How are you enjoying the Muscle Car hobby these days?

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Originally Posted by dykstra

These are 383 stroker motors right Bill?

----Yup! Built for torque with 460 ft/lb apiece and right around 415 horsies.....Bill S

[Zedder]

Well, it looks like another summer is in the books. I lost about 4 weeks to some dental work that was uncomfortable and left me not wanting to mess around in the garage much. Put a whopping 275 miles on my 993. Changed out the battery and wheels on it, but it didn’t need anything else. Got both old Harleys set up correctly and back to 100% stock. Sold the Moo-Glide to a buddy last week for about 60% of what I had in it…can’t say that was the right buy for me! I love the 93 Fat Boy, so that is a keeper until I stop riding all together.

Still thinking about retirement and what I’ll get involved with in the car hobby. I like the fact that the 993 is a 1996 and is easy to drive, parts are readily available there are good mechanics locally to work on major issues should they come up. I’d still like something American too. Might get another Corvette as there is a good shop close to my house. Probably have some time to think about that though as I have 2 more years of University to pay for!

On a side note…I’ve been an NCRS member since the mid 90’s and still check out their stuff from time-to-time. The membership has really become grey! I suspect many are enjoying the events in their retirement also. Makes me wonder who is going to buy all those cars 10-15 years from now….

[Too Many Projects]

Yep, the summers just go by faster the older you get too. But, we did manage to put about 350 miles on the Springer this year. It just turned over 13k late last year and if we keep up this pace it will have 14k in another 2 years... LOL. As of Oct. 5th, it is 23 years, 4 months old.

Got my '66 "road worthy" and took it to SCR. Made 1 1/2 passes and drove it back on the trailer with the entire tail housing broke off behind the mount. Getting a replacement from Crash at MCACN and will get a new, billet, input yoke to replace the scarred up one that must have seized in the bushing momentarily.
After SCR, it was all home/yard projects that are slowly coming to a close. Hoping next year won't be as overwhelming with house/yard stuff and I can do more with the "toys".
Just last week, I got the '38 down off the lift, where it was parked 11 months ago, and on Saturday, led the fall cruise for the Northstar Chevelle Club.

The Camaro got, mostly, abandoned as of June and I will be getting back on that soon. My instructor/helper bodyman has been trying to get me to let him come out and work on it, but the shop has been in use for all the home projects.