower

Pull a Body Off a Chassis

Rebuild a front suspension

Get gear oil in your hair

Run a solid or better yet, a Roller cam - and learn to set valve lash ( HOT )

AFTER you weld for a while, test your work in a great big vise with a great BIG HAMMER

Go To Pomona

Go to Daytona

Go to Charlotte

Go to The Detroit Auto Ramma

Talk to Don Garlits

Take a Lap at Elkhart Lake or Mid Ohio

Make ( somthing ) outa sheet metal

Use air craft tools & Soild rivets on a project

Read about Guy's like Mickey Thompson

Talk to & listin to Older Racer's & Hot Rodders - we have to keep there story's & tales alive


Ok - That's all I got off the top of my head.

Your turn.

 

Fly in a restored V12 powered WWII fighter.

Exceed the speed of sound in a Mil Jet.

Lap Bathurst in your own car, at speed.

Ok, the second one is kind hard to do for the most of us but if the opportunity presents Take my advice and do it!

 

CAR-GUY things to do before you die...
go 90+ mph in a boat(?)...
go 150+ mph on a motorcycle(?)

Aren't those things for boat and motorcycle guys with different lists?

 

Bonneville????

 

Get into the 10's or faster.

Drive a shifter kart.

Get airborne. Like in the air..bounce..and into the air again.

 

So I only have to go to the US Nationals to complete your list? What about driving the complete Route 66?

 

Getting to Bonneville.....has to be in the top ten
Drive down Route 66....part of the trip
Go 300 in something with 4 wheels
Make a pass in a rocket kart....those things are insane

 

Pretty good list, I'd add "attend SEMA Show" and "Get your picture on the cover of National Dragster."

Oh, and spend a day with "HotRodDon," that in itself would be a thrill.

For me, haven't missed a SEMA Show for 27 years and did make ND, albeit small image .

Can only dream of all three, I wouldn't be worthy...

 

get your skin stained by ATF

get rust in your eyes

drive a car with 3 on the tree

its nitrous, not NOS. sorry that just bugs me

 

But I do feel pretty good two out of three ain't bad.

 

OK, what else ya got???

 

Snuck onto Infineon raceway for a hot lap after a nostalgia race...got away clean.

 

I'd call it a list of things you should do before you get into the auto hobby

 

I have done more then half of the things listed above and I'll be damned if I don't get more of that list checked off before I leave.-Weeks

 

how about meet the greats
barris
winfeild
garlits
bill hines
places
bonniville salt flats
lions speedway
viva las vegas
so cal
cars
all of them .lol

 

Bonneville???? - For Sure.

But it was in Hot Rods List So I didnt add it.

Shifter cart - good one.

Boats & bikes & aircraft too - yup - to me anyway, a big part of being a car guy is paying attention to all the other kick ass motor sports around you.
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Don, I never thought I would need to assist you in answering a query, but here goes:
Q: Date a Trophy Queen
A: Does marry one count??

This will garner far more points than your first attempt.

YW
Cosmo

 

Be featured on an episode of "America's Wildest Police Chases" in a hot rod - AND be the one they did not catch!

 

put a bullet hole in any skull decal that I see

 

Good posts!

What about just trying something different? Instead of HAMB friendly cars try something different for one project or for a couple months: motorcycles, boats, rally cars, muscle cars, English cars....

 

Ahh, so you've met my wife?

 

Uhh,why even read the HAMB if your list isn't about it? Motorcycles,boats,English cars?

Lap Indy.At speed.

Punch louvers or help the old guy that owns the press with your hood.

Go to work with the paint,grease or ? still under your nails from working on the hot rod and brag about what you did over the weekend.

Get autographs on your dash or glovebox door,but just plain enjoy meeting your automotive heroes.

Score something for your hot rod that you've wanted for a damned long time.A really long time...

Allow a kid to sit behind the wheel of your vehicle for photos.

Meet "unique" and fun people on the HAMB.

 

Detroit Autorama??

 

Go to Goodwood and Bonneville

Learn to TIG and gas weld

Learn the English wheel and bead roller more.

Get a ride in a hot rod. I'm building mine but never been in one- very sad.

Learn to pinstripe- for my own cars

Visit Austin- for cars and music

Learn to run a CNC mill- for my own use.

Get all my projects done- a lifetime there

Get on the Friday art show. good winter project.

Drive down a remote highway at sunset watching the scenery reflecting off my polished air scoops.

 

for socal guys....take Groucho out to lunch!!!
That guy tells the coolest stories!

 

How about take Mom and/or Pop for a ride in the rod (while you still can). My Mom smiled and laughed the whole time...shes 94 now. It was a memory in the making.

48 Poncho

 

Thrown in jail for street racing

and...

some Backseat memories.

Mikey
"does bad things to good cars"
www.mikeyspinstriping.com