um wow

[teenwith38chevy]

im just woundering if there is any back yard rodders on here cause all i see are buildings larger then my house used for cars and people that have 5 cars ....im woundering is there any one on here who have to nickle and dime it ...only getting parts once a month off ebay ect?

[30sx]

if you look at the "show us your mug thread" you will notice that most of the people in there are in their50,s and 60,s they probably built cars in there carports and under shade trees in their younger years and as time allowed they stepped up to better digs as money came avaliable.

[..77.]

I work outta a 16 x 24 single car garage .. But I,m planning on building a 30 x 30 ..77.

[tinmann]

Teen.... I've been dinking with cars since I was 13. A few years have gone by in the meantime. So yeah, my shop now is better than when I had the use of my parents' garage for the summer months only. However my monthly hotrod budget doesn't seem to have improved much.

[Ford_Fellow]

Most of us started without very much......A lot of what you see on here is years of acumulation and a lot of work after the day's work was done.......I hit Prince George in March of nineteen seventy two with fifty-five cents split between three of us......The only thing I had was the ability to be able to do autobody work and had my interprovincial autobody papers......If you work at it it is all out there.........I was just lookin at how your spelling is doing and you have improved....

Hugh................................PTP

[Ford_Fellow]

My first house on this property was eight by twenty-eight house trailer that I towed out here with my old pick up truck.....My workshop was the wide open as you see where my toolbox is sittin....

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k310/Ford_Fellow/Album%20number%202/Album%20number%203/Album%20number%204/IMG_1307.jpg

You will get here faster than you think so enjoy the trip............

Hugh.........................PTP

[teenwith38chevy]

ok..i was just woundering this cause there are some going to boneville i think others going across canada/usa nice lookin cars and me and dad have been trying to build the gearge seince 95...first time i had a monkey wrench smash me in the back of the head...i dented it tho lol

[tinmann]

ok..i was just woundering this cause there are some going to boneville i think others going across canada/usa nice lookin cars and me and dad have been trying to build the gearge seince 95...first time i had a monkey wrench smash me in the back of the head...i dented it tho lol


How is this related to the topic of this thread in any way, shape or form?

[RATZZZ]

if you look at the "show us your mug thread" you will notice that most of the people in there are in their50,s and 60,s they probably built cars in there carports and under shade trees in their younger years and as time allowed they stepped up to better digs as money came avaliable.


:) say teen, why dont you post in the " show us your mug thread" tomorrow with tomorrows news paper? you got a camera right?;)

[Kustomshoebox]

I think what teen is getting at, is that he sees alot of the members on here doing well, have nice cars, nice houses (garages), and going on trips we would and can only dream about. At least thats what I'm translating out of it. the monkey wrench anictdote (spelling) has not relavince.... .just a funny add-on. I feel for him... 6 years ago, I didnt have a pot to piss in as far as house/garage/car It takes time... and you only get as good as you can afford or what you work for. get through school/technical college, and get into your career... it will come with time. wanna speed it up? honestly don't get married or have kids right away... speaking from personal experience... I had the house and car first... then the wife and kids. if I started with wife and kids I wouldnt have the car for sure LOL

[CDNflatlander]

Thanks Mike, I would like to think you translated that very well.
I would also like to agree with the majority above, the way to get there takes a while, but it realy helps with some good schooling and the true desire to succeed at your goals.
Tinn, you had a garage to work in?? We had a bit more than FF, we had a carport;) Maybe this this was the limitation that slowed my collection (compared to FF and his acres)...:p:D
......
Greg.

[shaune]

Well Teen, i am one of those "younger" fellas that doesn't have a lot change jingling in my pockets. I can make payments and i save my bottle money. I have the oldest kid that graduated and moved out so there is a little more at the end of each month. It takes time and if you EARN it....you'll like it that much more :D

[Gramps]

I not getting any younger and my garage is 12x18 with a leaning wall and a cracked and chipped concrete floor. I am happier than before because I use to have a carport with a gravel floor. I have seen some people do some great work on their rides in their driveways and use a tarp over it when the weather is poor.

