Hi all! Long time lurker, first time poster. So, in 1996 I bought a 55 chevy. First time in 14 years there's progress. Thought I'd chime in here and maybe get some help.
Ga55er..for a lurker,you should know the workings here on the HAMB...READ the "sticky" at the top of this page...INTRODUCE YOURSELF...Then ask questions on the main message board where someone can help you..
Dang! I thought I fixed it. Ok, Ill try again Hi yall Im from Texas by way of Wisconsin. I got interested in hot rodding from my dads stories of drag racing his 57 Chevy circa 1963 on Lead Foot Alley in Hampshire Illinois. It was very similar to Paradise Road but they grow corn instead of lettuce. I never saw this car but his stories made me want one with open exhaust via gas tank necks welded behind the manifold. I spent a lot of time sniffing model glue as a kid. I started out building 57s but they were too Beach Boys and poodle skirts for me. I came to love the 55 instead. You know the one Im talking about. After high school I embezzled money from the family farm to buy my first 55 (pictured above.) I had to hide it in a buddys barn under a stolen tarp til the heat blew over. I never did anything to it because I spent too much time reading perfect billet rod magazines while working my way through college at Chief Auto Parts. After many years of neglect, waiting for that single perfect point in time to start on the car, I attended Pistons and Paint, a traditional rod show put on by the Chupacabras in Denton, Texas. I was sold! Traditional hot rodding is the way for me! Now, a friend and long time HAMBer is prodding me into giving it a go. Last week I took the first step. I picked up a 56 Chevy truck axle with gasserous intent. No turning back now! Just thought Id get on the HAMB and say Hi! Ill be asking for help later after I go beyond lurking. I hate newbs who start more threads than they participate in. Hows that?
Ya did good! It's an intro not war and peace Don't sweat the HAMB cops! Welcome to the darkside we got cookies!!
Things are all better now,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Welcome ! from Arkansas City, KS. firstnomad www.angelfire.com/jazz/flatlandstudio
Cool! Oh yeah, Im also into old school go-karts. Single seater, live axle, no roll bars, no off road, no new fangled sidewinder racers. I prefer something out of a junkyard with a tiller motor and some history welded in. And tractors. 1954 and older McCormick Farmall letter series. 1965 and older Oliver fleet line series. No cabs, no hydrostatic shift. Gearshift must come directly out of transmission. No green and yellow. Too much propensity to be featured in a CMT video. Music? I play drums and listen Alt-Country. Slobberbone, Son-Volt, Uncle Tupelo, Two Cow Garage, Eleven Hundred Springs, Slick 57. Glad to be here! Alright, off to gereal discussion to learn!
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