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hotrodkulture

What we don't have here is a failure to communicate.

About Me

I am a car and motorcycle enthusiast of the first order. Just a rider on the storm. Rockabilly from day one. I started this for the enthusiast in me, and as it turns out, a whole lot of other people. For us, it's all about the kars, skooters, art and music. HOTRODKULTURE: THIS IS OUR HEADACHE LET US WORRY ABOUT IT....hahaha.... And now, a little history: Hot rods are typically American cars with large engines modified for linear speed. Nobody knows for sure the origin of the term "hot rod." One explanation is that the term is a contraction of "hot roadster," meaning a roadster that was modified for speed. Open roadsters were the cars of choice to modify because they were light. Hot Rod may also refer to the cam or pushrods inside the engine or other to the exposed frame rails of such an automobile. It was adopted in the 1930s or 1940s as the name of a car that had been "hopped up" by modifying the cam to achieve higher performance.

My Interests

Living a DRAMA FREE-NO BS LIFE. I don't deal well with drama. Pheonix Genus Palm Trees, Hand tools, sandin' the highs-fillin in the lows, power tools, kittens (meeee-oww), paint and body, mixing and matching paint- NO MIX-Transtar!, grease, pomade, creepers, chain driven wallets, oil, gas, wide whites, loud pipes, Thermal Dynamics Cutmaster 81s, motorcycle rallys, motorcycle gangs, Ben Pearson TubeMasters, good tires, burnouts, Hunter DSP600s, cold beer, Millermatic 210s, rockabilly and psychobilly music, antique malls/shops, layin' frame, art, guns, swap meets, street meets, round-ups, car shows, live shows, knives, car clubs, ink, rolled up "cuffed" blue jeans, good boots, good sunglasses, looking good and going fast...but there is much more to it, I assure you. Speed: -----"It's really about judgement and intelligence; so long as your brain can go faster than you're going at any time, you're all right, and it isn't fast." - L J K Setright And remember, open the throttle, not the bottle, dumb ass.

I'd like to meet:

Virtuosos of all varieties.I've never met a stranger. Ever.Also, if you have a license plate frame OR bumper sticker stating : "I'm not tailgating, I'm drafting."...I no doubt want to meet you too.

Music:

I really dig RHH, HANK III, TWO TONS OF STEEL, CRAZY HORSES BRAZIL AND THE CARAVANS.

Books:

The Sadies - The Horseshoe

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Heroes:

ARTWORK BY NIK SCARLETT

My Blog

Ive finally realized.

Some are born with a silver spoon in their mouth.  Some are born with a plastic spoon.  Others are born with a welding torch in hand.  What counts is what you do with the tools you have...
Posted by hotrodkulture on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:49:00 PST

Paints Reflectivity

scale from zero to 100.  Got reflectometer? Less than 10: FLAT 10-30: MATTE 30-50: SATIN 50-75: SEMIGLOSS 75-90: REDUCED SHEEN More than 90: FULL GLOSS...
Posted by hotrodkulture on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:22:00 PST

PAINT

IN HOUSTON?? I SELL THIS PRODUCT NOW!!  SEAN 713.817.6581   NO MIXTM BASECOAT SYSTEM: IT'S SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED& OVER-THE-COUNTER...:   BRIGHTON, Michigan (January 1, 2008)  Together wi...
Posted by hotrodkulture on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:10:00 PST

KARS , a little history??

The term seems first to have appeared in the late 1930s, when kids from southern California would race their modified cars on the vast, empty dry lake beds northeast of Los Angeles under the rules of ...
Posted by hotrodkulture on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:25:00 PST

CIGARS

FROM DAVE AT CHEAPHUMIDORS.COM: The 8 Basic Steps to Choose and Enjoy that Special Hand-Rolled Cigar1) Cigars are to be a pleasure. They should not be rushed. Find arelaxing and appropriately ventilat...
Posted by hotrodkulture on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:50:00 PST

MAKE YOUR OWN DRIVE-IN

Public drive-ins have largely vanished, but it's easier than ever to set up your own.   Just get a collapsible screen and a DVD projector---no need to hide in the trunk of the car in order t...
Posted by hotrodkulture on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:05:00 PST

From junkyard to compost pile-rewriting the final chapter in a car’s life.

From Automobile: Cars have been biodegradable only in the sense that their steel parts rust.  But new materials will soon change how cars decompose.  Automakers are eager to ditch plastic an...
Posted by hotrodkulture on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:01:00 PST

Playing by the Rules.....

From ROAD & TRACK :   Under a new high-court ruling,  the minimum fine for a traffic violation in New Delhi, India, jumped from $2.25 (100 rupees) to $14.  Costly new infracti...
Posted by hotrodkulture on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:35:00 PST

CB SLANG For all you Deadbolt Truck drivin' sunsabitches

ACE - Important CB'er Apple - A CB addict AF -Audio Frequency Afterburner-Linear amp Alamo City- San Antonio ALERT -Affiliated League of Emergency Radio Teams All the good numbers -Best wishes. Alliga...
Posted by hotrodkulture on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:08:00 PST

Twitter?

Web is a-Twitter with self-indulgence I do not Twitter. I make no apologies for this. For the uninitiated, Twitter is an online "community," which is geek speak for a collection of people with nothin...
Posted by hotrodkulture on Sat, 12 May 2007 11:41:00 PST