After 8 years, I took my first drive...and got yelled at.

[tones2SS]

That's awesome you got to enjoy it! The neighbors, not so much! lol They'll get over it!!
Have fun man and congrats.

[Jay Hilliard]

Congrats! Looks great. Your story reminds me of when I took my 69 out for the first major drive. I was at a stoplight and the carb was jetted slightly richer on purpose and I look in my rearview mirror and a lady was waving her hand back and forth in front of her nose and mouthing adamantly at me. So, what did I do? The only responsible thing a car enthusiast should do.... I reved the motor several times so she could breath in that 100+ octane and enjoy it even more.

[waynieZ]

The car looks great. Pretty good for a first drive.

[MaxHarvard]

Congrats, car looks good!

My HOA (when i had it) didn't say a thing about the open headers and burnouts I produced on the "associations pavement"

Although the cops wanted to have a chat about the open headers at 2am

[jski67]

Thanks everyone!

I'm fighting a huge desire to blow off work and go for a cruise...

[GregWeld]

Man did that story bring back many many memories of similar "test rides"! Thanks for sharing it with us! Those first fire ups bring in so many great emotions - giddy with excitement but filled with terror - and then when things go right (mostly) jubilation and relief.

Now get out and get those tabs -- so you can terrorize the old lady whenever you want!


BTW -- My neighbor came over the other day -- when I had the Nomad half in and half out of the shed... Okay - it had been running for maybe 15/20 minutes like that and yeah - it's kinda loud... and yeah - I was messin' with the stacks... and he DRIVES OVER. He gets out of his car and I can see his mouth movin' but it's too loud for me to hear... Which (since I know why he's come) I promptly point out with a "huh?... Can't hear you -- it's too loud!" (yes I can be a real ass). My wife is laying up by the pool and can hear everything and she says she was laughing so hard and trying to keep quiet - she spilled her drink.... So Dr. Bob starts telling me about how I'd fired off the other day at 5:30 AM (there were EIGHT CARS HERE to gather for a show) and about the 6:30 AM fire off last week (another show)... I listen to this (I'm busy) and tell him -- hey -- "once in awhile I go to a car show - get over it".... followed by a "get the F out of here.... and pausing and in a sweet blonde kind of way I add... "and have a nice day". He's just an angry old man -- wouldn't make any difference what was going on - he's not happy. I'm a VERY GOOD neighbor and am really really aware of the noise and about the time which I do stuff - and keeping the shed doors closed etc. He should be so lucky to have me as a neighbor.

[mosconiac]

Good story. In the excitement, it's easy to overlook the obvious and make mistakes. FWIW, I was so excited on my last major rebuild that I didn't take time to throw the driver's seat in. I sat on a milk crate! Hey, what's a quick shakedown gonna hurt?!?

[XcYZ]

Originally Posted by jski67

Thanks everyone!

I'm fighting a huge desire to blow off work and go for a cruise...

lol, I can imagine! Congrats on bringing her back to life. That has to feel like a huge load off your shoulders.

[96z28ss]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Man did that story bring back many many memories of similar "test rides"! Thanks for sharing it with us! Those first fire ups bring in so many great emotions - giddy with excitement but filled with terror - and then when things go right (mostly) jubilation and relief.

Now get out and get those tabs -- so you can terrorize the old lady whenever you want!


BTW -- My neighbor came over the other day -- when I had the Nomad half in and half out of the shed... Okay - it had been running for maybe 15/20 minutes like that and yeah - it's kinda loud... and yeah - I was messin' with the stacks... and he DRIVES OVER. He gets out of his car and I can see his mouth movin' but it's too loud for me to hear... Which (since I know why he's come) I promptly point out with a "huh?... Can't hear you -- it's too loud!" (yes I can be a real ass). My wife is laying up by the pool and can hear everything and she says she was laughing so hard and trying to keep quiet - she spilled her drink.... So Dr. Bob starts telling me about how I'd fired off the other day at 5:30 AM (there were EIGHT CARS HERE to gather for a show) and about the 6:30 AM fire off last week (another show)... I listen to this (I'm busy) and tell him -- hey -- "once in awhile I go to a car show - get over it".... followed by a "get the F out of here.... and pausing and in a sweet blonde kind of way I add... "and have a nice day". He's just an angry old man -- wouldn't make any difference what was going on - he's not happy. I'm a VERY GOOD neighbor and am really really aware of the noise and about the time which I do stuff - and keeping the shed doors closed etc. He should be so lucky to have me as a neighbor.

The best thing for a neighbor like that is to bring a buddy over that has a blown alcohol dragster with zoomies. It would be the last time he step foot in your driveway. After thats running for a few minuted in the driveway he wont hear your nomad ever again.

[jski67]

Thanks again everybody.

I had to take some pics today for insurance, so I rolled a little video.
It's a 489 with 3inch exhaust and Borla XR-1s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0209V_8CgbI

I should get my plates tomorrow, but I've still got a glitchy brake light that I have to fix before heading out on the "real" road.