Kids these days....

[squirrel]

....are OK. It was our monthly cruise night (afternoon, really) for our car club, and I'm in my 50s and I'm about the youngest guy in the club. As I was getting ready to leave, a kid pulled up in a primered 70s nova jacked up with long shackles, wheels poking out the sides. He checks out my 55 and we start talking, nice kid, he digs the 70s stuff.

I'm not worried for the future.

[Monk]

There's still a few of 'em left.

[Dan Barlow]

Glad you had a good time. I'll take a little more on my part to be convinced. It did help when my fourth child ( 17 1/2 ) finally took an interest in cars and driving. Got him a 91 305 5spd RS Camaro before he changed his mind.

[Barry Donovan]

long shackles wheels sticking out... oh my. the effeminate closet leapers that make laws here in maine are all puckered in the .. anything but normal area.

I was just relaxing, and remembered why my Subaru went to antique. I never did encounter a normal inspector.

I guess I go back at it again this year, A flunk in the antique registration demands you own two cars to register one as antique. that is not only illegal to announce against a car owner, that is socialism. I hope someone crazy enough finds the source and threatens the life of it.

This year even stronger, taller faster, louder, better on fuel and ten thousand years ahead of everything built in the same time frame.. to put up with the same flunking monkeys all over again. I am literally sleepless sometimes, I am not kidding..it has been that long for me and one car, and at least a dozen flunking monkeys over 17 years who killed every classic car enthusiasm known... This state is as done as you might read about. It is not rust. It is retards..

I hope younger stays encouraged. I am on my last project in maine.

[antmnte]

My 2 yr old nephew is never without a handful of Hot Wheels. Love to tear around in my brother Buick T-type. My mother says hes just like us at that age. He going to be nuts for cars as well,as much as society kinda dosent "want" that kind of kid anymore the love of cars and other manly stuff (hunting,workin with your hands) the draw is just too strong.

[pdub]

I know the real deal versus virtual is not at all the same thing...but tonight (like right now) I hosted a track session on iracing at South Boston. There's a kid on there, running 17's (fast as hell). Passing me like nothing. 9 years old and telling me I'm turning into the corners too soon. He said, "Dang dude, you're scary." 9 years old. His dad has the three-screen setup. Like 3D. Says sometimes his dad lets him drive on it. I asked him if he wants to drive a real race car. He said yes. 9 years old. I asked him, how old are you (after he passed me). He said 11. A few laps later he called me out and admitted he lied abut his age, he thought maybe he's get thrown out of the room for being so young.

[Beagle]

primered Nova huh. Did it have the rubber duck?