Don't use the lack of a shelter as as excuse to not do things. Use what you have, a be gratefull for what you have. I guess a person or your neighbours may not want to see a bunch of parts cars in your front yard if you live in the city however everything within reason is always best. No matter what you have most people will always want more. Make a person wonder what Jay Leno wants to improve to with a huge warehouse as a garage with his own maintainance and detailer team. I guess there is a limit to what a person wants.

[John in Oz]

Teen it is called hard work and a lot of it. I used to work on a stock car as well as build my rods on th egrass at my Mum and Dads place when I was a young punk. So, stay away from the tuff stickers (tattoos) and spend the money wisely on parts or a car you can do up yourself and then sell for a profit. You know when I was there in Canada I saw a lot of potential projects sitting around and couldn't help but think if only I lived here I would be able to build whatever I wanted.

From memory where you live going by your pictures there is a bit of space there you could park a donor car out of the way and just get stuck into building something. You will find that once other people see that you are keen then things will come to you, but if you start slacking off it will all turn to putty. Get yourself a realistic plan on what you would like to have as a drive car and get into it. The cost of cars or pickups over in your country are a gift, if you saw the prices we had to pay you would realise how easy it is for you.

So just get stuck in and start learning, oh yea one more thing, you can't be learning while you are telling someone about what little you know so learn to listen to who is tring to help you.

A pic of you in the show us your mug would be nice so we know who we are talking to.

All the best with it, John

[teenwith38chevy]

i posted my mug shot up for ya guys/gals to see

[56 Effie]

[QUOTE=John in Oz;3937]Teen it is called hard work and a lot of it. I used to work on a stock car as well as build my rods on th egrass at my Mum and Dads place when I was a young punk. So, stay away from the tuff stickers (tattoos) and spend the money wisely on parts or a car you can do up yourself and then sell for a profit. You know when I was there in Canada I saw a lot of potential projects sitting around and couldn't help but think if only I lived here I would be able to build whatever I wanted.

From memory where you live going by your pictures there is a bit of space there you could park a donor car out of the way and just get stuck into building something. You will find that once other people see that you are keen then things will come to you, but if you start slacking off it will all turn to putty. Get yourself a realistic plan on what you would like to have as a drive car and get into it. The cost of cars or pickups over in your country are a gift, if you saw the prices we had to pay you would realise how easy it is for you.

So just get stuck in and start learning, oh yea one more thing, you can't be learning while you are telling someone about what little you know so learn to listen to who is tring to help you.

A pic of you in the show us your mug would be nice so we know who we are talking to.

All the best with it, John
HA, now you are just an OLD punk who is toooo scared to get tuff stickers.

[dodge41]

I guess I'm somewhere in the middle, I'm 33 and just getting back into the car game. I played around with cars, etc in and after high school, then came the wife and kids and house, now I finally have something to work on again. I only have a 1 car attached garage, I would love a bigger one, but that would have meant another few years before I could aford a car or truck to work on. I am still on a nickle and dime budget though, it's frustrating watching friends order up hundreds of dollars of brand new parts whenever they need them. I'll be doing more scrounging and begging, but it will be worth it in the end.
Matt

[Digger_Dave]

So Teen ... you think your being "left behind."
(not able to go to Bonneville for example)

One thing you DO have is YOUTH! Time to listen, learn from others and watch and ask (intelligent) questions.

I'm old enough to be your GREAT GRANDFATHER! And I have only NOW begun to build a "rod" of my dreams.
(the "A" sat in storage on a gravel floor with a leaky roof for 34 YEARS!!)

Trying to earn a living, build a house, (myself) and ONLY 12 years ago was able to build a small (24 x 17 foot) heated shop. With an unheated 24 x 17 OPEN car port.
Slowly built a collection of tools, (it helped that I worked for a tool company for a while) and FINALLY start to do most (as much as I can) of the work myself.

Get your "butt" out to that pile of parts, and start pulling out the pieces you think you will use for YOUR DREAM!
Just "mocking" parts together will get the creative "ideas" going.

