Yup great clip!! So true... that's what real hot rodding is all about, building what you want, how you want and not being afraid to drive it when you're done!
There are scant few of us do our own work,,roll a vehicle into the shop and do the deed without farming out the engine,body,interior,,,you're not hotroddin' if your checkbook is following your car from shop to shop. I do my own paint,,big deal,,I know guys shooting metalflake in their back yard with great results.. no doubt being patient enough to wait for the perfect weather. ..JMHO
-- Edited by Jazz on Sunday 30th of September 2012 07:57:07 PM
only difference between us and a "professional" in most cases, is the shingle hangin on the wall sayin open for business - and you are correct - many of them are not exactly good at it.
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-- Edited by Seeker1056 on Monday 1st of October 2012 12:49:05 PM
There are scant few of us do our own work,,roll a vehicle into the shop and do the deed without farming out the engine,body,interior,,,you're not hotroddin' if your checkbook is following your car from shop to shop. I do my own paint,,big deal,,I know guys shooting metalflake in their back yard with great results.. no doubt being patient enough to wait for the perfect weather. ..JMHO
-- Edited by Jazz on Sunday 30th of September 2012 07:57:07 PM
That's exactly what it's about !! That's why I hate car shows, because most guys sitting there showing off their cars probably bought the damn thing 3 weeks ago. There's very few of us that get excited about bending and forming a piece of sheet metal anymore, or making chips and swarf from a toolbit on a lathe or mill. To me, life is all about creating stuff, and cars are just a small part of it. Too many people afraid of trying to do it themselves because they feel they can't do it, and it's best left to the professionals. Most people could do a better job than 90% of these so-called "professionals" with just a bit of reading and studying. IMHO only about 10% of pros are actually good at their craft.
I am with Jazz and hemi43 on this one. One of the very best feelings when you have completed a project you have done yourself is rolling it out of the shop firing it up and heading out on that first road test.
I agree....nothing is better than creating something from nothing. I have worked 10 hours to build a simple bracket with nothing more than the most basic tools..... but I built it! When I take the car out and people ask who did the paint, body, frame, engine, interior.....ect...I can say I DID.... good or bad
I would rather look at someones attempt at a build ...good, bad or whatever...and offer help or advise or compliments.....than look at cookie cutter wallet cars.
I hear all the time..."I got no money" ....built it yourself....."I got no time".....stop watching dancing with the stars "I got no place".....I had to rent a shop...."I got not tools" cheap tools will get you by...beg or borrow or trade..."I got no knowledge" there are a lot of people that will teach for free if you show an effort.
Remember..." EFFORT EQUALS REWARD" ....no effort....no reward....How bad do you want it?
BTW....Im an work in an office without formal mechanical training.....just a strong desire to learn and build...what I don't know.....I learn...then try. Sometimes it works.... sometimes it doesnt....but the funny thing about metal....is you beat it into submission to do what you want....and if you cant....you cut it out and try again until it does!
Just my 2 cents.......
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This speaks a lot of truths however I don't think it's fair to group people who buy their parts from a catalog or sub out some work they cant do at home (ie; painting, sandblasting, machining, welding etc...) I can personally do all of those things but do not own the equipment or have the appropriate work space for all of them. Dollars and sense also dictates what is worth home building and what is worth buying. I think the video is a little elitist - like whining about your favorite band or hobby becoming "too mainstream"
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Let me correct myself.....your absolutuely right.....I dont build axles .....I buy them. Time and effort vs dollars .... I dont machine nuts and bolts, make rubber moldings, pistons or cast manifolds.......ect.
Im hard core.....I know others are not.... and I do appreciate that not everyone can do everything and sometimes need to outsource. I get it.
I guess what Im trying to say is I personally prefer home built, driven hot rods to cookie cutter trailer queens
WOW did I open a can of worms......Ill just crawl back in my hole to avoid the fallout....
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hey "GRUMP" no I agree with you to a point. On the 52 I had some outside help on the floors & 1/2 panels as I was beyond my depth after I had done the rear floor myself!!! I figured to buy all the tools was out of the question as I don't intend on doing any more panel work!! I had some help on the body work in my garage & learned alot while helping. As to the the mechanical, that I did & loved it. First time I ever tried to change a C&Pinion gear set & it worked out well [lucky I think] installed the tremec 5spd & made up most of the clutch linkage & crossmember. Farmed out the D/shaft. Bought a interior kit & sent that out & had all the glass done at same time. I also did all the re-wire myself, frt to back everything worked. The 1st trip up & down the street was the BEST feeling & still feel that way every time I fire it up!!!!
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Let me correct myself.....your absolutuely right.....I dont build axles .....I buy them. Time and effort vs dollars .... I dont machine nuts and bolts, make rubber moldings, pistons or cast manifolds.......ect.
Im hard core.....I know others are not.... and I do appreciate that not everyone can do everything and sometimes need to outsource. I get it.
I guess what Im trying to say is I personally prefer home built, driven hot rods to cookie cutter trailer queens
WOW did I open a can of worms......Ill just crawl back in my hole to avoid the fallout....
Hey man, I wasn't coming down on you or anything and I too take a sense of pride in the things I can accomplish on my own. When I go to a show, that's the one thing I enjoy seeing the most is the custom fabricated components and the personalized style of the builder. I still enjoy seeing mile deep paint, billet and chrome but it has no place in *my* driveway...too rich for my blood and I have no use for anything other than a true driver.
Again, I think that hotrodding has various levels. I think that "true" hot rodding should be classified as anything that includes everything from home-buit to heavily modified (from stock) rides...be it trailer queens, to uber-built musclecars to rat rods. The origins of hot rodding has evolved from swapping in used parts from other cars to off-the-shelf, engineered, manufactured products. If it looks bitchin, goes like h*ll and sounds mean, count me I'm in. I dont care how you put it together...its not a late model, soon to be scrap in 9.75 years grocery getter....
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