{"id":9523,"date":"2010-05-02T20:26:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T03:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=9523"},"modified":"2013-07-28T18:37:31","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T01:37:31","slug":"im-a-car-guy-not-a-web-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/im-a-car-guy-not-a-web-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m a Car Guy! (not a web guy)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fim-a-car-guy-not-a-web-guy%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F05%2FCar-guy-blog.jpg&amp;description=I%E2%80%99m+a+Car+Guy%21+%28not+a+web+guy%29\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[9523]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/im-a-car-guy-not-a-web-guy\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/im-a-car-guy-not-a-web-guy\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"I\u2019m a Car Guy! (not a web guy)\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/im-a-car-guy-not-a-web-guy\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=I\u2019m a Car Guy! (not a web guy)&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/im-a-car-guy-not-a-web-guy\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/im-a-car-guy-not-a-web-guy\/\" data-text=\"I\u2019m a Car Guy! (not a web guy)\" data-desc=\"I'm a car guy, not a web guy. \u00a0 Yes, I've spent the last 3 years making MyRideisMe.com and spending a huge portion of my limited free time on the computer, but it's all been worth it. The community's growing, sponsorship is growing and that means there'll be more free stuff (see the freebies\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Car-guy-blog.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Car-guy-blog.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[9523]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9528\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"I'm a car guy!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Car-guy-blog.jpg\" alt=\"I'm a car guy! hot rod blog, nice car, custom\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Car-guy-blog.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Car-guy-blog-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Car-guy-blog-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Car-guy-blog-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a car guy, not a web guy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I&#8217;ve spent the last 3 years making <a title=\"hot rod and custom car community\" href=\"http:\/\/myrideisme.com\">MyRideisMe.com<\/a> and spending a huge portion of my limited free time on the computer, but it&#8217;s all been worth it. The community&#8217;s growing, sponsorship is growing and that means there&#8217;ll be more free stuff (see the freebies stories) and more content for everyone to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That said, I had to spend some time in the garage this weekend to prove to myself, I am a car guy. My 1963 Falcon wagon&#8217;s been neglected so that MyRideisMe.com&#8217;s not. I&#8217;ve had a new radiator to put in for a while now and I have an <a title=\"Best battery going\" href=\"http:\/\/www.optimabatteries.com\/home.php\" target=\"_blank\">Optima Battery<\/a> to put in as well. My new yellow top&#8217;s still waiting, but at least I&#8217;ve got the radiator in!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ford-falcon-radiator-install.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[9523]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9531\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Ford Falcon wagon radiator install from the front\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ford-falcon-radiator-install.jpg\" alt=\"Ford Falcon wagon, custom, hot rod, home built\" width=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ford-falcon-radiator-install.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ford-falcon-radiator-install-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ford-falcon-radiator-install-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ford-falcon-radiator-install-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/a><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ford-falcon-radiator-install2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[9523]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9530\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Ford Falcon wagon radiator install from the rear\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ford-falcon-radiator-install2.jpg\" alt=\"Ford Falcon wagon, custom, hot rod, home built\" width=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ford-falcon-radiator-install2.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ford-falcon-radiator-install2-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ford-falcon-radiator-install2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ford-falcon-radiator-install2-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Why&#8217;d it take me so long? It was a hard day&#8217;s work, but not as bad as I thought it would be. I have this tendency to over think to the point where it keeps me from getting started. Maybe that&#8217;s how I&#8217;m wired as an engineer. I&#8217;m pretty happy with how it turned out. I had to notch the top and bottom to &#8220;sink&#8221; the radiator into the support. I&#8217;m worried about fitting a fan with the long inline 6 I&#8217;m using, so I wanted the extra 1\/2&#8243; of space. The hole that I filled was cut out for a different radiator and without much thought for how it&#8217;d look. It looks better now. I just wish I was a better welder so I didn&#8217;t spend 10 minutes welding and 40 grinding.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve done alot more to the car since my last <a title=\"1963 Falcon Wagon Build Stories\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/tag\/63-ford-falcon-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">Falcon Wagon Build<\/a> update, but I haven&#8217;t written about it. I&#8217;ll load the build pics into <a title=\"1963 Falcon Wagon in Pikesan's garage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Garage\/pikesan\/418\" target=\"_blank\">my garage<\/a> so you can see&#8217;m there.\u00a0 (That&#8217;s what the garages are for!)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Hot-wheels-racing-fan.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[9523]\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9533\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Hot wheels racing fan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Hot-wheels-racing-fan.jpg\" alt=\"Hot wheels, racing, car show, hot rod\" width=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Hot-wheels-racing-fan.jpg 786w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Hot-wheels-racing-fan-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Hot-wheels-racing-fan-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Hot-wheels-racing-fan-400x305.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s why I&#8217;m a car guy. That&#8217;s my son on the right. Just in the frame is the black Mustang hot wheel he&#8217;s racing and winning with. Who doesn&#8217;t love seeing their kids this happy!? Working on MyRideisMe.com combines what I love most. Cars and my family. Spending time with both is pure gold! Mix in buddies and their rides, and we&#8217;re all good.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/dirty_faced-hot-rodder.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[9523]\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-9535 alignleft\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"dirty_faced hot rodder\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/dirty_faced-hot-rodder.jpg\" alt=\"get dirty working on hot rods\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/dirty_faced-hot-rodder.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/dirty_faced-hot-rodder-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/dirty_faced-hot-rodder-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/dirty_faced-hot-rodder-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These hot wheels races are every Friday night at Gilbert and Baseline in Gilbert, AZ. Click here for more car show information. It was $5 for 3 races and 5 cars. Not bad!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m off to publish some pinstriping pictures, then finish up <a title=\"Hot Rod Newsletter\" href=\"http:\/\/myrideisme.us1.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=57bca6d7e6dcf39ded7495b1e&amp;id=e0eee3da99\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">our weekly newsletter<\/a>, then work on the new look for MyRideisMe.com. Here&#8217;s hoping in all that, I don&#8217;t forget to look like this once in a while.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Get dirty working on your hot rod: Be a car guy. Then tell us about it. If I spend to much time away from my projects, make sure to let me know. There&#8217;s already enough non-car guys-car-websites out there!<\/p>\n<p>-pikesan<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fim-a-car-guy-not-a-web-guy%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=I%E2%80%99m+a+Car+Guy%21+%28not+a+web+guy%29\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/im-a-car-guy-not-a-web-guy\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/im-a-car-guy-not-a-web-guy\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"I\u2019m a Car Guy! 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