Another Hot Rod....

[GregWeld]

I was trying to be "respectful" of his one off wheels and not "flaunt" my blatant copying..... er I mean - tribute.

[Bryce]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Yep!!

Except yours are probably worth more than my car. HA.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Ketzer

The wife and I were drooling over this car in the latest Gooduys rag just yesterday. Easy to see why it was HotRod of the year.

Jeff-

Geez Jeff -- I was so busy posting using my newly discovered talent of multi quotes that I missed a response to you! Shame on me! Won't happen again...


I had looked at Toms car at Brizio's during construction and kinda just shrugged my shoulders in a "okay - another nice little '32" - ho hum kinda way.... then when it was outside parked next to other '32's that had driven down with Brizio to the LA Roadsters show -- THAT is when I saw how low it was -- how clean it was - the super nice 8 stacks - and the very different Chavers interior. Then I fell in love with it! If you just glance - you miss all the details!

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Bryce

Except yours are probably worth more than my car. HA.

No way Bryce! YOUR car is loaded with talent - my wheels are just a blatant "tribute".

[fleet]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

I was trying to be "respectful" of his one off wheels and not "flaunt" my blatant copying..... er I mean - tribute.

You were subtle, I sledgehammered it.

It's cool to see the look that your going for, and then also on this site, Bret's Ridetech coupe, two '33's opposite ends of the spectrum.

[RECOVERY ROOM]

Bout time you built something cool..LOL. Those are great looking cars, Love the hi boy look also. Brizio has been a top notch builder for a long time good choice, One of the best in the Business

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by compos mentis

You were subtle, I sledgehammered it.

It's cool to see the look that your going for, and then also on this site, Bret's Ridetech coupe, two '33's opposite ends of the spectrum.

Bret drives that car really well -- and of course it's a "track car".... I just want to be able to get to the grocery store and back.


Truth be told - if the '32 had a drop top and windows -- I wouldn't be building this one.... but I like driving the little '32 so much - I want something I can actually go somewhere in.

Originally Posted by RECOVERY ROOM

Bout time you built something cool..LOL. Those are great looking cars, Love the hi boy look also. Brizio has been a top notch builder for a long time good choice, One of the best in the Business

Thanks buddy! You know Sid is his boy or it'd be coming to you. I just have to get him to do something other than 2" tuck and roll.... and if you look at the Tom Gloy car -- I know he can do something for me that I'll be happy with.

By the way -- have you used MB Tex? They did a 56 in MB Tex and it seemed really nice to me and is cleanable etc... just talking out loud here.
XOXO

[E.rodz]

Greg I thought I had A.D.D. man your living the dream! You know if you just spent time off the computer and went out in the shop you could build your own car! how are you going to learn to use the tools you have if you bring it somewere else? well you picked a sexy body to build ! can't wait to see how this turns out!

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by E.rodz

Greg I thought I had A.D.D. man your living the dream! You know if you just spent time off the computer and went out in the shop you could build your own car! how are you going to learn to use the tools you have if you bring it somewere else? well you picked a sexy body to build ! can't wait to see how this turns out!

You bring up a point that a lot of people can't figure out.... and there's a very simple answer to it.


I've spent the last 30 some years restoring or building cars...and the last 40 messing with them in some form or another. My kids are grown and gone - my wife has now retired for the second time. So while I was free to spend all day in the shed - I now have a travel schedule to keep (my wife loves to go!)... and I've turned my attention to using my shed and skills to help my less fortunate friends do some smaller projects that they can't do on their own. At this stage in my life - I want to be able to travel and do some of the stuff that retired people at my age get to do. If you factored that time into the time it takes to build a quality "anything" - that would be triple the time allotted. In other words - it would never be finished. And even if it was finished - it wouldn't be to the level of a Brizio etc. So what was once a fun hobby of "doing" has now been modified to doing LESS and enjoying a different version. I have a bucket list of shows I've always wanted to go to... and with the new rig I can do ALL of them. So this is stage 4 in life stages. I figure I have a good 10+ years to get 'er all in before stage 5 settles in.

Oh -- and I just swapped the Nomad to my buddies garage so I could bring his '56 BelAir in the shed for a few tweaks and mods... and a motor swap (a new 496). So how could I have time for MY cars when I'm working on someone else's! Isn't that what a guy is supposed to do - pay someone to work on his car so he has some free time to work on someone else's?



This is what is getting a new 496.

[NOPANTS68]

wow- now that's a 56. Wicked.