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junk yard Yeah,I agree they are about as overpriced as the guy in New York.

center caps Try one of the 4x4 accessories stores,might be able to find centers you are looking for. Devil,that is a good looking Caddy,kinda brings back the memory of the movie.( The Car ):cool:

sunroof Go to www.sunroofdoctor.com They have just what you are looking for at a reasonable price.Flush mount too,nothing to hold water when it rains and its manualy opens to work as a vent. Check it out. $154. and looks to be good quality.:cool:

critic You are your worst,and most picky critic. Your best is never good enough to satisfy you,but you only learn by trial and error. You are lucky to have a better half who supports you. Keep at it man,nothings perfect except waking up everyday and having another day to try your best at...

Damage Kind of hard to kick your own ass for messing up but at least its just bent metal ,not flesh and bones.:cool:

Issue with g.i. You said he sent you a check so you probably have his name.Go down to the local recruiter office and they can probably get you the info you need. As far as the jump on the storage fee,thats one real nice way to support our troops ain"t it.As a disabled American Vet,thanks for...

Tickets Bob gave his opinion,big deal,no need to go ballistic. As far as the tickets you might get the one dropped about you not having one on since the car wasn"t equipped from the factory with them but the judge is going to chew you up and spit you out ,not having the child secured no matter...

Valve covers If they are real cal-customs they will have the Cal-Custom logo inside if not they are repops.:cool:

Trucks Good luck,stranger things have happened.:cool:

1-ton If you have the skills to do the chop why not narrow the cab by about a foot . Not a bad buy for a complete truck with title.:cool:

Old stuff Great idea with the wheelbarrow,90% of guys that critisize rat rods have no fabrication skills at all and most have the work done by somebody else then take the credit.:cool:

Crimpers The Klein are the best for the buck,don"t fall for the China repop pair that looks just like them,they are trash.:cool:

Patina Set up at swapmeet for the weekend,my buddy brought his 29 Ford sedan lime green rusty old hotrod and had twice as many lookers than the trailer queen 32 right beside it. He moved his queen over to the other side of the corral this afternoon to be with the lawn chair and flowery shirt...

Reality Bottom line is they sell alot of good parts at very reasonable prices but the show is lame. If you can"t paint or even hang doors and fenders on a car don"t call yourself restoring cars.I even thought hell give it a chance and maybe it will improve but the second was worse than the...

reality crap I thought the desert kings was the worst that they came up with but now a new one has even got dumber.Pawn Chicks. These 2 stupid broads paid a guy $22,500.00 for a Metropolitan,that is after their expert mechanic told them it was worth it. The reality of that is in the debut show...

tires Iagree with 51f1 the V.W tires are the way to go and the brand new V.W.s have the right street tread.Only thing I have seen using motorcycle tires on front axle is lightweight T-Buckets and don"t handle good at all.:cool:

old dodge. Not the original engine and not a smallblock.Dodge smallblock dist. is in the rear of engine.You might be lucky and its an older 383 bigblock.Running and a (title) its worth the money.No title its useless except on the farm.:cool:

Event Sounds like a good event but Sumter swap-meet 3-day meet is 17th 18th 19 th so all the guys up here will be at it..:cool:

Speed traps Here in Florida we have a small town that was listed in the national AAA magazine as a place to avoid. This city has billboards on each end of town stating they will stop you. If you ever travel hwy 301 in Fla. you will see their cops always have cars pulled over day or night.:cool:

master You got any pictures of your setup?:cool: