49 Dodge Dude Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 I'm 48 now, but I've been into old cars since I was about 20. My first was a '65 Impala, followed by a '57 Chevy, a '54 Olds, a '40 Chevy, and now a '49 Dodge. I love the hobby, but my Wife thinks I'm nuts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted October 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 I`M 95 And if you believe that, I've got this nice old bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aero3113 Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 Im 31, I have had my 50 Plymouth for about 3 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIPJOBXX Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 And thank god for Viagra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 JIPJOBXX...dang man..dosen't anything work at your place...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beatles65 Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 I was wondering how someone could make a living detasseling. It seems like a very short seasonal job. It must pay quite well. Merle I dont make a living from Detasseling. Its just a summer job that I have been doing since I was 13 to make extra cash to buy cars and tractors. It does pay very well, but you sure do work for that money!! A season is usually 3 to 4 weeks long in the dead of summer when it is the hottest. This last season we were working in 100 Degree to 110 degree weather from 7am to 5pm. The harder you work the more money you make. I usually averaged $150 to $200 a day, but you really must work hard and be good at it to make that. Its fun and you make a lot of friends doing it and it pays well so those are the reasons that I keep going back every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted October 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 This has certainly been a good educational thread so far....... keep it going, and who knows what else we may learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barabbas Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 I grew up near De Kalb Ill (home of the the "Flying Ear"). Detasseling was the primary income for anyone under 18--it is hard, sweaty dirty work...you earn your money. I preferred to bail hay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 bailing hay is easy..driva da tractor..now if you are referring to picking it up, throwing it on the trialer, removing it from the trailer and getting it into the hayloft, throwing it to the back of the loft and stackin..yeah..am with you..you more than earn your money..and tasseling corn is childs play, sucker tobacco...talk about nasty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barabbas Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 Ya, I'm talking old school--stand on the moving hay wagon, hook the bale, stack the bale; go into the loft and stack some more-all done in 90+ degrees and high humidty. Later in life, when I felt bored and and confined sitting in an office, I would say to myself--at least I'm not bailing hay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merle Coggins Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 The best part about making hay was cutting it. I still love the smell of fresh cut alfalfa. Merle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faucet47custom Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 I'm 29 but have been crazy about cars since I could walk. I have two uncles that used to take me to work with them at a Nissan 240SX IMSA race shop. My grand parents flip old cars and I just got my 47 D24 last fall to redo but haven't put nearly the time I want to into it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveplym Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 31 years old and been around old cars and trucks all my life. Grandpa finished the restoration on my '47 when I was a baby. There are pictures of me in the back seat asleep when it was on its way home from the upholstery shop. Always loved the old Plymouth and always dreamed of the day I would be able to drive it. Been driving it for 16 years now and have owned it for the last 5. Once I got a hold of it I decided it was time to freshen up the paint and the motor. Had to add a few things too like OD and 12v conversion. Wiring needed replaced so went ahead and did the conversion. Grandpa is still around he just got bored with the old car. Decided he would give it to me to do something with. I've enjoyed working on the car with him and learning lots of things off this forum. He's learned things about his old car from me he never knew that I learned on this forum. You would of thought he knew after owning the car for 30 years. Always enjoy the forum and glad the younger generation enjoys the old mopars too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
53_Suburban Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 (edited) 15, out of the three cars Ive owned two are mopar 1989 jeep cherokee and my favorite 1949 dodge b1b and soon to be 1953 plymouth suburban Yay!! another '53 Suburban Back when I bought the Surburban I would have been considered one of the "younger guys" at 31 but now I'm 65 and only "young at heart". Edited October 27, 2010 by 53_Suburban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJM70's_48 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 I'm 40 and my P-15 is my first old car...maybe my only one? It's the fulfillment of a life-long desire to have a 40's car. When I bought it, I wasn't searching for a brand so much as the fat fenders 40s era. Now that I'm an owner...I'm a Mopar enthusiast. So much to learn. So little time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eneto-55 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 I'm not one of the "younger guys", but I did get my 46 when I was 24 years old - 30 years ago. The first family car I remember my Dad having was a 48 Dodge, he also had a 47 Plymouth for a short time. Next family car was a 53 DeSoto, then a 62 Chrysler Newport (later my first car), and after that it doesn't matter - I don't care for anything newer than that. (Except my son has a 75 Dodge Dart - his first car.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyHarold Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 I'm 56 years old and from Brooklyn. Is detasseling something the stripper does at the end of her act?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950 Special Deluxe Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 I just make the "younger" crowd at mid forties and down. I am 45. I belong to the local antique auto club here as well. As my kids tell me, dad not just the cars are old. I feel very young at those meetings. But, they have been very helpful as well as you guys on here. As before, my car picked me and I am very greatful. On another note, my oldest son pased his driver's test today in a snowstorm. His next mission is to learn to drive the standard in my little Ranger truck. The three on the tree is aways away yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beatles65 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 I'm 56 years old and from Brooklyn. Is detasseling something the stripper does at the end of her act?? Oh what a laugh!!! Maybe in your part of the country but here its basically living in a corp field for a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48Dodger Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 I'm 46.....The same number of old cars and trucks neatly diplayed around the yard. My brother sez I should charge addmission...lol. 48D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle-Pekka Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Hi Y'all! Uncle woke up... I nice thread, I am positively surprised we have this much "young" folks abroad. The old farts are making most of the noise. I am VERY impressed learning about Beatle65 backgrounds! Congratulations for your fine collection (so far) - With that kind of dedication and determination I am sure you will open the collection for public some day. I just hope I could visit there and then... It's cool, that you earn the money for collecting vintage tractors by working on the field. I could not find "detasseling" in my online dictionary - I assume by context, that it is for gathering and packing hay on the fields? I did that occasionally in early 70's with an old man nearby my fathers house. We did it in "ol' style", shoveling hay with a pitchfork up to a flat bed lorry and from there to barn. On a sunny day (as it usually is in late July) - it's hard work. All the best to you, Beatle65! /Unkka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Elder Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Uncle, detassling is pulling the bright yellow tassel from the top of a cornstalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle-Pekka Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Thank you Frank... uumm... what the h*ck is a tassel, then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Yergin Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 I was one of the young guys when I purchased my '41 Plymouth woodie 22 years ago. I knew for sure I was no longer a young guy when last year someone saw me getting out of the car and, after complimenting the car, asked me if I had had it since it was new. Jim Yergin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.warshaw Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 mid to late 30's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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