FNG from East TN checkin in
 

Recent transplant from NH to the tri-cities area of Tennessee. Old time hotrodder, HAMB & Garage Journal member. Poking around on here to see what goes on. Just finished a muscle car project and might be looking for a Model A to chop up. Don't shoot ! :eek: I wouldn't think of hotrodding a clean original but might be tempted with a body that's already been modded previously. Thanks for having me.

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Welcome. I'm a new model A guy from nebraska. I'm into vintage tin from stock to hot rodded. I just love vintage American automobiles.

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Welcome to the Ford Barn, It will take a while to meet everyone, lot different than the HAMB, but still has helpful people. Bob

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Welcome! Like roadster62 said, the forum is a bit different, but so is a stock Model A! If you spend some time in a stock model A that has been properly restored mechanically you might be surprised how fun it is! I'm younger than most on here and I like customs, muscle cars, loud horsepower etc. but this is a whole different brand of fun. They certainly attract their own unique brand of attention from the public too. :cool:

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Thanks for the welcome guys. I will try to keep the Sawzall in the toolbox around you guys.. Lol

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Welcome to the 'Barn. I'm in Rogersville and also on the HAMB.

Bill

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Nice to make your aquaintance Bill. I'm not far at all over in Limestone. Name is Mark

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Hey Bill thanks for your honesty. Im a JJ, HAMB and member here and its three very different groups. Here things are a lot more polite and friendly with a real focus on restored old fords. Talk of chopping one up will always be a tough sell here. Having said that there are some of us that apprecaite both restored and rodded cars just as I love my very original 58 pan and my 65 pan which is going a long way from stock. Seems you'd save a good one which is great! :)

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Pete here are my thoughts on the subject. We'll use bikes since I also love old Harleys and used to have a shop building vintage Triumphs as well. If I had a 50s panhead that was mostly stock and had a matching frame & engine I would feel obligated to restore it and that's what I would do. But.. if I had a frame that had already been previously chopped and was missing major components including the engine I wouldn't hesitate to install an aftermarket engine & trans and build a nice custom. Making something nice out of nothing is better than having it end up as a pile of random parts in my book. Hopefully other guys here will agree. If not I understand.

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good to have you here. I also am on the HAMB and sometimes the garage journal. I like bone stock classics, muscle cars , and hot rodded stuff . THE TRI CITIES area is a great car place. lots of cool old stuff ldown there. Back in the nineties I bought a 66 cyclone down in Bristol and drove it home. I still wish I had kept that car.

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Welcome to FB. I used to build Pre Unit Triumphs. I like all kinds of old Fords.
I am presently building a 31 AV8 roadster.Have fun whatever you build.

John

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Granny Clampett from the Beverly Hillbillies stated on the show she was from Limestone, TN. ;)

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Hello, and Welcome.
I agree, it would be a travesty to cut up any vintage vehicle to rod it. There are so many failed projects out there available that can be built. I love classic Rods as well and have built a few bikes. Where were you from in NH? I am still stuck here

You might he interested in building a Speedster. Fun to build on a budget, fun to drive, can be mildly rodded without permanently destroying parts, and are always attention getters at cruise nights.

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Welcome and I QGolden makes a good point.
I've relayed this before but I took my 28 speedster to a Wed night cruise-in and parked next to a $60,000 'vette. I didn't realize it til someone mentioned all the activity around "that car". To my surprise they were walking around and looking at the speedster and not the "vette.
I didn't chop anything up but used a combination of various "cast offs" and new parts. No complete A was used in the creation of this speedster.