My observation based on personal experience:
When I'm at the track in the staging lanes I drive forward to the next waiting position (it often takes a while to move thru the lanes) I stop, hop out of Mutt, pop the hood and wait for interested people to show up - it doesn't take long. EVERYBODY wants to see what's under the hood of an S-10 with a Mercedes Tri-Star on the tailgate and rattly, Diesel noises coming from under the hood. I often get more lookers than some of the high-buck 200 MPH+ rides. My guess is that people are particularly interested in a home-made project with an interesting combination of parts and pieces.
Mutt will likely never make a magazine but my point is, regardless of that, there's a LOT of interest out there in the real world for guys doing interesting builds in their home shops. I'll bet Squirrel gets a lot of that same attention at the events he attends (I know his cars are the ones I'd be checking out) so yea, hot rodding lives but it lives outside of the mainstream media.
I realize I AM an old fart but I see some of the kids expressing interest and I'm cheered by that.
Dan
When I'm at the track in the staging lanes I drive forward to the next waiting position (it often takes a while to move thru the lanes) I stop, hop out of Mutt, pop the hood and wait for interested people to show up - it doesn't take long. EVERYBODY wants to see what's under the hood of an S-10 with a Mercedes Tri-Star on the tailgate and rattly, Diesel noises coming from under the hood. I often get more lookers than some of the high-buck 200 MPH+ rides. My guess is that people are particularly interested in a home-made project with an interesting combination of parts and pieces.
Mutt will likely never make a magazine but my point is, regardless of that, there's a LOT of interest out there in the real world for guys doing interesting builds in their home shops. I'll bet Squirrel gets a lot of that same attention at the events he attends (I know his cars are the ones I'd be checking out) so yea, hot rodding lives but it lives outside of the mainstream media.
I realize I AM an old fart but I see some of the kids expressing interest and I'm cheered by that.
Dan
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