Cavalcade of Customs this weekend

I'm sick of all the rat rod talk. They are just hot rods to me. Some I like and some I don't. I don't consider my cars rat rods but they are beaters and nothing fancy As for the rust stuff. If you knock out all the cars with rust you will be back to the 80's fad cars you can't drive. I'll stick with my rusty junk. I'm not worried about what people think about the cars I drive. I know I hit the road while most of them sit in the garage because they are afraid to get a scratch or act like they don't know how to drive out of their town without having to be with someone else..I tease Vickers all the time about his car. He calls it a rat rod and it's rougher than a cob. Fenders flapping, springs popping through the seats. His idea of a wash is to do donuts in the dirt and change the color of it depending on if he's in rich or clay soil. So all the rat rod V/S hot rod stuff falls on def ears with me unless I see your fancy car in my mirror flying down the highway with me on the way to a show. Vickers has racked up 100's if not 1000's of miles with me in that beater. That's what hot rodding is about. It's a car. Put miles on it and do something. Everyone has their own taste. I don't knock the rat rodders and I don't knock the trailer queens. I just build and drive what I want and I HAVE FUN DOING WHAT I DO. You should try it..

Good morning sunshine. It's time for me to hit the bed. I still haven't been to sleep. This is getting rough on me. Time to see a doc and get better sleeping pills....

Mr. Fabulous wrote:Good morning to you Mr. Stewart!

As I look out the window from here at work, I can see my Mercury disappearing in the snow. There are probably very few people on here that drive their old car as much as I do. I really don't care to drive mine in the mess I'll be facing to get home this evening. It'll probably be about a 2 to 3 hour commute, very little heat, no radio, no wipers...With the new Ohio law stating you must have your headlights on when running your wipers, I'm not sure what to do. I imagine the answer is to turn on the headlights and pretend I have wipers. As far as driving cars and putting miles on them, I've been running almost 100 miles a day so I know your addessing your comments to the general public. I can't afford to build what I want. I have to settle for the POS I have to be able to participate at the places we frequent. I've been driving old bent up crap for a couple of decades now and would like to have something nice but........

So again, good morning to you sir!

I know what ya mean Doug....i drove the Velle to work for a week and a half when my truck went down on me......i did hook up the heater core and put a 185 stat in though

yes sir I remember when Johnny and i had that 68 chevelle no heat no wipers 400 sb built up with a vega converter and drove it everyday summer and winter! the only thing I had to drive but had to work.I had blankets in it I just through over my legs and off I went.MAn i wish I still had that car.but oh well.Joey has been driving a primer chevelle since I ve known him which is cool and not afraid to drive it thats what its about DRIVE IT it don't matter what it looks like people still love them weather its a million $ paint job or primer.what I was saying is if your going to put all that $ in it and not drive it waste the $ put in a glass case and forget it! Not saying they are not nice just Y

I guess that there is a misconception between CAr show AND A cruise iN. There are opinions about everything. The Cavalcade is a CAR SHOW where most of the cars are built for just that, show, do I get it no, but do respect those who put out the time and money to build a car for that.And lots of cars where built with the sole pourpose by companies to win cash and advirtisment spots in mags that I am sure some of us buy . My point was why BOYCOTT a show because alot of the same cars have been there before. Every cruise in/show you are going to go to has the same rides, and for a show to have 50 years success, they must be doing something right.. Oh and Doug thanks for the well wish's, the shoulder is on the mend, was way worse than first thought, but thats how I roll..Oh and as far as SHAW goes, he is a helluva good guy. Doug you will have to hit some Sprint nights over at the 'burg with us this summer. ISCA has its spot in this industry like it or not, support it or not, but a BOYCOTT was a strong action. I mean come on my buddies YUGO did'nt get best import on Monmouth and he is still coming back.....

There was to many people at Calvacade on Saturday. Anyone else go? There was only a few cars I liked. Jegs had a Firebird on display I liked.

DEMONSPEED wrote:There was to many people at Calvacade on Saturday. Anyone else go? There was only a few cars I liked. Jegs had a Firebird on display I liked.

