Have you driven your dream car?

[taz_rocks_miami]

no, i would love to drive an own a 2000 ford mustang corbra R..........but i am a poor american who lives on champange dreams with a beer bottle budget............hotwheels of turborides

One way to change that is to turn what you love to do into a business. It's not easy but the payoff is worth it People often think: "How can I get rich?" They should ask themselfs: "What do I love to do?" Since you love it, you'll do it better than anyone, the money will be a consequence of that. Just a bit of Taz wizdom

[jcp123]

Yeah, I'm trying to put that idea to good use, I would love to be a classic car restorer. My pa and I have restored 4 Mustangs and I'm gonna put myself through an ASE cert. program after I graduate college (I'm currently getting my Business Administration degree with an option in small business entrepreneurship). Eventually I'll start up a classic car restoration (my passion) and muscle car tuning (for money) shop.

[taz_rocks_miami]

Yeah, I'm trying to put that idea to good use, I would love to be a classic car restorer. My pa and I have restored 4 Mustangs and I'm gonna put myself through an ASE cert. program after a graduate and eventually start up a classic car restoration (my passion) and muscle car tuning (for money) shop.

Good luck with that jcp!! When you get it going, I'll be one of your customers!!

[jcp123]

Thanks, I might need the luck!! It's a tough business.

For UCP'er's there might be a discount

[RS6]

Y'all are sportscar people except for me, so you'll probably think I'm nuts:

1958 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 60 Special Sedan

Yeah, that is quite a car. I am just disappointed that America no longer builds such stylish motors. I do like my sportscars, but I do fall for other types of cars. Old Citroens, Landrovers, Jaguar Saloons etc.

[Radoman]

well, I've driven a TR6, an old school Mustang, several corvettes... but no Corrado, 911 Turbo, 250 GTO or S4. I have ridden around in a corrado as a child, and rode in the backseat of a Carrera for a 5 hour trip from the coast and back when I was 5, and rode around in several Audi's back when I was a kid. but still no drives.

I have driven a Z06, btw. They're alright, but no screaming hell.

[Matra et Alpine]

well, I've driven a TR6

and lived to tell the tale, Few manage it

[03SALEENGUY]

Good luck jcp,

I've been thinkin bout movin to cali. (I assume u live there) after my son graduates and startin somthin out there. Sort of retire but do custom work in a little shop to supplement retierment. I plan on retiring at 50.

were is chico? I lived in huntington Beach 20 years ago. Thats were i want to go........


By the way 58 caddy....Big Pimpin baby!!!!

I could lay some sick paint on that dude!!!!!

[jcp123]

Be careful when you move here. Cost of living is ridiculously high. But you get rewarded, as you know, by the awesome weather and great kar kulture.

HOME home is up by San Jose, and Chico is way up here in the northstate, it's about 2 hours North of Sacramento and an hour and change South of Redding. I'm goin to school up here at Chico State.

Hmm, I'd always just imagined my '58 in some black. Although a nice, deep basecoat/clearcoat black with a cut and rub on it would look awesome...imagine several layers of clearcoat, each buffed out before the next layer. MMMM.

[QuattroMan]

hell no!!!!! 1st car is Bugtti Veyron 2nd car is RS4

[03SALEENGUY]

Yo JCP I live on The south shore of long Island in N.Y. What do I care about cost of living. LOL

Thanks for the tip though.

For your 58 I was thinkin nice House of Kolors 3 stage shimrin candy:
red candy w/white pearl highlite or electric blue candyw/white pearl highlite.. gotta keep white on those oldies. But the customers always right.


they also have awesome black pearls and flake but personnaly black isn't my fav color on a car

P.S. My bro lives in sacremento and got a friend from college that live in san leandro.

[jcp123]

Yo JCP I live on The south shore of long Island in N.Y. What do I care about cost of living. LOL

Thanks for the tip though.

For your 58 I was thinkin nice House of Kolors 3 stage shimrin candy:
red candy w/white pearl highlite or electric blue candyw/white pearl highlite.. gotta keep white on those oldies. But the customers always right.


they also have awesome black pearls and flake but personnaly black isn't my fav color on a car

P.S. My bro lives in sacremento and got a friend from college that live in san leandro.

Well good point on the cost of living...beats me how anyone affords to live there or here!

Interesting paint...I'm tryin to keep the '58 near stock on the looks, though, so trick paint like that wouldn't quite fit in. I like them as they came from the factory lookswise cuz Cadillac knew what they were doin. My mods are gonna be under the skin . But on a lead sled type of job, that'd definitely be the way to go.

The blue and white is a scheme that interested me on a '59, though by now I'm thinkin' plain black for one of those, too, if (when) I get one.

Back when I lusted after a '63 Cad Convertible, though, I definitely wanted a nice kandy apple red or a black cherry color with a ton of flake in it. Has much more boring lines, needs paint like that to spice it up a little.

Dang, San Leandro's not far from my house at all, just a ride up the freeway or on the BART train. And I've spent a lot of time in Sac, my girlfriend used to live there .

[Radoman]

and lived to tell the tale, Few manage it

It wasn't really on fast roads. It didn't last long, but I had to run it around town when it was in the shop (I work in a GM dealership, and our body shop has quite the reputation for doing top notch work. Thus, the owner brought the car to us. There were a few things that required attention from other specialists, though ).

Lucky me, I have a bit of a reputation for being a good driver. That's rare in British Columbia.

[Plutus]

Well, I was lucky enough to drive a F355 and F348 a few years ago. My girlfriend bought me a Ferrari driving day and, whilst it was great having 375hp behind your head, the Dax (in the background in yellow) was much more fun