I just read something that bothered me. It sounded kind of snobbish, like you are only in the "cool kids" car country club if you build your own cars.
Personally, I think it's a hinderence to the hobby to keep people out, or make fun of them if they don't build their cars with their own hands. Many people just don't have the talent for it. Yes, I do as much as I can. But, that is only because I am poor and don't have the cash to pay others to do work for me.
It seems we get after every celebrity who has someone build a car for them. They are not "real" car guys because they paid so-and-so to build their fancy, schmancy hot rod. I see people get mad because they write a check instead of getting dirt under their nails. If that is the case, I guess Dale Earnhardt Jr. isn't one either. He has paid several companies to build him hot rods of every kind. Most recently, those guys of Gas Monkey Garage and TV's "Fast and Loud" built a '56 Nomad for him. I hate to tell the snobs out there, but there are just as many car guys who don't turn their own wrenches. Or, is it the blue collar car guys hating the white collar car guys?
In the days we have where every state government wants to get rid of every race track and remove hot rods from the roads; can we really afford to belittle those gearheads who can't, or don't, build their own hot rods?
What do you think?
Personally, I think it's a hinderence to the hobby to keep people out, or make fun of them if they don't build their cars with their own hands. Many people just don't have the talent for it. Yes, I do as much as I can. But, that is only because I am poor and don't have the cash to pay others to do work for me.
It seems we get after every celebrity who has someone build a car for them. They are not "real" car guys because they paid so-and-so to build their fancy, schmancy hot rod. I see people get mad because they write a check instead of getting dirt under their nails. If that is the case, I guess Dale Earnhardt Jr. isn't one either. He has paid several companies to build him hot rods of every kind. Most recently, those guys of Gas Monkey Garage and TV's "Fast and Loud" built a '56 Nomad for him. I hate to tell the snobs out there, but there are just as many car guys who don't turn their own wrenches. Or, is it the blue collar car guys hating the white collar car guys?
In the days we have where every state government wants to get rid of every race track and remove hot rods from the roads; can we really afford to belittle those gearheads who can't, or don't, build their own hot rods?
What do you think?
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