Well after the football game friday night, i was cruising with my girlfriend in my fully restored stock 1953 Chevrolet half-ton. I came to a stop light and noticed a cop behind me. As soon as the light turned green, i just knew that the cherries would come on-and sure enoguh they did. He came up and said that my tail lights were illegal. My taillights are original oval shaped with blue dots. He said that the brake lights didnt work, so i hopped out and had my girlfriend hit the brake, and sure enough, they worked. So then he goes into this story about how they were illegal. Am i right-if they didnt come from the factory with the option, you dont have to have it on your vehicle? So he starts to write a ticket and i told him that, so i proceeded to get into my truck, cranked it up, and sat there. He just looked at the lights again, came up to the window, and said ok have a good night, and by the way thats one hell of a smooth six cylinder you have. My girlfriend laughed and we drove off.
Once again my smooth charm got me out of another bind--so thats 12 times being pulled over, once in the handcuffs, and one twelve pack of beer poured out, and only 1 warning. dam im lucky

 

and how old are you?!?!

 

Why were you driving a Chevy when you should have been driving a FORD.

 

Good thing he pulled you over. Damn Chebys!

 

I have been pulled over half a dozen times and haven't gotten out of anything.

 

ill be 19 in a month-and by the way i DO drive a 98 Ford 4.6, so i understand where youre coming from. However, this 1953 chevrolet pickup is totally frame off restored stock. Weve got around 23,000 dollars in it. Ill hopefully have pics in a while.

 

Blue-dots are cop magnets. You should consider losing them and finding factory repro lenses. Better yet, lose the truck and find a nice F-1!

 

right...that chevy is in better shape then 98% of the trucks on this site. althought an old flathead V-8 is pretty arousing.....

 

do you mean Daddy and his check book?...tsk..tsk..tsk

 

TexforD--
yea your mostly right. But you do have to understand that "I" bought the truck unrestored for 2500 back in nov of 98, just after my freshmen year started. I proceeded to work during the school year and especially during the summers ever since, and i have a decent amount of money and sweat into it too. Yes, my dad used to do this when he was younger, fixing up cars himself, and he hadnt restored a vehilcle since 1983, when he did a 63 chevy 1/2 ton. He caught the fever again, and this truck has been a headache as well as stress relief for the both of us. He's got a good job and he could afford spend that kind of money every 18 years. He spent most, but ive worked my *** off to help contribute money to that truck, but also insurance on the 98 (ouch!), and i dont mean working at walmart, im talkin about roofing, construction, landscaping, moving company. Hard work brings rewards, as most Americans know. Now im in college and still working towards that good job hopefully ill have one day....

 

accept my apology...but dude you need to chill with the cops... by the way i did the same with my Dad,my oldest did'nt want to have anything to do with it and i was dissapointed...now he's getting his docterant and i could'nt be prouder...now my 8 year old...he's a wrencher...yep 26,21 and 8...been busy...chase your dreams...but stay within the speed limits doing it..good luck

 

Tex im like your 8 year old-im a wrencher. If theres some mechanical chore to do, i may not know how to do it but ill be there helping. Being this was the first truck ive ever torn into, it was a great experience. Theres nothing like working on an old truck with your dad. Now since ive become educated about Fords thanks to all the guys on here, ive caught my dad under the hood of the Ford a couple times wondering about all the sensors that could stop pinging and how hard it would be to install headers. This old truck has motivated me alot to do as well as i can in school so that i can do this with my son.
Sorry to rave on but i love talking about this haha. Hopefully ill have pics of the Ford and ol red chevy on soon.
-Patrick

 

Green_98:

I know where your coming from. When I was in High School I bought myself a 79 Camaro Z-28. My dad and I build the 400 small block from the ground up. That bad boy put out approx. 425hp and I mean for a 2-ton car it hauled some serious as*.

It would blow away the 5.7liter Mustangs. Off the line they would get me, but after about 50ft it was all over. Beat two different Corvetts with it and they couldn't believe it. It was one of the funnest things I had ever done. I have a daughter now so I don't know if I will get to do that with her. She is into cars but we will see.

Have fun but remember one thing, this is something I always remember myself when my foot starts to feel a little heavy. I race cars for a guy, pro-stock and on the track I usally know what the other guys are going to do, to a point you can just about trust what they are going to do. With that said no matter that I have been racing for some years I NEVER trust what anybody on the open road will do and thus I don't ever race on the open road with the public around. Another thing about racing on the track is they is always emergency medical people there before any race so within seconds they are at your side if needed. In public could be 10, 15 minutes if your lucky. Just something to think about.