okay guys...biggest pet peeve at car shows

With me it's not "necessarily" the cheapest route......I mean seriously how many of us have to make every single project a budget one whether it's a car or not? Those of who have to do that KNOW HOW to spend a penny.

To me the issue is with a small block Chevy it's all been done and seen before. "YOU AIN'T" doin nuthin new here, Paco.

I mean, I have bought, cleaned and built a 1956 Chrysler Fire Power Hemi on a VERY small budget. So small in fact, I ain't tellin you how small for one and two, if I ever am forced to sell it, I don't want anybody to know how little I have in the build. When I first got the engine, I inquired on several forums about a "budget Hemi" build. Of course, all the forum gurus said no way in hell could it be done, but I did it. I didn't cut any corners, either.

New pistons, all necessary machine work, reground original cam, adjustable pushrods, new valve springs thanks to @Bighead440. In fact, he was the one person I can actually credit for making that project happen!

The point is, you can build anything on a budget, I don't care what it is or what the naysayers say. It just proves to me that SO MANY people gay SLAM OUT when it comes to their engine choices.

.....and I have nothing against Chevy engines, either. They are great engine packages. That caint be denied. But what's NOT been done with them? If I was building a hot rod or rat rod......and I am, why in the hell would I want to put somethin in it that there'll be 100 more of at the show?

That sounds kinds stupid, doesn't it?

I agree. Belly buttons. Original thoughts done for everything and then pop the hood and...

Give me a blown slant. A fuel injected flathead. Something - anything! - other than the same old Chevy small block.

Went to an indoor car show at the local mall. There was a '33 Dodge sedan on display. Multipl best of shows, multiple class wins. Why? It was different. 340/727/8.75, even had a Sebring interior. Root beer in color. Why did he win so much? In a world of SBC's he dared to be different. The

Gone ar my dad's days where he'd take a '32 Ford coup, drop in a big Caddy engine, back it with a Packard trans and a Pontiac rear and go looking to smoke every with a few bucks to put up.

Or the flathead '49 Ford sedan built as hot as his budget would allow.

Peopl ask me if I plan on pulling the OHV 239 out of the '54 and replace it with a 302 or a 460 and I tell them no, because that's what they would do.