Y-TRY
07-12-2005, 02:36 AM
I just want to give all props to the unappreciated middle-ground cars that will never get their due attention......
There is a weird middle ground with Hot Rods.... To be considered with some of the best cars you have to spend no less than $60k on your car to be acknowledged for your effort. Either that, or you have to build it in your garage for only $12.00 with homemade duct tape and bubble-gum.
I want to officially give honor to those of us who fall in-between:
We've done the best we could do within a certain budget. It may have been above many, but below many more. We can't qualify as "Cheap Street" but honestly can't compete with some of the super-cars out there with exponentially more resources. We can't do it ALL by oursleves, but also don't have any sponsors. So where do we fit?
I can't knock any of the super-duper cars out there built on budgets that eclipse my yearly income. I also can't knock the true car guys who have EARNED the ability to do all the things we would LOVE to do with our babies. But many of us farm-out what we can, and do the rest in our garage. It's all relative. Many of us CAN do the work but have limited time to do it, whereas a retired paint-and-body-guy has all the time in the world to invest in a project. I have come to peace with that.
The point is that all of our/your cars are worth the attention of everyone.
We all mold our dreams around what we can afford but the middle guys never get attention. We bust our butts and lose our friends and families to achieve the goals we set for our projects but will never make it in magazines, or to SEMA, even. We are satisfied with a genuine nod from a stranger at Sonic on any given Saturday night.
I WANT to hate the people with more resources than I have, but I know it's not fair to them. Every person I've met in that situation has been cool to me. I know I have more resources to apply to my car than others may have and I don't want to be despised for that. So I feel blessed for the gift of being able to contribute to my car, as should you, if you own a hobby-rod. I concede that my budget puts me out of range of many of the cars I admire, but even my low-budget is above tons of other aspiring car guys.
We are NOT forgotten. Even if our budgets put us in the middle-ground, our cars ARE worth attettion. We are no more, or less, passionate about or cars than those who get attention from the media sources we worship so dearly.
I'm wanting to speak to those of you who feel like your cars are dimenished, in ANY way, by the amount of resources your are able to contribute to them. Your cars are worthy beyond what you can imagine. Our budgets promote ingenuity that is unrivaled in the car community. We find the best and most effiecient ways to realize our goals. We should be PROUD of that, not ashamed that we couldn't do more.
Keep fighting the good fight, or 'wrenching' the good fight, and DO NOT be discouraged. I truly believe that everyone at Lateral-G feels the same way and supports us as we claw towards our goals.
There is a weird middle ground with Hot Rods.... To be considered with some of the best cars you have to spend no less than $60k on your car to be acknowledged for your effort. Either that, or you have to build it in your garage for only $12.00 with homemade duct tape and bubble-gum.
I want to officially give honor to those of us who fall in-between:
We've done the best we could do within a certain budget. It may have been above many, but below many more. We can't qualify as "Cheap Street" but honestly can't compete with some of the super-cars out there with exponentially more resources. We can't do it ALL by oursleves, but also don't have any sponsors. So where do we fit?
I can't knock any of the super-duper cars out there built on budgets that eclipse my yearly income. I also can't knock the true car guys who have EARNED the ability to do all the things we would LOVE to do with our babies. But many of us farm-out what we can, and do the rest in our garage. It's all relative. Many of us CAN do the work but have limited time to do it, whereas a retired paint-and-body-guy has all the time in the world to invest in a project. I have come to peace with that.
The point is that all of our/your cars are worth the attention of everyone.
We all mold our dreams around what we can afford but the middle guys never get attention. We bust our butts and lose our friends and families to achieve the goals we set for our projects but will never make it in magazines, or to SEMA, even. We are satisfied with a genuine nod from a stranger at Sonic on any given Saturday night.
I WANT to hate the people with more resources than I have, but I know it's not fair to them. Every person I've met in that situation has been cool to me. I know I have more resources to apply to my car than others may have and I don't want to be despised for that. So I feel blessed for the gift of being able to contribute to my car, as should you, if you own a hobby-rod. I concede that my budget puts me out of range of many of the cars I admire, but even my low-budget is above tons of other aspiring car guys.
We are NOT forgotten. Even if our budgets put us in the middle-ground, our cars ARE worth attettion. We are no more, or less, passionate about or cars than those who get attention from the media sources we worship so dearly.
I'm wanting to speak to those of you who feel like your cars are dimenished, in ANY way, by the amount of resources your are able to contribute to them. Your cars are worthy beyond what you can imagine. Our budgets promote ingenuity that is unrivaled in the car community. We find the best and most effiecient ways to realize our goals. We should be PROUD of that, not ashamed that we couldn't do more.
Keep fighting the good fight, or 'wrenching' the good fight, and DO NOT be discouraged. I truly believe that everyone at Lateral-G feels the same way and supports us as we claw towards our goals.