{"id":369,"date":"2018-03-19T17:23:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T17:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chromenrust.com\/?p=369"},"modified":"2018-03-19T17:32:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T17:32:05","slug":"spring-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chromenrust.com\/?p=369","title":{"rendered":"SPRING MESSAGE"},"content":{"rendered":"

The calendar says Spring is tomorrow.\u00a0 The view out the window says otherwise.\u00a0 Nevertheless,\u00a0 the first hints of a change in seasons in the automotive universe began last weekend with the E-G show and auction. (There was also the Taboo sex show.)\u00a0 I didn’t see either.\u00a0 Next up is The Quick Times Swap Meet.\u00a0 I’m thinking of bringing my ’78 shortbox stepside instead of the usual table full of trinkets.\u00a0 I’ll make up my mind about that later today.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

That said, in some ways I miss the old website, mostly due to the fact that I did not transfer any of the history or ‘my rides’ data to this website. Maybe later.\u00a0 A strictly sales website lacks character and doesn’t really reflect what I am all about.\u00a0 Let’s have a look at the name of this site: Chrome n Rust.<\/p>\n

Chrome n Rust reflects the fact that I am not selling ‘new’ cars or restored ‘gems.’\u00a0 My definition of cars includes chrome- not some monochromatic soapbar on wheels. A fact of life with older cars and trucks is rust.\u00a0 I’m selling project cars here- kind of a no-brainer. \u00a0 Chrome n Rust also reflects something about myself and most of those of you reading this.\u00a0 Our hobby is mostly about the past.\u00a0 The cars and trucks we love are a connection to the past.\u00a0 This connection is either a direct link to days gone by, or for the younger generation a vicarious connection to the past.<\/p>\n

As we get older our memories (and chrome) seem to shine a little brighter.\u00a0 Rust pops up when we look a little harder at the details.\u00a0 There are the cars that we weren’t smart enough to hang onto, or even wrecked.\u00a0 There are people we know who didn’t live to get old.\u00a0 Then there are the things we thought of a ‘normal’ family life. ‘Nuff said.<\/p>\n

In my universe, the greatest movie of all time was ‘American Graffiti’.\u00a0 It hit the screens at the same time I was in high school.\u00a0 My wheels at that time were a 100cc. Kawasaki dirt bike and a ’73 Datsun 1200.\u00a0 In grade 12, I decided that I needed to have a cool set of wheels to at least leave High School in style.\u00a0 I put together a 1948 Monarch coupe with a junkyard flathead V\/8.\u00a0 We were able to do the final hookups in the High School auto shop and get it running in time for ‘Grease Days’.\u00a0 I also had to take it home that same day as the instructor (a character nick-named\u00a0 ‘stogie’) forbade me from bringing the car back into the shop. There is a picture partially showing the coupe in the High School Yearbook.<\/p>\n

The truth is, the Monarch was not all that fast- even with a ‘built’ flathead.\u00a0 Attempts to ‘peel out’ resulted in blown up transmissions and broken driveline parts.\u00a0 Best to leave the hood on, and cruise like I had something going on.\u00a0 No John Milner moments there.\u00a0 That came later. At least I didn’t die young.\u00a0 I will leave you with a picture of a Camaro where the owner was not so lucky. Drive Safe.\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The calendar says Spring is tomorrow.\u00a0 The view out the window says otherwise.\u00a0 Nevertheless,\u00a0 the first hints of a change in seasons in the automotive universe began last weekend with the E-G show and auction. (There was also the Taboo sex show.)\u00a0 I didn’t see either.\u00a0 Next up is The Quick Times Swap Meet.\u00a0 I’m… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chromenrust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chromenrust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chromenrust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chromenrust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chromenrust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/chromenrust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373,"href":"http:\/\/chromenrust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions\/373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chromenrust.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chromenrust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chromenrust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chromenrust.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}