I have a thought.........

rallye bob · 10-12-2012, 04:07 PM

How much does "look good" enter into your "go fast" quest?
Thought it was worth some discussion........ I think I am too into "looking good", and it may take away from my "going fast".... Please help....

treessavoy · 10-12-2012, 05:10 PM

Are you talking about you or the car?

JimR

Tom keedle · 10-12-2012, 07:35 PM

there's some stuff you can take for a colonoscopy that'll make ya "go fast"...

i don't think it'll help in the looks dept., though.

J.R. Haddad · 10-12-2012, 07:53 PM

Tom, it could help in the looks dept. You gotta tone up doing 20-30
sprints to the "National Dragster Reading Room". And spending
that much time in there gotta be worth a 10 LB. weight loss.

Mike Taylor 3601 · 10-13-2012, 12:05 AM

also makes you no longer full of you now what
Mike Taylor 3601

Rick Schilling · 10-13-2012, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rallye bob

How much does "look good" enter into your "go fast" quest?
Thought it was worth some discussion........ I think I am too into "looking good", and it may take away from my "going fast".... Please help....

I believe there is something to what you are saying.

One has to be careful not to get caught up in the old "it doesn't matter if you win or lose as long as you look good doin' it" syndrome.

There has to be some kind of realistic balance. Might explain my limited success...lol.

Robert Swartz · 10-13-2012, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rallye bob

How much does "look good" enter into your "go fast" quest?
Thought it was worth some discussion........ I think I am too into "looking good", and it may take away from my "going fast".... Please help....

Are we talking cars here? Nothing finer than a good looking car. Sadly, back in my heyday, 70's-early 80's. I had my share of ugly primer cars. Just never had the "CAR SHOW MENTALITY". Paint and polish don't make'em go faster.

My current project has a few rough edges. I can live with them.

Jim Wahl · 10-13-2012, 12:20 PM

Plastic surgery? Jim

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Billy Nees · 10-13-2012, 12:41 PM

I never saw "show points" win a drag race.

Mike Taylor 3601 · 10-13-2012, 01:49 PM

I like for my car to look good,when it's clean it does'nt look too bad it needs new paint but that won't make any difference in winning or losing.

My first stocker I built was 80 malibu in 88 first took it was 4 or 5 different colors, got all the bugs worked out, decided to paint it,ended up stripping to bare metal while still racing it, last night I raced it before painting,it had what I thought was a little surface rust on the bare metal, till a kid about 10-12 years old asked me if my car had been burnt.
I decided after that I should finish it and not race it in that shape any more.

Mike Taylor 3601

10-12-2012, 04:07 PM	#1
rallye bob Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Genoa, Illinois Posts: 489 Likes: 9 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	I have a thought......... How much does "look good" enter into your "go fast" quest? Thought it was worth some discussion........ I think I am too into "looking good", and it may take away from my "going fast".... Please help.... Last edited by rallye bob; 10-12-2012 at 04:10 PM.

10-12-2012, 05:10 PM	#2
treessavoy VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Dunnellon,FL Posts: 1,103 Likes: 0 Liked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: I have a thought......... Are you talking about you or the car? JimR __________________ Jim Rountree

10-12-2012, 07:35 PM	#3
Tom keedle Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Berthoud, Coloraduh Posts: 695 Likes: 13 Liked 8 Times in 7 Posts	Re: I have a thought......... there's some stuff you can take for a colonoscopy that'll make ya "go fast"... i don't think it'll help in the looks dept., though. __________________ without losers,winning means nothing.

10-12-2012, 07:53 PM	#4
J.R. Haddad Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 784 Likes: 933 Liked 1,463 Times in 307 Posts	Re: I have a thought......... Tom, it could help in the looks dept. You gotta tone up doing 20-30 sprints to the "National Dragster Reading Room". And spending that much time in there gotta be worth a 10 LB. weight loss.

10-13-2012, 12:05 AM	#5
Mike Taylor 3601 VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somerset,Ky Posts: 1,369 Likes: 348 Liked 292 Times in 101 Posts	Re: I have a thought......... also makes you no longer full of you now what Mike Taylor 3601

10-13-2012, 12:20 PM	#8
Jim Wahl Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Central Florida Posts: 5,844 Likes: 666 Liked 683 Times in 129 Posts	Re: I have a thought......... Plastic surgery? Jim . __________________ Jim Wahl....NHRA #2239 S/SS - IHRA # 8 Stock, D2 Stock Champion (forever I guess) 2019 Baby Gators Stock Champion 2009 NHRA D2 National Open Stock Champion 1982 NHRA D2 West Palm Beach LDRS SS Runner Up Past President, Southern Stock / Super Stock Association.

10-13-2012, 12:41 PM	#9
Billy Nees VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: On a hilltop in Pa. Posts: 4,485 Likes: 3,587 Liked 7,682 Times in 1,730 Posts	Re: I have a thought......... I never saw "show points" win a drag race. __________________ Billy Nees 1188 STK, SS I'm not spending 100K to win 2K

10-13-2012, 01:49 PM	#10
Mike Taylor 3601 VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Somerset,Ky Posts: 1,369 Likes: 348 Liked 292 Times in 101 Posts	Re: I have a thought......... I like for my car to look good,when it's clean it does'nt look too bad it needs new paint but that won't make any difference in winning or losing. My first stocker I built was 80 malibu in 88 first took it was 4 or 5 different colors, got all the bugs worked out, decided to paint it,ended up stripping to bare metal while still racing it, last night I raced it before painting,it had what I thought was a little surface rust on the bare metal, till a kid about 10-12 years old asked me if my car had been burnt. I decided after that I should finish it and not race it in that shape any more. Mike Taylor 3601

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