About Rockem

Rockem · ‎25-01-2022

Having been a welder all my life and having taught welding I can not even guess at how long it takes to TIG all of those joints.Even if you double team it your looking at hundreds of hours.

Rockem · ‎21-01-2022

These auctions are a two headed coin for us normal car people.

Rockem · ‎19-01-2022

I can die a happy man. I've lived to see a Hot Rod/Custom car sell for 2 million.

Rockem · ‎05-01-2022

If power coating is so great why did the NHRA stop using it? Because stress cracks in the frame may not show through the thick coating.Also,if the coating does crack it may not be noticed and moisture can get behind it causing rust. Power coating has some very good uses.Frames that are going to take a beating like a dirt bike is not one.

Rockem · ‎19-07-2021

Motor Man I agree.I love the sound of a strong V8,but I also love Mother Earth. Right now she's in trouble.If I wasn't 74 and have a paid off truck I'd be looking at electric trucks.

Rockem · ‎04-06-2021

Seems to me that there a lot of auto companies that say "If I knew than what I know now" a lot more prototypes would have been produced.

Rockem · ‎24-03-2021

What happened to the love of a dream car. Collectors buy a car because they have a passion for it.I do believe the prices listed are high. So you get the one you want,for a reasonably price,put it in your garage and build it a little at a time,when you can afford it.Even if it takes ten years,the prices there getting for these types of cars isn't going down. Call it your long term investment.

Rockem · ‎29-01-2021

Is what a car sells for at a auction really what it's worth? It was likely only two people that drove the price up to double the value. It maybe worth that price to them,but.how about the rest of us.Using auction prices to set the value is not realty.The setting of an auction is designed to create hype and excitiment. One bidder against the other.The auctioner shouting bids. The floor people prompting the bidder to go for it. Just one more bid will take it. Than suddenly you've just bought a car for twice it's value.

Rockem · ‎15-01-2021

I agree about the trailer.I've built my share of trailers,before it got to the point where you can buy one for less than I can build it.I have no idea why the goose neck is so high,but what is the worse part of the design is the location of the axels.That thing must carry a lot of toung.As for the Rancho/Comeino Citroem it's kool.

Rockem · ‎11-01-2021

Almost any hood scoop looks,as long as it goes with the style of the car.We've all seen cars with hood scoops and wings bolted on and thought,what ta hell was that person thinking of. It's all about style and performance.

Rockem · ‎05-01-2021

I have a 51 Ford Victoria hood ornament on the wall of my shop.It's sleek,smooth no crazy fins sticking up,it looks like it's going a thousand miles per hour just hanging there.I should admit that I've hade five differant shoe box Fords over the years.

Rockem · ‎04-01-2021

Oh,darn.I was so looking forward to dropping 15 or 20 mil and I missed them all.

Rockem · ‎21-12-2020

Love them or hate them one has to admit that they are part of motoring history. And just like the hot rods that were built than they were built to have fun and be a self expression.There were no ten thousand square foot factory style shops.We built them at home in our little garages.

Rockem · ‎16-12-2020

Hey dude.we're talking cars not politics.

Rockem · ‎16-12-2020

So, this is what the auto industry has come become.Taking a very moderm concept,witch has it's merits,and due to a lack of imaganation try to steal some of the glory of an icon.Ford I'm going to let you in on a secret.This car has nothing to do with a Mustang.If you want to launce a new idea you use a new name.

Rockem · ‎13-11-2020

This amazing piece of art goes way,way past a motorcycle.

Rockem · ‎08-09-2020

I can sum up my reaction in one word WOW. The one that stands out the most,to me, is the pink Dodge. They're all beautiful.

Rockem · ‎31-08-2020

Next time bolt a Mercedes emblem on the front.And like someone else wrote put the right wheels on or at least put spoked wheels.

Rockem · ‎27-08-2020

My present ride is a 70 Fairlane 500. I always been a fan of that body style and wondered how it would react to very high speeds. I guess we know now.

Rockem · ‎26-08-2020

I always go for the one with the broken wing. So,of course it's the T-Bird. I just checked,I've got a hundred and thirty three dollars and forty cents in my pocket. It will take more than that,I'll bet.

Rockem · ‎25-08-2020

At 72 years old I'm finding that my battery runs down quicker. Like the old saying goes "The mind willing the body's not". There one thing that hasn't changed,when I do finish a project(even thought it might take twice as long) the big smile still feels good.

Rockem · ‎19-08-2020

I must not run with the right people.I know a lot of people,but,I don't know anybody that can pay 4.29 milliom for any car.