Oh, ... and skip the "tats"; money wasted IMHO.

[Old-Soul]

I'm 21, graduated high school, have a college education and have NOTHING to show for it!

But I do own an old car, and I am always welcome to go back to the farm where I grew up to work on it, and am lucky enough to have my father there to help me with anything I get stuck on.

What I'm saying is, I have shit to show for my almost 22 years on earth, but what I do have I appreciate and am VERY thankfull for.

[stovbolt]

well teen I'm still one of those that has a 10x28 carport that has had three walls put up and cheeted the district by putting the 28 foot wall about three feet further out so's i can get around the car to work on it.
and I put back doors on it to get other juhk in the back yard when the shop don't have any cars in it

[hotroddchick22]

I'm 21, graduated high school, have a college education and have NOTHING to show for it!

But I do own an old car, and I am always welcome to go back to the farm where I grew up to work on it, and am lucky enough to have my father there to help me with anything I get stuck on.

What I'm saying is, I have shit to show for my almost 22 years on earth, but what I do have I appreciate and am VERY thankfull for.

Same boat here. 24 and nothing to show for it but a piece-o-crap car that will die soon. I have a bit of a college 'edumacation', but even what I have isn't enough. I live with my grandparents, and am in the process of TRYING to get started on building a house with my bf. Getting started on that is very depressing because you really find out just how much you (aren't) worth. To be honest with you, I had a bit of a 'freak-out' session this morning because I feel like this house thing is hopeless. Then that makes me feel like a rod is hopeless. BUT, I also realize that this is just a bump in the road that I need to get over to be able to do what I want later. I know it sucks now, but later, once some money is saved and such, life will get better and a truck just may 'magically' appear on here on day! :D

What I'm trying to say is, hang in there man!

[PG409]

...first time i had a monkey wrench smash me in the back of the head...i dented it l


I think therein lies the problem:(

[34ford]

:rolleyes:PG409 :rolleyes:Your bad . This sounds like confession time
Father Bob

[wrascal]

Usually that shoestring budget never goes away. You scour the swap meets for a deal on a part you might be able to use and make road trips looking for new projects. They are still out there too. It all takes time, sweat, and perseverance but you make progress one step at a time. It sometimes takes years to get a shop only to find how much it costs for the shop tools you need as well. This all takes time and that is why most of us now have grey hair.....
Russ:cool:

[JAKE_THE_SNAKE]

hey teen i have tools here to preform a frontal labottomy i would be more than happy to send them out your way,,prepaid,,jts

[rustbucket]

I'm 50 this year and having taken 20 plus years away from cars because i had 2 jobs and kids have finally got a car to work on.
Maybe i can afford to pay for a lot of the work but i choose to try it myself and i think i bloody well deserve it.
As a kid i was too busy earning money for hobbies but saving up for a car so i didnt have to walk to school or work.

[34ford]

:eek:Hey Rusbucket you will have to put a hold on it till the snow melts .I hear you guys got a dumping :eek:

[rustbucket]

its a coming and a coming good.
Just what we need is more snow,i mean its only April 18th not like its spring or anything.
Good job i have(i'll say it quietly so i don't upset anyone) a heated garage.

[Digger_Dave]

its a coming and a coming good.
Just what we need is more snow,i mean its only April 18th not like its spring or anything.
Good job i have(i'll say it quietly so i don't upset anyone) a heated garage.

You too eh?
They are predicting 5 cm of the @#$%^&* stuff here in our neighborhood.
(it's strange how it can snow like hell on one side of the city; and the rest gets nothing!!)
I'm getting too old to shovel the stuff! :rolleyes:

Having a (said quietly) heated shop (as small as it is) does help the ole jajones from freezing up.

