[BaadAssGremlins] Re: Mad or Glad

["blue77gremlin" <blue77gremlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

 Terry,
   The street rod group has really changed over the years. Back in 
the 70s when NSRA was fresh, most street rods were built by their 
owners and driven to the nats. Now more and more are bought and 
trailered to the show. Some of those people could not even work on 
their car. This is just my opinion and I could be wrong. 
    I was in St Paul in 77 for the Street Machine nats too. I was 
only ten at the time. The cruise scene was pretty good when the 
street rod nats were there. St Paul still has the Back To The 
Fifties show (64 and older cars) and they get 13000 cars registered 
there too.
    I would take the Gremmie back. You got a piece of history that  
some of the younger generation has never scene . You might have had 
a little of both cheering and laughing. THere will be people who 
laugh and respect it.
    My gremlin has been sitting out in front of the body shop. The 
last few times I have stopped someone has called and want to know if 
it is for sale. Then there are people that give me shit.
    THis week I bought a 33 Ford Truck rat rod style. It is old 
school. Old steelies red wheels indian blanket interior 6V 48ford 
juice brakes some paint and a lot of rust (surface). There will be a 
lot of people ask when I am going to paint it. My reply will 
be, "Its finished now."
     There is all kinds of Aholes out there. But the feeling you get 
when the thumbs go up or someone runs over and says "COOL RIDE" will 
always be there and make you smile.
                         SORRY TO RANT RAVE
                          SCOTT


 BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, twa1950@xxxx wrote:
> As you know the street rods are in town this weekend. 13,000 of 
them are at 
> the fairgrounds. How do they phrase it the biggest car participant 
show in the 
> world. They  have held the nationals here for the last 8 years and 
are 
> schedule to be here until 2010.  Well, I got Gremmie out tonight. 
There is one street 
> in front of the fairgrounds with a lot of motels on it. It is 
right off the 
> expressway at the main gate that the street rods go in and out. 
When I started 
> cruising up and down this street 5 or 6 years ago there was maybe 
200 hundred 
> people who sit up their lawn chairs in the motels watching the 
cars go by and 
> a few local in their "classics" would ride up and down the street 
before they 
> went to the local car show. This thing has grown so now there is a 
couple of 
> thousand of people siting in their lawn chairs and a bunch of 
local cruising 
> this strip. Well, tonight I was riding through there and a bunch 
of them started 
> cheering, clapping and yelling. I had seen them do this with real 
super 
> street rods before so I started looking around wondering where 
this super ride was. 
> Then I noticed they were doing all this for the Gremmie. Well, 
like the proud 
> papa I am I waved back at them with a big smile on my face just as 
happy as 
> could be. When I got out on the main street heading to the local 
car show I 
> started thinking were these guys doing that because they 
appreciated seeing a 
> Gremlin or were they making fun of us. They might have been making 
fun of us like 
> I have seen guys do to a fat woman at the beach. I don't know 
weather to go 
> back tomorrow night or not and if I go back should I ignore them, 
smile and 
> wave back, or give them the middle finger and tell them to kiss my 
fat rear end. 
> Surly they were just appreciating something different. I noticed 
on their web 
> sight at some of their regional meets that they are letting cars 
30 years are 
> older into their shows because so many of the members have them 
for second or 
> even third cars. Last year a guy stopped me and wanted to buy 
Gremmie for his 
> daughter. I know you all weren't there but what do guys think.
> Terry





 
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