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Discussion in 'New to the H.A.M.B.? Introduce yourself here!' started by LLWillysfan, Jan 8, 2011.

  1. LLWillysfan
    Joined: Sep 30, 2010
    Posts: 28

    LLWillysfan
    Member
    from Maine

    Hey everyone,

    I've been lurkin on here for awhile and figure I better make myself known cause I'm gonna need some help.

    Stop me if you've heard this before. I'm into cars and have done some cool projects. The garage has got a 68 Coronet RT , a 64 Buick Skylark convertable, a fiberglass bodied V8 CJ5 and -gasp!! - an original steel bodied '40 Willys Coupe. Some run, some don't.

    Then the trouble hits. I get married. I start a business. Pretty soon I need money for a house, the business and all kinds of other stuff so I ..... you HAVE heard this story before..... sell everything off.

    Flash forward 15 years. I'm still married, I've made a few bucks and I figure it's time to get started on that mid-life crisis. A ride in my father in laws chopped three window coupe is actually to blame but I prefer to think it was my idea.

    So I clean out a couple bays in the garage and go get myself a project car. I'll wade back in later with details but suffice it to say, it's one hell of a mid life crisis.

    I've been amazed at the knowledge represented on here, I've laughed my ass off and my view of the world is a little different too.

    Lookin forward to gettin to know you guys. Thanks for doin this.

    LLWillysfan


    PS; I've got that search function thingy pretty much figured out and am going to try and avoid being Roman Forum entertainment for all you popcorn eaters.
     
    Last edited: Jan 8, 2011
  2. box50
    Joined: Nov 4, 2010
    Posts: 179

    box50
    Member

    Hey Welcome from North Carolina:D
     
  3. BIG-JIM
    Joined: Jun 13, 2009
    Posts: 1,374

    BIG-JIM
    Member
    from CT

    DUDE NOW THAT'S AN INTRO! You should hold classes for all the "one sentence" FNG's out there. Welcome aboard me bucko.

    Dam I was so looking forward to some pop corn too.:D
     
  4. Hello and welcome aboard!
     

  5. big bad john
    Joined: Aug 11, 2010
    Posts: 4,727

    big bad john
    Member

    ........Welcome from Wisconsin......enjoy the ride on the H.A.M.B......Big Bad John
     
  6. oj
    Joined: Jul 27, 2008
    Posts: 6,454

    oj
    Member

    Welcome to the HAMB from a displaced Mainor. Good news about that search function thing, bad news is that there are plenty of landmines to stomp on to start the popcorn machine.
    Bein' from Maine and with your hambname i wonder if you know Me.GasserGal? She and her husband have Pork Zartmans' Filthy Forty gasser? Do the search thing.
    Welcome again, oj
     
  7. LLWillysfan
    Joined: Sep 30, 2010
    Posts: 28

    LLWillysfan
    Member
    from Maine

    Thanks OJ,

    I have met Larry and Wanda. They are great folks and have been very generous with their time and advice. When I was leaving their shop, they pulled a beautiful gasser style rear bumper that Larry fabricated off the wall and gave it to me. I was blown away.

    Their car is not the original Filthy Forty. Larry built the car and they lettered it as a tribute to the original. Larry is an incredible craftsman and the car shows it.

    I'm sure I'll find a few of those land mines but that's half the fun around here.
     
    Last edited: Jan 8, 2011
  8. Great intro.
    Welcome from Michigan
     
  9. Welcome LL are Willys your no. 1 target?
     
  10. Welcome from Connecticut
     
  11. Marcia
    Joined: Feb 27, 2009
    Posts: 937

    Marcia
    Member

    Welcome from the snowy coast. You'll get lots of help and advice here.
     
  12. welcome from a relocated new-englander
     
  13. Total Performance
    Joined: Jan 4, 2011
    Posts: 1,496

    Total Performance
    Member
    from Nor Cal

    Welcome from Nor Cal and from the Cam Snappers Hot Rod Club of Capitola!
     
