Chop Cut Rebuild Spin-off

ccrhost said

That is exactly what I'm trying to capture in this series. That sense of fun and friendship that we share in this kind of environment. Someone called it "Bench Racing" the other day, which I think is a perfect description. I'm in Orlando right now, attending the PRI show and the sponsors who I've talked to about this think it's great too!

I've told them it's as simple as bring a part over you want us to see, bring the vehicle you want to install it on (or, we'll find one for you), and BRING BEER!

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Bench racing was indeed hangin around the workbench, mouthin about how fast our cars were...or how much HP we had.....remarkably, we rarely required anyone prove it. It goes hand in hand with the railbirds.....the guys that hang on the fence/guard rail at the racetrack talking about how fast they are gonna be. They would NEVER be caught sleeping at the line or red lighting although they had never even taken a pass (down the 1/4mile).

We had plenty of guys that drank beer when they worked on their car.....like the guy down the block ( big block 70 1/2 Camaro) that decided since his car looked good with the rear end jacked up (hey, it was the early 70's) that he installed shackles on the front of his leaf springs too.....he po-goed the car when the driveshaft came flying out when he hit the brakes....40 years ago, and I'm still laughing. Wonder how many Strohs' (Detroit's Finest) he had coming up with that brilliant idea.

Bro John could fill a book with some dandy TRUE tales of the late 60's early 70's....as I'm sure most could.