Rockem · ‎18-08-2020

I wonder why the Stingray wasn't in that list? I'm sure we all remember how well they worked.

Rockem · ‎17-08-2020

If wishs were fishs the brooks would full.They sure missed there chance to sell a whopper.

Rockem · ‎13-08-2020

I've found that when a motor head finds that special car or bike that they want condition,most of the time,doesn't mean much. They'll spend what they have to do to own it and spend what ever they have to to make it what their vision of it is.

Rockem · ‎08-08-2020

I had a 76 Datsun pick up.It came down with carb problems. I fixed it,I put a Ford 289/C4 in it. That wasn't easy I had to make a dog house and put the back four cylinders in it. By the time I got done the only thing Datsun was the sheet metal and the frame. It wasn't unibody.

Rockem · ‎05-08-2020

I always have a rafter square chose.

Rockem · ‎04-08-2020

I restored a 66 Spitfire for my wife years ago. We soon learned what they mean by the slogan "Lucas Prince Of Darkness".

Rockem · ‎04-08-2020

Here,here Thank You

Rockem · ‎04-08-2020

I guess that I can put my bidder pedal away.

Rockem · ‎28-07-2020

The problem is that a month after you throw a part away,you or some friend needs that part.

Rockem · ‎24-07-2020

I made pretty good money painting pickups in the 70's.Everybody wanted there truck to look cool.Like the one they saw in the magazine. I must of gone through a half million miles of masking tape during that period.Things have changed,you don't have to be good with a spray gun any more. Just have to be good with a computer.

Rockem · ‎06-07-2020

I don't blame the sellers,they want as much as they can get.This kind of fool hardy spending does not help the car hobbist. It's inflated the value to the point that the normal people who just want a cool old car to work on are pushed out of the market. Suddenly all those people out there think that rusted shell in back of there uncle's garage that used to be a Mustang is worth thousands of dollars. News flash IT'S NOT. It's more likely it's not even a parts car.The problem is that person going to tell you that they saw one on tv sell for $70,000.

Rockem · ‎28-06-2020

You've got a Ford guy saying it is BEAUTIFUL

Rockem · ‎27-06-2020

I guess what it boils down to is: if you can afford one of these cars you don't have to worry about the cost of the speeding ticket.

Rockem · ‎22-06-2020

I guess 28.5 liter can be considered a BIG block. So,what did it get for m.p.g.? Or is It more like g.p.m.

Rockem · ‎19-06-2020

As far as the 26 Lincoln is concerned.Be very,very careful.Repairing is a leak is lot easyer than tyring to find a replacement. I always try to finance a new build with the amount of money I got for the one I just sold.Once all of you long time builders stop laughing,I'll explane to the newbes your laughing.It never works out that way. It's always going cost more than you plan for.That floor pan that you thought looked so good,at least until you pulled the bottom of the back seat out.That's when you found the inner fender wells rotted at the bottom. I've been finding suprises for the last almost 60 years.I would have it any other way.Take your time.If you get fustrated or tired,leave it.It will still be there tomorrow.

Rockem · ‎12-06-2020

Brodix sells a very good looking cover for small blocks.

Rockem · ‎11-06-2020

I had a knuchhead chopper a life time ago.Two things 1 remember,be real careful when you start it.It had the capeabulity braking your leg or throughing you over the handle bars. 2 any place two pieces of metal come togerther with oil in back of them it leaked. Ah,but the good times I had on that old leaker.

Rockem · ‎09-06-2020

I have a daughter that works in hospital in NYC. If more people saw what this virous does to the human body,racing may not seem quite as important.

Rockem · ‎08-06-2020

I have a friend who Brit Bike lover.At last count(I haven't spoke with him in a in some time) had three Triumphs and two BSAs.Ohe of them is a 73 Bony,that he bought new. And,before anyone asks,he won't sell anything.

Rockem · ‎05-06-2020

Those two drag cars sure bring back some memories. I'm old enough to remember when they shook the ground.They may not be as fast as todays dragsters,but,they sure had a style all there own.

Rockem · ‎03-06-2020

The Citroen is amazing.It looks like something out of a old scary movie.Oh no,my steering is attacking me.

Rockem · ‎30-05-2020

At least there was one that I could afford.Maybe two if I were a BMW fan.

Rockem · ‎27-05-2020

At least he was thinking out of the box. We could use some of that today.

Rockem · ‎06-05-2020

I hope Larry has a chance to light up those big rear skins a time of two.