Post #114901 by johntiki on Thu, Sep 16, 2004 9:38 AM

I’ve been a “gear head” since I first got my ’51 Ford Custom Fordor when I was 15, nearly 20 years ago! I’d post some current pictures but the car is now undergoing a rehab and is no where near as presentable as it was in these pictures circa 1996. I actually just came across these “artsy fartsy” shots I took when I was taking a photography course and just wanted to eat up the end of a roll of film. I think I must have run out before I could get a full shot of the car! Right now, I’m in the planning stages of frenching the head and tail lights, replacing the rear end and eventually getting all the knicks and dings pulled out and the whole thing repainted. This car has been with me through all the important events of my teen and adult life - I drove it to high school everyday (except in the snow), drove it to 3 homecoming dances, 2 proms and my wedding. Thinking back I’m lucky the car has survived – I remember one night coming home from an old girlfriend’s house and having some ass riding on my bumper in some foreign car. When he got in the lane to pass me I floored the thing, he didn’t realize I had a 400 Chevy small block under the hood. Needless to say the other driver had to get back behind me after I looked down and saw the speedometer’s needle had passed the 100 MPH designation and was beginning to bounce into the nether regions off the gauge. Ahh, the stupid things you do when you’re an inexperienced testosterone fueled teenager – I could have easily lost control of the car and worse yet been killed – it doesn’t even have seatbelts!