Does anyone have friends that are stuck in a build era?

[GregWeld]

My brother in law and sister have a 69 Camaro --- HUGE by large pro-street tires in back - skinnies in front - GIANT blower sticking out the hood - roll cage and fire extinguisher -- and T handle shifted automatic...

I look at that car and want to puke... talk about stuck in the 80's.... Interior is nasty - big ass tach stuck in there.... etc. Might as well bolt the MSD box on the glovebox door and put switches in it like a "real race car"....

BUT --- THEY LOVE IT... and the butthead wins trophies at every show -- and it always has a big crowd around it.

I'm actually TRYING to get him to go a little bit PT -- and am trying to entice him with a "free" Speedtech clip etc if he would start the conversion.... But I don't think he's even considering the idea. Two reasons - $$ - and I think they LOVE that big ol' penis extension in the hood... Which to me -- is an embarrassment... but "whatever". I love them - and we have a blast doing stuff together.




TYPICAL -- THE LITTLE KIDS LOVE IT!!

[tones2SS]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

My brother in law and sister have a 69 Camaro --- HUGE by large pro-street tires in back - skinnies in front - GIANT blower sticking out the hood - roll cage and fire extinguisher -- and T handle shifted automatic...

I look at that car and want to puke... talk about stuck in the 80's.... Interior is nasty - big ass tach stuck in there.... etc. Might as well bolt the MSD box on the glovebox door and put switches in it like a "real race car"....

BUT --- THEY LOVE IT... and the butthead wins trophies at every show -- and it always has a big crowd around it.

I'm actually TRYING to get him to go a little bit PT -- and am trying to entice him with a "free" Speedtech clip etc if he would start the conversion.... But I don't think he's even considering the idea. Two reasons - $$ - and I think they LOVE that big ol' penis extension in the hood... Which to me -- is an embarrassment... but "whatever". I love them - and we have a blast doing stuff together.

TYPICAL -- THE LITTLE KIDS LOVE IT!!

lolllllllllll............
I was cracking up Greg!!!

[DFRESH]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

My brother in law and sister have a 69 Camaro --- HUGE by large pro-street tires in back - skinnies in front - GIANT blower sticking out the hood - roll cage and fire extinguisher -- and T handle shifted automatic...

I look at that car and want to puke... talk about stuck in the 80's.... Interior is nasty - big ass tach stuck in there.... etc. Might as well bolt the MSD box on the glovebox door and put switches in it like a "real race car"....

BUT --- THEY LOVE IT... and the butthead wins trophies at every show -- and it always has a big crowd around it.

I'm actually TRYING to get him to go a little bit PT -- and am trying to entice him with a "free" Speedtech clip etc if he would start the conversion.... But I don't think he's even considering the idea. Two reasons - $$ - and I think they LOVE that big ol' penis extension in the hood... Which to me -- is an embarrassment... but "whatever". I love them - and we have a blast doing stuff together.




TYPICAL -- THE LITTLE KIDS LOVE IT!!

Oh Greg, entice me with the Speedtech front end----pleeeeeeaaassseee.

Hey, no disrespect meant towards Pro Street in my threads---some of them still look fantastic----I still like blowers through the hoods with injector hats--especially if they really are making boost---I just don't like to hear about it for 2 hours straight anymore--I love a car that handles and performs--with AC--preferrably a muscle car--but I can appreciate all types-----

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[moparnate]

i experience it all the time at mopar shows, alot of them just dont get it. oh well its their loss. heres a before and after I ran around with skinnies on the front for 5 years and i aint goin back. Its got the pro tour treatment the past couple of years and it handles like a new car and is more fun.

[XcYZ]

Great thread, I can relate. Plenty of old people around here that don't get it. The younger crowd gets it, the (new) Vette guys get it, but the guys who are in to flat heads, rat rods, etc, don't.

I love the look on their face when I tell them I get 24mpg hwy with my car. lol

Awesome ride, Moparnate.

[ironworks]

Different Strokes for different folks

Some guys like Fat Girls.... Need I say more.

I really think that is what makes this " CAR " hobby cool. There are so many styles. Original Early iron, Hot rod early iron, street rods, classic trucks, Modern trucks, VW's, original muscle cars, Pro street muscle cars, Pro-touring, Rat rods, Vans, Kit cars, restored Exotics, modern exotics, Super cars, luxury cars, low riders, Rice rockets, Off road trucks, pre-runners and lifted trucks And I'm sure there are many more but you get the idea. Then you can get into race cars, everything from bonneville to saturday night dirt track stuff.

I think Automotive customization is the Highest art form. Your combining, sculpture, paint and design, let alone the engineering to make it work, let alone perform and a higher level if that is what your after. Some guys just love show cars, some guys just want to drive a bucket of bolts as long as they can drive it.

[rwhite692]

A lot about build style has to do with how the car makes the owner feel.

Some guys go the pro-street route since they really want their cars to be evil-handling, obnoxious, loud, fast only in a straight line, etc. since they enjoy the experience since they had a car like that, "back in the day".

We should really be careful about "branding" people as being a certain personality type just because of what style of hobby car we happen to see them driving...Many folks I know have several different cars and enjoy them all, the variety and being able to play with all of them, just adds to the fun.

I am building (albeit at a snail's pace) a ---Gasp!---67 ElCamino pro streeter as well as my "Pro-Touring" 69 Camaro. I intend to make it "evil-handling, obnoxious, loud, fast only in a straight line, etc." because it reminds me of my old Chevelle race car from back in the day, and there will be times when that is exactly how I want to feel, and what I want to drive.

[XcYZ]

I agree, Rob. I like all cars, no matter the style. If it's cool, it's cool. Period. I just have to chuckle though when people say stuff to me like that I forgot the chrome parts for my motor. lol I've also had people tell me that my car is too low, and that my wheels are too big.

[monza]

Originally Posted by ironworks

Different Strokes for different folks

Some guys like Fat Girls.... Need I say more.

Nailed it!

My issue is most of my buddies are stuck in Euro mode.
They don't even get the muscle car thing... I don't know why I even like my friends thinking about it now? lol
They have always thought I was crazy, always wrenching playing muscle cars... when FUel showed up they did not get it it.

[Josh69]

I admit that my last '69 Camaro had a tunnel ram and dual quads, a cage, a strung out small block and air shocks. LOL. But, when I took the tunnel ram off and began the pro-touring conversion I lost interest. For some reason, that particular car was awesome for what it was, and what it wasn't. It was obnoxious as hell, and people loved it. Without that Mr Gasket scoop shaking in my field of vision....it became lifeless...I think I killed it.

So this time around I went all in on the PT route with the Firebird because that's what I wanted.

Now, seems like nobody will talk to me at the little local car shows anymore that is over 40. I'm the baaa-baaa black sheep. Maybe I should rename the car.

I go to the Car Craft summer nats each year hoping for a variety of PT cars to look at. I haven't brought mine yet because it wasn't ready last year...but I think the only one I saw in a sea of 10,000 cars was Scotts, it looked so lonely.

So it goes.....