i went to the hot rod super nats here today in between runs . as usual with a show like this but i was really set back at how many of these people were trailering the cars in and claiming they drove 'em . kinda funny actually . hey i got a 900 harsepower glam mobile that i drive every day ! , yeah in and out of the trailer buddy . the one i found the funniest was the other effie owner who ran his trap about my " ugly green p.o.s " a couple months ago . he slithered in the back of the grounds and unloaded his " driven " joe blow built effie then proceeded to come in and act like he was the sh-- . man what a lame a== loser !!! buddy i do drive mine bangin' and a clangin' beat up ugly smelly ol ' derilict powered p.o.s and it's got the battle scars to prove it . this was just so sweet , i now know what a lame sh-- head he really is . i LOVE it . made me so happy . but i digress whats up with the car trailers folks ? what is the use of building it if you cant use it ? i have never owned one that i was afraid of driving and never will , and yes i have had a couple that could pass as " show " cars easy . they are useless fluff if they cant be used . maybe we should set up the shows so their is a section for us real folks with real vehicles and another for the posers. any one else got an opinion ?

 

Mine (no vehicle of mine) will ever be a trailer queen. They were made to drive and that is what I will do with mine.

The posers make no sense to me. They lie and say they are daily drivers.

I like the local cruise ins after last week. No one trailered a vehicle in. No fees, no trophies. Just people there showing off and talking about their cars. Some were built by somone else (you can tell when you talk to them), but they were driven in.

 

as the ol' analogy says, "being an offensive lineman(football) is like wearing dark pants and wetting yourself...it's a warm feeling and noone knows about it." Same can be said here, knowing his is just a trailer queen, and yours is a truck. Rest assured, we know who's driving away feeling good about himself.

 

I can see their point, if you spend tens out thousands of $$$ on a vehicle you don't want to drive it on the road and risk some other poor driver running into you, or a dog running in front or whatever. But I agree -- drive it! That's where the fun is.

What I get a kick out of is going to an auto museum and talking to folks who work there, and they say, "Yeah, these cars all run and we take them out occasionally."

 

I have no respect for big buck trailer queens. I don't even look at them and give the owner the satisfaction of me drooling over something that is never driven. I figure it this way. I believe the owners of trailer queens are lacking in their size and often suffer from little boy syndrome. They need to make up for this lack of growth in showing off their vehicles and having people praise them for something someone else put together. Most are clueless of how the truck was built or what was done to it. I personally love pulling my truck up and parking next to them, then pull my duster out and start wiping the road grime off and on occasions asking them if they happen to have a towel to wipe off the bugs which hit my windshield on the way to the show (don't want people to think I didn't wash my truck before a show now) . I also enjoy standing up to a urinal in the men's restroom rather than having to wait for a stall to open and sit down on the toilet. Want my opinion of people who own trailer queens? I think you know....

 

Next time take a video cam and "out" these guys.

 

I think that they represent another category of us truck lovers and thats OK. I do agree that there should be a separate class for them at shows.

I think just because someone can,t build a truck it should not exclude them from enjoying one.

Should we just be mechanical Elitists?

A friend here in Riv. has driven his 56, 35 or 40 years since high school, a couple of years ago he had it built into the great truck it is today by No Limit Engineering. Now he baby,s his truck because of its beauty and money invested. Do I blame him? No! I envy the history he has with his truck.

 

I whole heartedly agree that there should be a different catagory at the shows, but picture my story for a minute. In Washington it's quite possible to have a 2 to 3 hour drive to get to a show. When the family is going it could be easier to trailer it to the show. I do drive mine around the Tri-cities, just not on a daily basis. Just a thought on trailering. As for bad-mouthing another truck owner, NEVER. Hope these thoughts dont offend anyone. Kurt G. Y-blocks rule.

 

If it has wheels it's ment to be driven, unless it's a museum piece.

