Fate and a car gathering.....

[lakecat]

FINALLY!.. My wife and I got it together to go to a local sports restaurant/bar (Jerseys) for a bite and to check out some hotrods and old cars. As we pulled in, we saw the place was packed and wondered where we would park.... Lo and behold a guy with a flag motions to me and directs me to a spot in among the rods and I smile this big smile and pat the SSR dash and say thank you my sweet little Teardrop..

We go the crowded outside deck and I hear, "Hey Jeff!..over here." ...and there was a friend of mine I hadn't seen in over 20 years standing there waving us over to his table. We caught up over a few brews and he stated that he redone a 56 chevy over a 3 year period and pointed it out in the lot. I saw it was a gorgeous two tone and knowing he knew as little about mechanics as I did, asked how?.. Apparently he met this old guy who had worked on cars since he was 15 and did this with my friend and his son helping. He laughed and said the old man told him, "Lenny, there will be a time when you can't help me anymore and I will ask you to stop." We both laughed and knew exactly what he meant. Lenny was moaning and saying, "He wouldn't even let me sand!".. But the car is simply beautiful.
I finally now have a bud to run around with to car shows and he knows all the hot spots so look forward to it and maybe finding a few SSR's among the crowd...

[OP]

That is a cool story, have fun at those shows...nice SSR BTW

[RSSRTOY]

WELL CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST SHOW. IM SURE YOU WILL BE AT MANY MORE. IVE BEEN GOING AND TAKING MANY DIFFERANT CARS AND TRUCKS SINCE THE MID 70s AND LOVE EVERYONE OF THEM. ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW TO SEE. TOOK MY 2ND WIFE TO HER FIRST ONE A FEW YEARS AGO. SHE COULD NOT BELEAVE HOW MANY PEOPLE KNEW ME. ENJOY YOUR RIDE AND SHOWS.

[Flying Dog]

Those car shows can be a lot of fun.
Your friend's 56 looked great and so did your SSR.
Let the fun with these wonderful machines continue!

[lakecat]

Thanks for thumbs up guys and it was fun. Hell.... after buying raffle tickets for cash drawings, I had told my buddy that my wife is always lucky at this stuff and no sooner than I had said that... they announce numbers and my wife won $25.....the lucky chit. So $25 bought the drinks...

I loved the variety there and really like this convertible Rambler....yea..a Rambler... had a Cad CTS converted interior with in dash GPS. Also a V8 but not sure which. Sounded real good when he left. Someone even had a Bentley GT there...very cool.

[Scott 0168]

Originally Posted by Flying Dog

Those car shows can be a lot of fun.
Your friend's 56 looked great and so did your SSR.
Let the fun with these wonderful machines continue!

Is anyone from Illinois signed up for Woodward next week! Its a straight shot down I-94 to Woodward Ave. And its FREE.

[RSSRTOY]

Originally Posted by lakecat

Thanks for thumbs up guys and it was fun. Hell.... after buying raffle tickets for cash drawings, I had told my buddy that my wife is always lucky at this stuff and no sooner than I had said that... they announce numbers and my wife won $25.....the lucky chit. So $25 bought the drinks...

I loved the variety there and really like this convertible Rambler....yea..a Rambler... had a Cad CTS converted interior with in dash GPS. Also a V8 but not sure which. Sounded real good when he left. Someone even had a Bentley GT there...very cool.

VERY NICE CARS. THE BENTLEY GT IS A 400K CAR. I DO INVENTORY AT A BENTLEY AND RR DEALER IN SAN FRANSICO ONCE A YEAR. THEY HAD A BENTLEY GT. IT WAS SENT TO ITALY TO BE REFITTED WITH A NEW BODY. MAN WAS IT GOOD LOOKIN. THEN I SAW THE PRICE 1.5MIL TALKED TO MY BUDDY WHO WORKS THER SAID THE PRICE ON THE TAIL LIGHT WAS 70K

[Greg Ducato]

Cool stuff! I can't imagine the work required to fit up the rambler with all the CTS goodies and engine. Someone went through a lot of trial and trouble but the end results are incredible.

[lakecat]

Originally Posted by RSSRTOY

VERY NICE CARS. THE BENTLEY GT IS A 400K CAR. I DO INVENTORY AT A BENTLEY AND RR DEALER IN SAN FRANSICO ONCE A YEAR. THEY HAD A BENTLEY GT. IT WAS SENT TO ITALY TO BE REFITTED WITH A NEW BODY. MAN WAS IT GOOD LOOKIN. THEN I SAW THE PRICE 1.5MIL TALKED TO MY BUDDY WHO WORKS THER SAID THE PRICE ON THE TAIL LIGHT WAS 70K

That Bentley has a V-12 supercharged engine putting out over 550hp so it has the bite to back up the bark... Very nice car.

[lakecat]

Originally Posted by Greg Ducato

Cool stuff! I can't imagine the work required to fit up the rambler with all the CTS goodies and engine. Someone went through a lot of trial and trouble but the end results are incredible.

I know..that is what attracted me to it. I asked the owner/builder if he had lots of trouble and he just shrugged and said, "Not really."..lol

[32Revolver]

Now your having some fun!!

[RickSSR]

Very Cool Story!!

RickSSR

[Red Cat]

Originally Posted by Flying Dog

Those car shows can be a lot of fun.
Your friend's 56 looked great and so did your SSR.
Let the fun with these wonderful machines continue!

[lakecat]

Originally Posted by 32Revolver

Now your having some fun!!

Originally Posted by RickSSR

Very Cool Story!!

RickSSR

Originally Posted by Red Cat

Thanks folks!.. Went to another show the other night and spotted a parked black SSR with no one around it. Kinda surprised that he/she didn't see me pull in and come over as we were the only two SSR's there. ( I am slowly finding out Ohio owners are certainly private!) I kept watching for the owner as I went around to other vehicles and got distracted with a '70 Cuda like I used to own in my younger days and talking to that owner. I did finally look around..only to see the SSR leaving the lot..... and I was just too far away to chase him down. He did have the plexi windsuppressor on it so thought maybe the owner might be on here. Oh well...maybe next time.....

or not....