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So you wanto to be a rockstar...?
Saturday Jan 12, 2008 10:53:00 AM
Welcome to my blog! My name is Don Hartwick. I live in Orangevale, California, work around the State Capitol and have spent time in the Governors Office.
(Yes I have seen Arnie, No I don't have his autograph, nor do I want it...)
I drive the little blue Saturn affectionately known as Stitch seen here on this web site,,,,and on about 7 others.
I am as active as I can be in updating and posting new information on all of these sites.
Trouble is, alot of the contacts I have made over the past couple of years arn't updating me with how thier restorations are coming along.
You may have red a recent blog by fellow Carster, and freind of mine, Don Falloon. He very succinctly mentioned this somewhat dissapointing trend among many fellow enthusiasts who take a moment to post a few tantalizing shots of their rides and then fade into the sunset.
Since I am not quite at that older end of the age spectrum
(I am a member of the Guys over 40 Rulez club)
I almost fall into the catagory of the young jocks on the go and thier amazing ground based shiny machines. These fine people have grown up as part of the 'MySpace Generation" They know this as a viable solution for group interaction, whereas we who did not grow up with the internet, and actually remember the first personal home computer being nothing more than a glorified calculator.
We remember having to wait until our friend got off the phone at his house so we could call them. There was no such thing as call waiting. To make matters worse, we actually had to race home to actually make a Call!! we couldn't simply text our friends from the middle of the intersection tying up traffic!
"Hey! Go around me! I'm trying to text the President!!"
My point is we have figured out quite well how to use these new fangled internet communication devices. Digital photography isn't the wave of the future. Its here now.
Most of us now have the capital to actually create that raging machine either in the garage now, or in our dreams. If not that, we can certainly buy a starter and drive it until the wheels come off!
But what about the rest of us?
I really enjoy looking at rides from all era's. Clean and straight, or wound up and bound up killer machines. Doesn't matter. Trouble is, if you got that 36 Auburn down there in Jersey, or that fried up and sugar coated 71 Camaro over in Whichita, I want to see it! I would enjoy seeing the transformation with updates on your progress in getting that old Ford Flatbed up and running!
You will find you are making friends while you make changes.
Sooner or later the paint on grandmas old Catalina is going to need freshening. You might consider a new set of rims, or a new flowmaster exaust system. The point here is it doesn't have to be car show ready for people of like minds to appriciate it. Keeping pace with your car is one thing. You do or you don't.
Keeping pace with a group of friends is another.
That being said, always there will be controversy.
The internet is a wierd place akin to the old wild American west. It can be lawless out here. Mostly, it is peaceful until you find yourself on the wrong side of the tracks. Of course, that is another blog for another time.
So I encourage you to take a moment to snap a fresh shot of your home made convertible and throw it up on your page. Say hey to the friends you have made on your journey through cyberspace.
We're all out here waiting for you.
I am a member of these fine Auto Enthusiats web sites, which are all free to post and blog on.
Carster, Cardomain, Carspace (Through Edmunds.com) Rideroom, Buildsheet, Hotrod, Carcraft, and Hemmings.
Now go play some guitar Hero!
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Posted By: Fireball22
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2008/01/13 11:34:32 AM |
| Hey, bro! What do you mean you don't want Da Governator's autograph? He's a car nut, too! Okay, as long as it's a Hummer... Thanks for the props! |
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