Thanks for saying what ive been wanting to say for quite some time now without having a handful of senior citizens cyber jump me. Its kinda funny how back in "their day" hacking up a stock model A/T to build a rod to cruise or race was okay, but for us to be born and appreciate the work they had done and try our absolute best to mock even some of the smallest things they had done if even just to restore or customize a build in the easiest way is ignored or under appreciated . Not just through a forum but at car shows and cruises does it make me sick to think of how much we, the young, respect the older folk who have done it all and in a sense set the standards for us and yet from some we still get stepped on. These people should be trying to pass on what they know, and in some cases what they have not finished or may not be able to finish to us. What the hell did you older folks do when you didn't know something or needed help on your project when the internet or such car shows weren't around. This is how we operate and do things now days, with help from people around the globe brainwashing themselves with what you have created or appreciated from the start. Whether or not its restoring %100 or building straight from the heart of tradition. This is what it has become and if not passed on or respected from the ones who did it first it will eventually die out. These thoughts and belongings are possessions you cannot take with you and I hope they will all stay...
Muscle, Rat, or Street rod are not in any of our vocabulary and if anyone here is to argue with anything I have stated please pm me and I will be more than happy to explain myself in a more polite manner, that is if I have ANY respect for anyone who "looks down" on me or feels I have crossed the line in any way. I am 24 years of age building a pre-war roadster and hoping for someone to come my way chewing me out about this...Ill be waiting -YoungBlood
OK Bosco here it comes. I will not pm my response because you had your public say and now it is my turn. This is not a chewing just a dose of reality from a 71 year old that was 24 once. As your post indicated,
"I will be more than happy to explain myself in a more polite manner,"
you obviously were impolite and you know it, so "Comes around, goes around."
"Its kinda funny how back in "their day" hacking up a stock model A/T to build a rod to cruise or race was okay"
That is tantamount to hacking a Ford Focus today so feel free but keep the comparisons in the proper time frame.
"try our absolute best to mock even some of the smallest things they had done if even just to restore or customize a build in the easiest way is ignored or under appreciated ."
I respect creativity not plagiarism, how much appreciation do you feel is deserved by a copy of the real thing.
"What the hell did you older folks do when you didn't know something or needed help on your project when the internet or such car shows weren't around."
We figured it out. The person that can do that is the person I respect.
"This is how we operate and do things now days, with help from people around the globe"
Dandy, do it your way but don't expect me to. I come from a time when individualism was a quality and I'm just not ready for group hugs and singing Kum by ya, especially with this group.
I am eager to help anyone I can but, after 70 plus years, I'm too old to waste what precious time I have left listening to whiners let alone responding to them. Since you obviously need this help I am making an exception.
Save this thread and if and/or when you make seventy read it and you might be able understand where I'm coming from.
Don't bother to respond, I think it is about even now and I am through with this thread.