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here is a song by a very famous group that I feel gets no credit.... Baby, although I chose this lonely life It seems it's strangling me now All the wild men, big cigars, gigantic car They're all laughing at the lie

haven't been here in a while, so here is an 80's hit (man I hate this song, heard it on the way in this morning...) But shoot it in the right direction Make making it your intention-ooh yeah Live those dreams Scheme those schemes Got to hit me Hit me Hit me with those laser beams

awesome build. big fan of pro street cars.

didn't want to say anything, actually from Mantua. the club is in Ravenna. not a huge basketball fan, actually not a basketball fan at all, but it would have been nice to see a championship here. this towns hungry for one. you going to make the meeting, the first Thursday of every month.

boy, I thought I was busy. that work area is looking awesome. nice to have things organized, the trick is to remember the places you put things. shoot me a PM when you get a chance, maybe we can get back on our swap.

well, I regretfully have to agree with you. may have been a different story if we had Love, Irving and Andy healthy. I have to say the Warriors didn't play their best ball, but they didn't have to.

hey Paul, I too followed your build from start to finish, and what a finish!! so it was a marathon instead of a sprint, no worries. good things take time. it came out great with using mostly box stock parts. so, what's up your sleeve now?

always sad to see cars moved for reasons we all don't like to mention. fortunately, I haven't has to sell mine yet. I think this is just a big block nova on the Yenko site. I had to look a few times to make sure. I wish you luck in contacting your friend.

any more progress on this?? seems you build as slow as me... oh, wait... that's impossible. NOBODY builds as slow as me...hehe... would love to see more of this....

I think cost is a big part of that. These days a paint job starts at about $3k. Assuming you have the skills to chop your 2014 Ford Fusion, what would the cost be for modified glass? All the plastic pillar moldings in the interior would have to be altered or replaced by something hand fabricated. There's a lot involved inside and out.

hey Michael, first, welcome to the forum, and yes, there is a model club down the ways in Ravenna. you just missed our meeting. we meet at the Ravenna library on the first Thursday of every month. i will PM you on the details and a phone number on who you can contact. there are a few guys from the club on this forum. check your PM's

OK.... since MOST cars look alike.....never should have said "ALL" i should have known that would bite me. i am in big trouble if a need to identify a car today. you can see a difference in some American cars, but a lot of foreign cars are all cookie cutter to me. no flair, no identity, unless you drop 6 figures on one. i also find it interesting that American car companies have gone the "retro" way and brought back a lot of the older cars. they look very close to the old style. maybe cause most cars look alike today? same with rehashing movies. are we running out of ideas?

Austin, great little article. thanks for posting it. I do have to say that the statement "Hot Rodding never died...You just got old" doesn't apply to all. yea, I am older, love hot rodding, born in 1959. saw lots of fads come and go, but it's still hot rodding. I am not a fan of imports, but I can appreciate the craftsmanship that goes into them. as long as somebody is turning a wrench on something, I will look at it. may not get it, but that's OK. to each his own.

hey Rob, no, I am not trying to compare, although it being hard not to. really like your second statement, why don't people look at it and chop it? seems today, a lot of stuff is "over the-counter" instead of being hammered out in a garage.

good points Austin, I guess its if you took the knowledge and talent of those builders and put them into todays era, say they could only go back to 2000. don't want to get too technical or deep, just a modern custom of today. no retro mod or just swapping motors. I guess I am talking body customs. changing the appearance of a vehicle by putting or adapting other parts to the car. I look at old custom magazines of yesteryear and just wondered what those magazines would look like today.

i am not sure how much conversation this will stir up, but here goes.... I am not much into custom cars, like looking at them and I feel it is a lost art. if some of the 50's and 60's custom car builders were alive today, what would you think the cars would look like? like put their prime time building in 2015. since all the cars look the same today could you even customize them? just think, no fender skirts, no fins, no over/under headlights, NO CHROME OR STAINLESS STEEL TRIM, no real hub caps, the cars now don't have much to offer. what could you steal off of cars today?

here is a band I haven't see too much of in the last 300 or so pages... Is it so frightening to have me at your shoulder? Thunder and lightning couldn't be bolder. I'll write on your tombstone, ``I thank you for dinner.'' This game that we animals play is a winner.

very true, it's just an excellent song all around, you just don't want to sing that one out loud in the work place.

forgot I posted this one... correct. correct.

CORRECT. for being a metal head rock-n-roller, I really like that song.

i'll say... I couldn't hit the buttons on the radio fast enough to change the station when that came on. sorry. ok, lets slow it down and get mushy... And the first time ever I lay with you I felt your heart so close to mine And I knew our joy would fill the earth And last 'til the end of time, my love And it would last 'til the end of time, my love

nobody got this one... surprised. Yeah, oh, yeah! Ooh, said I, I'm comin' back to look for you Ooh, sit down, I'm goin' by the back door Ooh, yeah Ooh, yeah ...... finding my way.... (by Rush)

don't know if I got to these but this is correct.

nice fact, thanks