DaJoker
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Well folks, stumbled upon this site from reading over on KB. Seems lots of folks have 
Rather new to "rats" I guess, but then again, not really. I believe in driving old steel, not putting them in some museum or on a trailer. Bought my first "classic" in 1991 and ended up having to sell it two years later to pay for college. Twas a 67 Dodge Polara, 318 auto, all white boat with black interior. Did the car show thing for a while, though my beast wasn't quite show quality. At 17 years old, I had a very limited budget after all. Bad part was, two weeks after I sold it, the son of the guy I sold it two totalled it while drunk. Such is life I guess.
For quite a few years now I've had to just admire from a distance as life just got in the way every time I wanted to get back into the car scene. Of course, the real hindrance is I've always been limited in the work I could do due to lack of skill, tools and garage. After getting into Harleys though, I found real quick you learn to either do it yourself or get soaked by the "experts". I still can't tear apart an engine and do anything with it, but when it comes to basics like replacing brake components, lines, filters, etc, I'm getting better. I can't weld worth a damn, but learned when I was a kid working for my grandads concrete business. You soon learn when working on old cement trucks, stuck together is better than falling apart, and it doesn't matter how crappy the welds look as long as it holds. So, it's come full circle. After purchasing a 1950 Harley WL a couple years ago for a steal, and putting a bit of work into it, I figured it was time to upgrade and get back to cars. Just recently picked up a 1950 Chevy Panel/Canopy Express for a song. The only reason that I jumped on it though is that the price was right, and it is in driveable condition. This I found REALLY helps when you have no clue what you are doing and makes it quite a bit easier to work on over long periods of time. The other thing that helps is that I have a disabled vet down the street that works on cars for the cost of parts that's willing to help/teach whenever I need something done.
So, there's the story, maybe a bit of a long one I'm a computer programmer by trade, so I know diddly about cars since I just didn't have that mentoring growing up from my dad. He was more of the kind to just do it, and get out of his way so he could get it done. Don't blame him though, with 5 kids to provide for, time is limited after all.
Anyway, here's my new panel (still waiting on title), so this is basically only pic I have it for now.
Rather new to "rats" I guess, but then again, not really. I believe in driving old steel, not putting them in some museum or on a trailer. Bought my first "classic" in 1991 and ended up having to sell it two years later to pay for college. Twas a 67 Dodge Polara, 318 auto, all white boat with black interior. Did the car show thing for a while, though my beast wasn't quite show quality. At 17 years old, I had a very limited budget after all. Bad part was, two weeks after I sold it, the son of the guy I sold it two totalled it while drunk. Such is life I guess.
For quite a few years now I've had to just admire from a distance as life just got in the way every time I wanted to get back into the car scene. Of course, the real hindrance is I've always been limited in the work I could do due to lack of skill, tools and garage. After getting into Harleys though, I found real quick you learn to either do it yourself or get soaked by the "experts". I still can't tear apart an engine and do anything with it, but when it comes to basics like replacing brake components, lines, filters, etc, I'm getting better. I can't weld worth a damn, but learned when I was a kid working for my grandads concrete business. You soon learn when working on old cement trucks, stuck together is better than falling apart, and it doesn't matter how crappy the welds look as long as it holds. So, it's come full circle. After purchasing a 1950 Harley WL a couple years ago for a steal, and putting a bit of work into it, I figured it was time to upgrade and get back to cars. Just recently picked up a 1950 Chevy Panel/Canopy Express for a song. The only reason that I jumped on it though is that the price was right, and it is in driveable condition. This I found REALLY helps when you have no clue what you are doing and makes it quite a bit easier to work on over long periods of time. The other thing that helps is that I have a disabled vet down the street that works on cars for the cost of parts that's willing to help/teach whenever I need something done.
So, there's the story, maybe a bit of a long one
I'm a computer programmer by trade, so I know diddly about cars since I just didn't have that mentoring growing up from my dad. He was more of the kind to just do it, and get out of his way so he could get it done. Don't blame him though, with 5 kids to provide for, time is limited after all. Anyway, here's my new panel (still waiting on title), so this is basically only pic I have it for now.