I just got back. I went over to help Robert load up his car. He was almost finished and when he rolled out I walked around a bit. I have found the best way to see the cars. The doors by Shaw's location opened up and I stood for a while when they all rolled out. Watching the gassers and their cold hard pie crust slicks slip on the slick floor trying to move was alot better than watching the cars in their displays form. I enjoyed it so much I found a chair and just hung out and did the wave to a few that I knew as they rolled through. Good times

RebStew wrote:

DEMONSPEED wrote:There was to many people at Calvacade on Saturday. Anyone else go? There was only a few cars I liked. Jegs had a Firebird on display I liked.

I just got back. I went over to help Robert load up his car. He was almost finished and when he rolled out I walked around a bit. I have found the best way to see the cars. The doors by Shaw's location opened up and I stood for a while when they all rolled out. Watching the gassers and their cold hard pie crust slicks slip on the slick floor trying to move was alot better than watching the cars in their displays form. I enjoyed it so much I found a chair and just hung out and did the wave to a few that I knew as they rolled through. Good times

trader

jbs10 wrote:

RebStew wrote:

DEMONSPEED wrote:There was to many people at Calvacade on Saturday. Anyone else go? There was only a few cars I liked. Jegs had a Firebird on display I liked.

I just got back. I went over to help Robert load up his car. He was almost finished and when he rolled out I walked around a bit. I have found the best way to see the cars. The doors by Shaw's location opened up and I stood for a while when they all rolled out. Watching the gassers and their cold hard pie crust slicks slip on the slick floor trying to move was alot better than watching the cars in their displays form. I enjoyed it so much I found a chair and just hung out and did the wave to a few that I knew as they rolled through. Good times

trader

LOL I did better than boycott, I went and snuck in. Did you buy anything at the swap meet?

I would have liked to go but I was working on moving junk again this weekend. I'm so tired and sore...........besides I really didn't have the dough to go. I always have a good time and the more people the better. I guess that's because there are usually only a few cars that I would really want to look at but on Saturday evening at about any indoor show there's a lot of pretty girls to look at and maybe even Sponge Bob. Did they have any of John D' Agostino's cars. The other year when I went down there they had his chopped top (he has them all chopped) Packard. It was beautiful. I seems like last year they had a few old restored Drag cars too. Was the Handshaker there? The car or Jim? Anybody ge any pictures.

And LSR30, glad your shoulder is doing better. You should take it out to show once and awhile. I'll bet you got a fortune in it, and I do want to see the sprinters kick some dirt next season. It just didn't work out last summer but this coming one I hope to maybe even make it back up to the Big E.

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And LSR30, glad your shoulder is doing better. You should take it out to show once and awhile. I'll bet you got a fortune in it, and I do want to see the sprinters kick some dirt next season. It just didn't work out last summer but this coming one I hope to maybe even make it back up to the Big E. [/quote]

What do you want me to take out and show? I promise you if you are talking about my car or bike I don't have a fortune in either hell, combined its far less than you would think, buy low sell HIGH!..lol.. Now if your talking about my body yes, about $1,130,000 in my spine( it only took 4 tries to get that much cash stuffed in there), and $3600 in my left shoulder, $5000 left elbow,and around $6000 so far in my right shoulder, this is all just surgeries, not counting therapy or other voodoo crap that goes with it.. I hope Steve's President will take care of the high cost of Health care soon.....lol Thank Which Ever Invisible Entity you worship for good Health Care!, Oh yhea Steve thats the best place to see the car show, nothing better than coming out on 6th Street and just letting it ripp. Always a blast I am way bummed I missed it, oh well there is always next. year.

Yeah I meant your shoulder. I figured that you custom body work over the years has had to cost a fortune.

FalconEddie1964 wrote:Yeah I meant your shoulder. I figured that you custom body work over the years has had to cost a fortune.

Yhea its custom, but you guys that know me know I am not SHAVED, NOSED, or D*CKED, I am all NOS on the outside, but am running a full custom chassis on the inside

LRS30 wrote:[
.. I hope Steve's President will take care of the high cost of Health care soon....

Now that's funny. I voted for the guy that would have helped..