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“Yeah?” says the Officer of the Day.

“You done a great job on them doors!”

WE’LL TELL YA: GEORGE RILEY OHV FOR FLATTIE

MORE SOAP BOX

If someone thinks that a certain group (region) is sittin’ around clucking about how much cooler they are.....fo’ get about it.......they’re not. They are not. It’s a non-issue. We mean it. They got no damned interest in someone else’s angst.

This is the millenium. Modern communication has seen to it that we all have the same advantage in ideas, innovation...there is nothing new under the sun anyway..That rattle is a one way trip and the one’s who are supposed to rebut..........don’t give a fuck. Really. So don’t expect to get a rise out of them. Of course, the complaining parties wouldn’t be reading HOP UP anyway, would they?

IT’S about the iron.

SKIP PIPES’ F-100

HIGH BUCK PROJECT? READ ON!

Skip Pipes writes:

“Hop Up Mag:

Not bad for a Hop Up kind of guy. My goal was to be thrifty and not spend a lot of money. It started out as a very rusty piece of shit Iowa gas station truck, abandoned in a storage facility. Now it’s got a Volare and 8” from Pick-a-Part and a 350/350 (no apologies) I cannibalized from my kids ‘73 Chevy PU ( he didn’t want to drive an old POS, now he can build his own ride). A real 3rd Ave. Tijuana Roll and Pleat. Patch panels everywhere, a Maaco paint job, a cheap Moon steerong wheel and wheel covers.
No A/C, No Radio, No Billet, No Tweed.
Enlightened Hop Up guys get it, the Billet guys don’t understand.”

REAL T.J. T’n R.

SIMPLICITY WINS AGAIN

MCCORMICK’ CAD

NEXT IN LINE FOR THE MCCORMICK TOUCH

You cats have all done projects and you all know how much more time it takes and how much more scratch it takes it get them done..than you ever frickin’ imagined. I mean, every lovin’ thing you do is a major cost element of the project. If you do it yourself, and you go to the fastener place for a little stainless and a couple of gee-gaws to assemble something you’re gonna paint....and buy some paint..and lacquer thinner....and anti-sieze..and yeah, Boys. HOME BUILT. You’re STILL buyin’ your way into fame! That little boxful of necessities just cost $85. That’s lunch money for the next two weeks!

We want to do Kurt’s project or one like it, but we think the better part of valor is to thank HIM for doing it. Do you think a guy like him gets enough credit for the pain and expense? Yeah, he and Amy obviously do it because they have a passion to save this stuff, but passion almost always comes with a certain amount of pain. These folks really are heroes because as good as that car looks....as intriguing.......as inspiring...........they are in for a great but serious project. But don’t worry, Boys.

They’re over-qualified.

WISH IT WAS US; GLAD IT’S KURT!

DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS AT HOME DEPARTMENT

THAT’S JUST SWELL, AIN’T IT?