The Official Hot Rod Thread

[churchmouse]

Family in town for the weekend, means we mess with a bunch of old stuff. Dug this old thing out, I think it's hot rod enough. My dad built this custom Schwinn chopper for me when I was about 13, I rode that thing everywhere! It's been sitting for about 8 years untouched, it was missing some parts that got robbed from it years ago. Still fun, although I don't remember it doing wheelies as soon as you sit down.... You have to lean forward while riding...

You are much bigger now dummy.......

 

[RustyHornet]

You are much bigger now dummy.......

Bully.

 

[churchmouse]

Butthead

 

[RustyHornet]

Old man.

 

[MuttX7]

Family in town for the weekend, means we mess with a bunch of old stuff. Dug this old thing out, I think it's hot rod enough. My dad built this custom Schwinn chopper for me when I was about 13, I rode that thing everywhere! It's been sitting for about 8 years untouched, it was missing some parts that got robbed from it years ago. Still fun, although I don't remember it doing wheelies as soon as you sit down.... You have to lean forward while riding...

That is pretty cool! We made redneck choppers. Cut down some extra forks and hammer them onto the set on your bike. Worked great until one of the guys tried to pull a wheelie and his fell off. The skinning he took made the rest of us get rid of ours.

 

[mom45]

Reported for name calling.

 

[RevoWood123]

Reported for name calling.

Rusty also posted a mullet earlier.

 

[mom45]

Rusty also posted a mullet earlier.

That should also be reported. Too bad we can't do neg rep right now.

 

[RevoWood123]

That should also be reported. Too bad we can't do neg rep right now.

I think they should give you timeout power. It would only be right since your name is mom.

 

[mom45]

I think they should give you timeout power. It would only be right since your name is mom.

 

[RustyHornet]

 

[RustyHornet]

How bout we go back to the mid 90s for a bit. My cousin and I just drove this back from Auburn. My uncles neighbor bought it up there and 3 other cars that he needs help transporting to Lafayette. 1994 Cutlass Supreme with 23,000 miles! This thing is MINT! We put the 23,000th mile on it on the way back! How many other people can say they did that in a 1994 Cutlass Supreme in 2016?

 

[Leo]

I remember the 1st Edsel I saw. I was with one of my car nut uncles cruising in his 49 olds business coup lowered, had flat "Salt Flat" disc wheel covers, "Lakes" pipe dumps, a big Caddy engine etc and so on. It was 58 or so. We both went UGH, ugly car and man they are ugly.

"Continental Kits" were available for a lot of cars in that era, and plenty of body men built their own. I have seen maybe 3 Edsel cars like that. I do not thing that was from the factory.

 

[RustyHornet]

Heading over to my adopted Gpa's in about an hour. Dropping the new Dart engine in his 68 "Z". And he's letting me use his lift to swap on a new diff cover for the beater s10.

 

[RustyHornet]

Have never seen this happen, nor has anyone I talked to....



Check out the little rot hole...





I will note that when I popped the cover, there was only maybe a 1/2 cup of oil that drained out.... No wonder she was making some noise....

 

[mcapo]

Any chance it spent decades sitting in a swamp before being reunited with a car? I thought I've owned rusty stuff before...wow...

 

[Leadeye]

So much stuff on old factory cars was unprotected against rust. When I pulled the Charger apart I was really surprised at the amount of bare rusty metal.

 

[RustyHornet]

No idea... Really weird because the frame and suspension is really rusty, but the body is pretty clean, even underneath.

 

[churchmouse]

Rusty...(....fits)....I have never seen this before.

 

[RustyHornet]

Rusty...(....fits)....I have never seen this before.

I feel special!