Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Drivers Class

[AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx]

Thanks for the kind words Paul. I always try to help when I can. Being
the crusty old fart I am I some times come across a little short in my
answers, but I don't mean to. I been working on these cars since 1965 so
it was not and still is not a hobby to me but a life style. And my hat
is off to you Harley guys on riding the long miles in bad weather be it
heat, rain or cold. I would not do it even in my younger days. Do to
poor health I only make the close local cruise nights and my friends
local Ardsley AMC show. I go to them for the fun and seeing old friends
not throphy's but still this driver rule is strange. You have to wait a
year to qualify for the drivers class? My yellow Hornet got a trophy at
the local cruise night a few years back and the orange one got a trophy
1 1/2 years at the fall Ardsley show. I wasent looking for one but was
happy to get them. Wait till the boy's see the orange car this spring.
No one has see it for over a year. :-)
"Doc"



 
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• From: Paul Hancock <kwikbiker@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:29:58 -0800 (PST)

Thanks DOC. Before I comment on that let me say I take my hat off to you also. Thanks for all your help on the car. I have gone back to last year and printed all of you insightfull and helpfull emails so I have the info as reference. I have stuff from restoring sill plates, to what parts fit what.. As far as driver class  goes I thought it was rather strange. I have been drivig to shows since the 70's, no matter where they are. Iv'e also been going to ride in shows with my Harleys for a loong time. If you go around behind some of the local bars and businesses thats where you find all the trailers that the "ride in show bike came on". I live in Michigan and we all have a good laugh with the reacuring joke when we're a few hundred miles from home and see a Touring Bike on a trailer, some one allways sez, "check it out, that guy trailered all the way from MICHIGAN". I don't think it matters how many mile you do as long as they're not trailored. MY stuff stays detailed, you just have to know how and stay on top of it.  People ask if my vehicles have ever been dirty when they see em.  Lol .  Ttry drivin, or worse yet, riding 1,000 miles in the rain and then having to get ready for a show next to the trailer Queen. On another note, I still haven't bought those scuff plates. I'm spending the weekend to see if I have an alternative. I've got 2 kids in college and you know the whole routine as your a dad also.   Paul

AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Paul that mileage requirement for the drivers class would put me SOL.
Being retired/disabled and owning 3 cars and the only driver of them
none of them gets the required mileage. My 77 Malibu beater barely got
400 miles last year and about maybe 50 this year so far not that that
car counts. All the rest of the time I use both my Hornet's. The yellow
one might have qualified for the mileage rule last year as my orange
Hornet was at my friends shop for 11 months. When there is no snow or
salt on the roads I use both Hornet's when ever I go out. Mostly the
orange one now as I am still working on it or having it worked on at my
friends shop from time to time. There has got to be a better way to
determine if a car is a driver or a hidden trailer queen. I have seen
people park the trailer a few blocks away and then drive the car to a
show or cruise night. All you have to do is look at the car to tell if
it is a driver or a trailer queen. My orange car will be real nice when
done but you can see it is a driver. Since it was polished out people
swear it has been repainted but you can see a small amount of road rash
on the tips of the front fenders and hood along with a few small dings
and dents here and there. The silver paint on the grill is worn off in
spots but that is going to be fixed sho rtly. Even with all my fixing of
the dings and dents and detailing you can see it is a driver. The only
thing that looks like a show car is the completely new interior and it
should look like a show car for all the time and the 3,500$-4,000$ I
spent on it.
"Doc"


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