cattle-dog
09-28-2010, 07:56 PM
I started working on cars with my father about as soon as i could walk, from then forward i learned that you could have anything i wanted with hard work, remember i bought all these with my own hard earned dollars working sometimes 16 hours a day 7 days a week.
i started working mowing grass and raking leaves, basicly any job i could make a dollar at.
at 15 i found a 73 z28 that had been crashed into a concrete culvert, she had around 45,000 origonal miles, i fixed it up with a new subframe ,front clip and painted it black with white stripes, this was 1980, i drove it to school at the age of 16, kept this car for 20 years.
, 1982 rolled around and i graduated from high school , now i had still worked where ever i could, we headed to pontiac car shopping, there i purchased a 1980 trans am with 15,000 miles, this was my everyday car, kept this one for 22 years.
now i was 18 and working for my father and working at a garage changeing motors ,doing brakes,oil, you get the drift. i was saving money again,
1984 i found a 69 javelin with the mod package, this car was one of 200 with its options, i purchased it, that is the red car in the picture. i restored this car to show worthy condition and drove it everywhere.
Now the flat bed car hauler, called a ramp truck i got in 1985 and went threw it top to bottom, it even had a 350 hp small block,
the 69 camaro on the truck i restored in 1987, she was cherry with a all aluminum block and head 1966 427 chevy big block 4spd.
now a few years pass to 1992, i decide to go all out and build my dream car a 1986 lamborghini countach replica, now this is a fully hand built tube chassie with 1990 corvette front suspension and a 1970 olds 455 engine putting down a whopping 725 hp!!!!, it had factory lambo lights,embloms, spoiler,interior, guages and wheels when it was finished. i drove this for 5 years until i was offered a price that would set me up in my first house.
after that i had bought and sold 12 diffrent trans ams, a 69 firebird and built several lifted trucks.
year 2000, time to put my 85 mustang together, i just happened to have a 383 chevy stoker with brodex aluminum heads and a tunnel ram laying around so in it went, i then painted it myself, old school flames and all. this street car put down 11 seconds flat on street tires.
well there are more that i will add later, i just wanted to show some of my skills off and let everyone see how seriously i take building things, sometimes i dont sleep for a week at a time when i am deep in a project.
over all i have owned nearly 100 cars/trucks and tons of bikes, boats and trikes, i have lived and breathed the true life of a motorhead,
here are some pics of the above cars.
i started working mowing grass and raking leaves, basicly any job i could make a dollar at.
at 15 i found a 73 z28 that had been crashed into a concrete culvert, she had around 45,000 origonal miles, i fixed it up with a new subframe ,front clip and painted it black with white stripes, this was 1980, i drove it to school at the age of 16, kept this car for 20 years.
, 1982 rolled around and i graduated from high school , now i had still worked where ever i could, we headed to pontiac car shopping, there i purchased a 1980 trans am with 15,000 miles, this was my everyday car, kept this one for 22 years.
now i was 18 and working for my father and working at a garage changeing motors ,doing brakes,oil, you get the drift. i was saving money again,
1984 i found a 69 javelin with the mod package, this car was one of 200 with its options, i purchased it, that is the red car in the picture. i restored this car to show worthy condition and drove it everywhere.
Now the flat bed car hauler, called a ramp truck i got in 1985 and went threw it top to bottom, it even had a 350 hp small block,
the 69 camaro on the truck i restored in 1987, she was cherry with a all aluminum block and head 1966 427 chevy big block 4spd.
now a few years pass to 1992, i decide to go all out and build my dream car a 1986 lamborghini countach replica, now this is a fully hand built tube chassie with 1990 corvette front suspension and a 1970 olds 455 engine putting down a whopping 725 hp!!!!, it had factory lambo lights,embloms, spoiler,interior, guages and wheels when it was finished. i drove this for 5 years until i was offered a price that would set me up in my first house.
after that i had bought and sold 12 diffrent trans ams, a 69 firebird and built several lifted trucks.
year 2000, time to put my 85 mustang together, i just happened to have a 383 chevy stoker with brodex aluminum heads and a tunnel ram laying around so in it went, i then painted it myself, old school flames and all. this street car put down 11 seconds flat on street tires.
well there are more that i will add later, i just wanted to show some of my skills off and let everyone see how seriously i take building things, sometimes i dont sleep for a week at a time when i am deep in a project.
over all i have owned nearly 100 cars/trucks and tons of bikes, boats and trikes, i have lived and breathed the true life of a motorhead,
here are some pics of the above cars.