[amarthfea]

Don't feel bad teen. I'm 18, I've got a 52 that needs a lot of loving. I don't have a garage that the car can fit in to work on it. just a blue tarp and part of the driveway my parents said is mine. :D

other than that i try and save my pennies for some steel so i can start on a floor. as for fancy tools? not even close. I'll be attempting some floor, and body work with a hobby arc welder for the 70's. :cool:

progress will happen, and we have all the time on the world, you and me a quite young. i have people marvel that I'm so young, and have such ambitions, and love to keep learning about my love, cars.

~adam

[got_an_anglia]

So teen 38. there is no reason to be jelous of the men and women on this site. everybody has worked hard to get what they have.:cool: I am 26 years old. A week after I graduated I was kicked out of my parents. come home after a night of good times and my stuff was on the porch:mad:. I lived with Henry j for a while till I got enough to move out on my own I was 17 years old! bought my first house at 19 and have owned two since then. (fixed and flipped for more cash) At 20 I bought a 1967 ford fairlane and that was a project I had till a few weeks ago. I've had transportation of all makes and models as long as your arm, bought cheap fixed up a little and sold for more and sometimes less.(Good mechanical experience) I work in a sawmill so I dont make loads of cash (especialy as a apprentice!) and my parents have nothing so I didnt get anything from them! It's all about planning, budgeting, shear grit,heart and determination to succeed and work ethic!. You say you and your dad been trying to build a shop since 1995, (you were 4 years old) Thats 13 years. Must not want it bad enough!:rolleyes: I built a 20' by 24' for $8700 complete not including drywall by myself! So its not that big of a reach, Thats with a kid at the time, Now I have two! Some people say don't have kids yet, but at 40 mine will be gone, All grown up and out of the house. My current rides are a 1977 F100, a 94 F250 and a 2007 Ford escape not to mention the 49 Anglia. Teen 38, In this world there are Thinkers and then there are the Do-ers! The Thinkers go through life thinkin they are going to do this and that. and then there are the Do-ers that just do it! they set a plan to achive there goals and do it! The thinkers lie on there death bed and think I should of done this and that, and I wish I would of done this! Then the Do-ers lie there and say to there grandkids I DID THIS AND I DID THAT! So Teen38 where do you want to be? Dont use excuses they slow you down.work right through them. Work with what you got. Till you get more and more, Soon you look behind you and say dam I've done allright!

[PG409]

VERY well written, Jim !:)

[Chad]

So teen 38. there is no reason to be jelous of the men and women on this site. everybody has worked hard to get what they have.:cool: I am 26 years old. A week after I graduated I was kicked out of my parents. come home after a night of good times and my stuff was on the porch:mad:. I lived with Henry j for a while till I got enough to move out on my own I was 17 years old! bought my first house at 19 and have owned two since then. (fixed and flipped for more cash) At 20 I bought a 1967 ford fairlane and that was a project I had till a few weeks ago. I've had transportation of all makes and models as long as your arm, bought cheap fixed up a little and sold for more and sometimes less.(Good mechanical experience) I work in a sawmill so I dont make loads of cash (especialy as a apprentice!) and my parents have nothing so I didnt get anything from them! It's all about planning, budgeting, shear grit,heart and determination to succeed and work ethic!. You say you and your dad been trying to build a shop since 1995, (you were 4 years old) Thats 13 years. Must not want it bad enough!:rolleyes: I built a 20' by 24' for $8700 complete not including drywall by myself! So its not that big of a reach, Thats with a kid at the time, Now I have two! Some people say don't have kids yet, but at 40 mine will be gone, All grown up and out of the house. My current rides are a 1977 F100, a 94 F250 and a 2007 Ford escape not to mention the 49 Anglia. Teen 38, In this world there are Thinkers and then there are the Do-ers! The Thinkers go through life thinkin they are going to do this and that. and then there are the Do-ers that just do it! they set a plan to achive there goals and do it! The thinkers lie on there death bed and think I should of done this and that, and I wish I would of done this! Then the Do-ers lie there and say to there grandkids I DID THIS AND I DID THAT! So Teen38 where do you want to be? Dont use excuses they slow you down.work right through them. Work with what you got. Till you get more and more, Soon you look behind you and say dam I've done allright!

