Eastern Hot Rodder

Alex, a young man of just 18 or so, has a '34 Ford Tudor sedan that sure grabs attention. The car was his grandfather's and was passed to young Alex after he is grandad passed away. While most kids in high school would probably just sell off the ol' car to get something newer, or fund their gaming obsession, Alex was honored to receive such an inheritance. He has been the caretaker of the Ford for 4 years now and has no plans of letting it go. After all it is a connection to his grandpa. Aside from that, Alex enjoys driving it and learning more about the car as he works on it. The car has a 350 Chevy and a 700-R4 trans and has the perfect street rod stance. The pewter silver paint looks classy and is a bit unique on a prewar Ford, so it stands out a little more. I picked this car for the Eastern Hot Rodder Pick for a couple reasons. First, the car is cool as they come. Secondly, I love to see young fellas like Alex embrace the hot rodder hobby. By the time this video posts Alex will be 1 week into his college career. As a Chemistry major a WNC he has a bright future ahead of him. And yes, he does plan on cruising the Sedan to campus on occasion. That school actually has a car club on campus. I'm sure his grandfather is mighty proud of him.

Finding the funny in life

With a crowd of spectators and a 16 car field of racers ranging in age from 6 year olds to retired guys, we had a busy, fun and exciting night drag racing our 1:24th scale slot cars at Peachtree Dragway in Murphy, NC. After the 2 bracket races we switched to some hot pro tree action with the lights off. Everyone loved it. The only bummer for me was that I wasn't able to catch the amazing crash between my fuel altered and my AWB Falco A/FXer. The Altered jumped sideways onto its left side and the Falcon drove through it. Parts showered everywhere as the two cars rolled and tumbled. The Falcon was fine. The altered... not so much. I was able to glue it back together, but noticed that a stuck wheelie bar wheel caused it to hook left. So I went with the trusty Wild One Tempest AWB. I red lit once and broke out once and flat lost twice. Since I was back in the storage box and Rusty's car broke a chassis weld I loaned him the Pontiac. It ran consistent .77-.76 seconds at mid 30mph in the scale 1/8 mile. Rusty weeded through the competition and ended up the overall winner for the night. We race 1st and 3rd Fridays from 5pm on. If you're close swing in. We incorporated a cruise night with it, so we can talk over hot rods between rounds.

My buddy Mike is selling some of his car stuff to make room in the garage to finish a few projects. Here is his 1971 Camaro. It started life as a 6 cylinder stick car. He put in a V8, big sway bar subframe. The car is pretty solid. New trunk pan, new fenders…. He has a lot of the trim and stuff, but no windshield. It’s a roller, but the swing pedals and shifter hump are still in place.

My buddy Mike is selling some of his car stuff to make room in the garage to finish a few projects. Here is his 1971 Camaro. It started life as a 6 cylinder stick car. He put in a V8, big sway bar subframe. The car is pretty solid. New trunk pan, new fenders…. He has a lot of the trim and stuff, but no windshield. It’s a roller, but the swing pedals and shifter hump are still in place.

My buddy Mike is selling some of his car stuff to make room in the garage to finish a few projects. Here is his 1971 Camaro. It started life as a 6 cylinder stick car. He put in a V8, big sway bar subframe. The car is pretty solid. New trunk pan, new fenders…. He has a lot of the trim and stuff, but no windshield. It’s a roller, but the swing pedals and shifter hump are still in place.

Found my buddy Mike’s old Skylark big block stick car at the MainStreet Cruise in Cleveland, TN.