My wife and I went for a walk on the weekend down to the water to get some air and try to get my baby daughter to sleep. After a few we decided it was pretty hot and that we should head back. When we got out to the road I heard a loud rumble, the kinda rumble that only comes from a tuned engine...and as I spun my head to the direction of the sound I was stopped dead in my tracks....cuz there not 20 feet away from me, was an older gentleman (with his gal) trying to start up a kickass shiney black w/ red accents on interior and engine T-bucket ,with all the trimmin's!
RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM ME!!!! I've never seen it (or heard it) pass my house before and i'm on the road out....
I was floored! Looks like I need to hang around the water more often! Maybe make a friend. I didn't see any one that was close to me on the map thing in the Introductions section, so maybe i'll mention to him about this forum, and we can get another rodder.

great weekend.

You know it is time for you guys to carry cel phones which can take pics, or your digital camera's .........we need to see this stuff!

my friend dropped off my new 455 for my wagon today,nice and shiny and rebuilt!

Good post flatblack, and i think you are correct. Sad to say but true.

I have a few friends up in this area with collections of stuff, and yes they are all getting up in age.

I would love to post pics of some of their stuff, as i know you would enjoy seeing it, as i do, seeing pics others have posted here.

Gawd I almost forgot to post the coolest thing that I saw today.Out front of the shop stopped at the light was the coolest real old school chopper that I have seen in awhile.It was black with a bobbed rear fender and high sissybar,the frame was low and raked with a long extended front end .It looked like a pan and was right out of the 70s.No fat rear tire ,no fancy paint but all atitude and very cool.It got me thinking I should look at my BSA chopper and see if Fatstax wants to try his hand at a bike,Grumpy knows about the English stuff and Tj rides now,so maybe it wouldn't hurt to try.We'll see what happens when I wake up from my Easy Rider dream. Ed

Damn, a chopped Beezer.....................that would make my day. My first bike was a 500 single, nearly took my ankle off a few times. My kids were just telling the Mrs that I need a new scooter to play with too.

As for the pics, i understand if it is a private collection and all , just wishing to share in the moment.

Last Thursday in the shop

My son is a licensed mechanic here in the Niagara area and opened his own shop a year ago April. It's a small one man operation and he works on whatever comes through the doors to pay the bills. I came out of retirement to be his gopher and third hand that works for nada. I've watched him struggle and strive to grow his small business. Each day it's a different broken down daily driver(some that should have been put down long ago). But.. every once in a while a really different day pops up. One of those days that's the same type of work but it's work you don't mind doing...know what I mean?

 

that's a fibreglass replica of a 33 Ford Tudor competition coupe dragster body. I bought it last year from Army Armstrong in PA. He builds nostalgia funny car bodies and other cool stuff. We just took delivery of a new 160 inch front engine dragster chassis in June. We'll mount that body on the chassis and power it with an injected big block chev. It will look like this:

John, it is good to see ya helping the young un. And Bill's Willy's back cruising is a good thing too! nice garage shot!

Jar, thanks for the pic of that Green Competion Coupe,, Love that!!

sasquatch...here's dad's car. It's got a little more power.

Very cool looking body.

This is not really car related but cool anyway .We ,a small group of people tired of the local council waisting our tax dollars in Port Hope, have been fighting a particular issue for a while and it always seams to be the same group of us at council meetings asking questions and just being a pain in there asses.Well we Took a chance and spent some money and got some signs made to give out and hopefully show council that it is not just us but a lot of people pissed off.We began giving out signs Saturday hoping lots of people would put them on there lawns.The responce was overwhelming.You should see the town ,there are signs on every street ,There are signs on businesses,there are signs signs everyware a sign,My wife and I must have given out 50 today alone from our shop.Will it do any good well we will have to see, but it is nice to know hard work pays of and it is nice to know you are not alone in your stand.Sorry this is not car related but it sure is the coolest thing that I saw today, and it might give the petition guys a boost to keep working. Ed

Saw a guy on the 401 riding a motorcycle with no right leg below the waist or extra wheels to lean against that I could see. Guess stopping comes down to balance and confidence. Good on him I say.

In thinking about this post of the one legged guy, i,m wondering HOW he would put the kickstand down??

He had a crutch mounted along the right side of the bike but again I could not see any kind of extra wheel on the right side to support the bike when stopping.

Seen this parked outside of a local business in downtown Watford this afternoon. Diamond T pick up, looks like a 3/4 or 1 ton. Owned by a gentleman in his late 70's, he still gets it out to some local shows and fall fair parades. Makes for a rugged old truck....not sure how smooth the ride would be! Don, the fellow that owns it stands about 5ft. 4 in. so he sits pretty low in the seat when driving. Most times you can only see knuckles, a fedora hat and a big smile when he goes by. He loves his old truck.

Look what followed me home today.What are the chances the wife will let me keep it.  Ed

Sorry pal I don't pick up hitchikers.  Ed

Its in Port Hope a place called Primitave Design near the corner of 28hwy and Dale Rd,or about a mile north of the 401 on 28hwy.They are for sale asking price is I think she said $35thousand for the big one and I didn't hear about the smaller one .These things are really impressive and are made out of old car parts.I watched others when they saw them ,you should see the looks in the kids eyes cause first they see the smaller one and say thats cool then they see the big one and it truely is a holy crap moment .There eyes are as big as hubcaps. Ed

They got there Saturday they had to use a crane to assemble them. Ed

Ok, went by a buddies house today, he had just unloaded this from the trailer. 1953 merc, leaded in packard lights, Pontiac front bumper, smoothed door handles and deck lid. Opened up scoop on the hood. Red and black tuck and roll seats. The car still has New York paperwork and can be had for three grand if anybody needs a winter project,  doors are solid, rockers and lower rear quarters need work. I think someone cut off the bottom of the quarters to start building some full skirts for it. no drivetrain or other parts, just what you see.