I've posted pics of the truck before; '78 F150 4x4 warmed 351M/C6. It's due for another minor resto. I also have an '88 Suburban in the shop I've owned since near new. Hard to believe it's already 22 years old.
I don't have any pics yet because it's a work in progress, but I'm presently restoring a '69 GTO convertible, 400 RA3 stroked to 468, 4.11 12 bolt, B&M TH400. Found it in a barn west of here, most of the work is mechanical. Good body needs a top, some minor ding/dent straightening, and a paint job. Arrest-me red. Been a Poncho driver for 35 years, my first car was a tri-power '65 GTO, have had a bunch of Goats, Birds, GP's, even a couple of Judges. Wishin' I had all of them back.
The 32 year old truck
Hope hot boats count as hot rods- I got out of screwing around with cars for a while, mainly because I inspected aircraft for a living and was pretty burned out on wrenching at home. Found a little time to put together a couple of offshores with small blocks that I ran up the Mississippi, Lake Michigan and Huron, and in the Atlantic in the area of Pompano Beach.
My hair isn't on fire anymore, although I miss the sound of a pair of engines breathing behind me out of four-inch exhausts. We might get the urge again.....
Formula 242, pair of stroked small-blocks I built with the help of my local machinist and the advice of various experts in the HP marine biz..
Formula engines
Our Active Thunder, at a friend's house in Pompano Beach- twin 350MPI's.
Believe it or not, we had a LOT less invested in these boats than a lot of guys have in their bass/fishing boats.
Glad we got rid of them when we did; it's been 5 or 6 years now. This is not the economy to own such things. Nothing depreciates like a boat. Cars are a much safer bet.
We have an old cruiser we putt up and down the Mississippi with; I bought it off of eBay for less than 3 grand from Bart Starr's Rawhide Boys Ranch outside of Appleton, WI. Good charity for a good cause. We're still on the water, just at a more sane pace.
Jim