Spoken like a true soldier.......

[got_an_anglia]

Hello teen38, no reply????? tick tock tick tock.

[UGLEE 33]

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k220/1955buick/29.gif

[Hunter]

I can't believe this thread is still going on:confused:

[Davey_Joe]

goddam jimmy!!............. bein' raised on 'moosemeat an' whisky' can't be a bad thing!! love ya kid!!...... (no reply from the far side),...... i would'nt answer anyhoo!!.........

[choo]

this is dumber than a blonde

[rustbucket]

Hey Teen,
if i remember correctly you posted a bunch of pictures of the car stuff you have around your yard and house.
A suggestion--sell some and build a shop or car.
Bob

[obnoxiousjr]

wow jimmy that was great. i couldn't of put it any better my self.

[Digger_Dave]

this is dumber than a blonde

So ... another "intelligent" response!??
(like the others that proceeded this one)

I'm curious; why, or what, is your reason for being here on this board??
If you find everything "dumber than a blonde"; why waste the time and server space??

[teenwith38chevy]

wow 5 pages hey every 1 sry i have not been on here ...my laptop broke from being on here 24/7 lol anyways i do feel better about this subject ....all the car parts u seen in the pics befor is all dads except my 38 chevy coupe or rust pile as some stated befor .....man it feels good to be back on here ...hey everyone lol

[Techhead]

Teen,
Don't feel bad.. I have spent a few years on the uneven ashphalt in my driveway. :eek: Almost lost a couple of fingers to frostbite changing out the fanbelt on that Jeep in -25*.

Here it sits as I put in a liftkit.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3006/2431933179_0e73f88466.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2225/2431933969_298a901e0f.jpg

[obnoxiousjr]

hey teen i missed the pics can you post em again????

[..77.]

..77. just came in from making up a new vent line for the fuel tank on his 50 Chevvy truck and had to change out the right side exhaust man gasket at the flange to pipe . Hyd jack a safety stand , and a gravel laneway , due to that m f in pos !@#$ Junk ^&*^ piece of %^$@ street car of mine is still blocking the one cement floored garage space I have .
Oh an I also would like to thank whoever so heavily under coated this truck . All a shop is , is just 4 walls either to keep the wind an rain out . Or to keep pryin eyes and cops at bay .
My friend , Johnny works on his malibu in one of those silver canvas car port things .
just do it like every body else did . Start building the car /truck . Then start building a shop ..77.

[Ford_Fellow]

..77. just came in from making up a new vent line for the fuel tank on his 50 Chevvy truck and had to change out the right side exhaust man gasket at the flange to pipe . Hyd jack a safety stand , and a gravel laneway , due to that m f in pos !@#$ Junk ^&*^ piece of %^$@ street car of mine is still blocking the one cement floored garage space I have .
Oh an I also would like to thank whoever so heavily under coated this truck . All a shop is , is just 4 walls either to keep the wind an rain out . Or to keep pryin eyes and cops at bay .
My friend , Johnny works on his malibu in one of those silver canvas car port things .
just do it like every body else did . Start building the car /truck . Then start building a shop ..77.

Sorry to just barge in unanounced but you left out jist what colour yer street car is.....and if it is a four or six motor.........Back to regular programin...

Hugh........

[wessider]

The key to building a low cost project as others have said is planning and bugeting. But i am begining to learn (still young myself ...27) that the difference in build cost is based on when you need the parts! i know guys who have collected parts then build the car where time was not an issue. But if your like me and you get anxious or have a completion date in mind the cost to get parts is always more. the best deals come when you don't really need the part!

Don't rush it... do the rust repairs and as much of the body work you can while its out side. it takes alot of time but is not that expensive besides it's the messy work anyway, most of us will envy you because when the wind blows your workshop gets cleaned trust my shop needs a hurricane to clean it:D

[..77.]

75 - 76 Corvette yellow , the milners snot yellow colour not the pumpkin one .Either 366 inches or over 400 inches for engine a 150 shot for small, 200 for bigger one ..77.