  14. LLWillysfan
    Joined: Sep 30, 2010
    Posts: 28

    LLWillysfan
    Member
    from Maine

    Hey Von Psycho,

    I was lucky enough to own a steel coupe and made the mistake of selling it. It must be all the clean living cause I got a second chance although the value of my money seems to have somehow decreased since I sold my first one.

    If you are interested, check out my home page for a few pics

    Thanks for the warm welcome everyone
     
  15. ME.GASSER
    Joined: Sep 18, 2007
    Posts: 3,627

    ME.GASSER
    ALLIANCE MEMBER

    LLWILLYSFAN,
    Welcome to the hamb. It was great meeting you the day that you came to the house. You are going to have a great time on this site. Alot of information and alot of nice people. We're glad that your so happy with your bumper. If you need us for anything just call.
    Gasser Girl
     
  16. Pontiac Slim
    Joined: Jan 16, 2003
    Posts: 1,188

    Pontiac Slim
    Member Emeritus

    Hey...
    Just me... "Pontiac Slim" from de-creped outskirts of Mexico Maine say'n a big Welcome!!!
    Pontiac Slim... once a legend in his own mind
     
  17. edcodesign
    Joined: Mar 30, 2007
    Posts: 4,716

    edcodesign
    ALLIANCE MEMBER

    Cool car,enjoy from conn.
     
  18. LLWillysfan
    Joined: Sep 30, 2010
    Posts: 28

    LLWillysfan
    Member
    from Maine

    Howdy Pontiac Slim

    Nice to hear from a fellow Mainer. Then again what the hell do we have to do during these long cold winter nights than fool around with the computer.

    Personally I'm counting on global warming.
     
  19. Pontiac Slim
    Joined: Jan 16, 2003
    Posts: 1,188

    Pontiac Slim
    Member Emeritus

    LOL.. we
    A.. try warm
    B.. stay sane
    c.. lie a lot
    d.. tell war stories
    Where bouts are ya?
    Pontiac Slim... alive and semi well
     
  20. LLWillysfan
    Joined: Sep 30, 2010
    Posts: 28

    LLWillysfan
    Member
    from Maine

    I'm in Hallowell but don't hold that against me - my wife is from West Hallowell. Maybe we'll cross paths when the snow finally melts.
     
  21. Pontiac Slim
    Joined: Jan 16, 2003
    Posts: 1,188

    Pontiac Slim
    Member Emeritus

  22. LLWillysfan
    Joined: Sep 30, 2010
    Posts: 28

    LLWillysfan
    Member
    from Maine

    Great looking ride. I didn't make it down to Hebron this year. Ironically, my father in law's coupe that I mention in my post shows up about 1:21. You probably know Dick. If I make it down this year I'll make it a point to introduce myself. Take care til then.
     
  23. Pontiac Slim
    Joined: Jan 16, 2003
    Posts: 1,188

    Pontiac Slim
    Member Emeritus

    The white one? Ya we went to the Sanford Dragway Reunion together if so...
    Had a vid of that too but tis someplace in cyber world
    Pontiac Slim
     
  24. sassaquinn
    Joined: May 3, 2006
    Posts: 303

    sassaquinn
    Member

    Welcome from Massachusetts
     
  25. Gassy
    Joined: Jan 12, 2007
    Posts: 219

    Gassy
    Member
    from Tennessee

    Welcome from TN.
     
  26. KustomRocket88
    Joined: Dec 12, 2009
    Posts: 291

    KustomRocket88
    Member

    Greetings from Maine as well! Originates from Oxford (very few kustoms....okay, no kustoms...), but the cars that are kustoms come from nearby cities. Great to see other "Mainers" on this site who understand and appreciate old school kustoms/rods/whatever.
     
  27. LLWillysfan
    Joined: Sep 30, 2010
    Posts: 28

    LLWillysfan
    Member
    from Maine

    Hey KustomRocket88,
    Thanks for sayin hello. Hope you are surviving our long Maine winter. Spring is right around the corner. Getting ready to put a deposit on my own Rocket. Gonna put a 394 in my Willys. Maybe we'll cross paths when the snow finally melts.
     

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