 

Here is my take, Its all good either way. I built mint to drive and I do, I dont own a trailer, although if I had the cash to buy a trailer I probobly would, Just for the long distance shows. I do love to drive mine but I also want to keep it nice (Its my baby). example-Two years ago we just finished our truck up and put it together on wends night, left for super nats on thurs morn. drove from Indiana to tenn. and after we got there we noticed something all over the truck, well they were painting a bridge i guess on the highway and of course I got overspray all over my baby PS-Truck was just painted a week earlier. So I was pretty pissed I finally make it to the show of shows that I had been looking forward to for 10 years, I get to the show with a freshly painted black truck and now some freshly painted grey overspray. My point is for the local shows in state, I drive it, out of state, I still drive it, but if I had the choice I would probobly trailor it on the long trips and save the ware and tear. But I do agree that there should be different classes, I think the judges should check the fluids ie oil and see, many of the trailer queens I have seen do not even have fluids in them. Just my take.

Kyle

 

and I still can't understand how somepeople can eat Lima Beans or Cooked Spinich.

 

I also believe in driving my trucks. I do all my own work on my trucks and drive them whenever I get a chance, to work, the store or cruise ins. They are not trailer queens by any definition.

This year I haven't had a chance to do any driving because of work but I plan to make it to at least one show next month. Usually if the show is local, within 50 miles I'll drive but if the show is over 100 miles away I just don't have the time to drive my F-2 with a top speed of about 45-50 mph. I have driven it this distance many times in the past but now I just don't have the time. It would take me over 3 hours to get there because I take the back roads and average 35-40, at most. I also got a little more careful. The truck is stock and many of the parts are still original so I don't like to beat it. I'm concerned something might not be able to take a long distant drive. I bought a trailer last year and use it whenever it's feasible. Using the trailer also allows me to spend more time at a long distance show because I can get there sooner and leave later.

 

At quite a few of the shows I have seen stickers that read "If you see this truck on a trailer, call 911, it's been stolen!" That's the way I feel about mine, it'll be driven daily.

 

In a conversation the other day with our lovely new counselor, she stated that she "... had two degrees and wasn't about to take orders from someone with a high school diploma." Wow. A perfect time to put her in her place!

The kinder and gentler himmelberg just let it pass. I pondered the hundreds of people whom I know that are smarter, more experienced and lovelier than the counselor, some of whom are truck guys, but kept all that to myself. (No Penn Dick, I'm not thinking of you as lovelier.)

It appears that some folk cherish their achievements and their trucks in different ways. Some wish to wave their educational advantage, some trailer their trucks. This is not to say that that all who wave, trailer.

Sure it's fun to rag another enthusiast for the old jalopy that he drives everyday or one who has achieved higher status for the shine on his immaculate and undriven pride and joy. (With a trophy to prove it!)

Picking on folks in fun is what I like about the 48-60ers. Some nostalgic folk miss the excitement of a good wordy argument as happened to me when I first encountered 'fenders.

Dont' mistake kinder and gentler himmelberg for an apathetic one. I'm up for a good battle of words with wit... just don't tell me our counselor isn't cute. And in the interest of verity... if my truck had to go somewhere right now, it would have to be towed... OR (gasp!) trailered.

with patience and fortitude, himmelberg

 

I am doing some (mostly) volunteer electrical work on a small church remodel in the small town where I live.Volunteers consist of the church's members.Early yesterday morning,when I arrived,there were two people there ahead of me,one the General contractor/volunteer leader,the other was a man and his trailered-in Studebaker,the trailer towing vehicle being a beautifully restored Stuudy truck that appeared to only come out on the very sunniest of our many sunny California days.He was there for a small show being put on by the local historical society next door,and as I arrived,the G.C. was explaining to him that, soon,a small army of workers would be showing up to work,and would he please relocate his vehicle and trailer down to the lower ,GRAVEL lot,and leave the one next to the church for the various tradesmen's trucks.The Studebaker owner,much put out by the request,balked and argued he had driven MORE THAN ONE HOUR to reach this far flung destination and had been assured parking would be available at the next-door church:it was available,just a few feet away,and NOT blocking the doors to the church.
Listening to the banter,I proceeded to set up my sawhorses and make a totally unnecessary cut of a 2 x 4,accidentally shooting a little sawdust in the general direction of his eye - candy.He moved it right quick.