How long have you been modifying cars for?

[JB91389]

Just wanted to know what got you guys into modifying cars? How long have you been doing it for?

Here a pic of my dad and me(in the stroller) the pic was taken in 89
Its a 1986 Toyota Celica GT-S
Full kaminari kit
MOMO Rims - at that time it was around $700 per rim
Car was put in many local car shows



It was my dad who got me into modifying cars. He's been doing it as a hobby since he was growing up in the Philippines. Once i started with the supra I got hooked. I don't think I'll ever stop...

So what about you guys

 

[IJ.]

31 years...

 

[OneJoeZee]

'03 I think?

 

[swaq]

4+ years, bought my '87 when I was 18 and that's pretty much when it started

 

[LilMissMkIII]

nearly 12 months

 

[OneJoeZee]

4+ years, bought my '87 when I was 18 and that's pretty much when it started

At first glance while scrolling, I thought that said 44 years. :ugh:

 

[tissimo]

since i was 16-17.. so 5-6 years.. im a noob...

 

[Big Wang Bandit]

Since i was 13, with my uncle.

5 years.


That celica is sick1

 

[IJ.]

5 uncool years at that <jk>

 

[trboflyr]

11 years of modifying cars and almost 3 years of building cars. Good times!

 

[jdub]

30 years
First one was a 396 '70 Chevelle SS.

 

[2543arvin]

off and on for about 5 years

 

[suprageezer]

Bought my first car when I was 14, a 63 rambler station wagon, for 85.00, it needed a starter, after three bad ones I got her running perfectly as a camp vehicle for the next two years. I couldnt drive it, my Mom allowed some older friends to drive it on our explorartions all over socal camping surfing, and shooting. That was 1971 36 years and around 40-45 vehicles ago.

 

[Loki]

I've been messing around with cars with my Dad for a long time. Modding my own cars maybe 4 years, not long.

 

[ValgeKotkas]

Errrmmmm... what's modding?:biglaugh:

 

[bgrieger]

17 years or so...started with a helping a friend's and his dad restore and mod MGB's and his 86 celica, and eventually graduated to my own 81 civic...1500cc of carbed bliss. The rest has been a haze of burning rubber, oil, bloody knuckles and lots of noises.

You never forget your first

 

[JB91389]

cool....some of you have been doing this for a really long time

 

[IJ.]

cool....some of you have been doing this for a really long time

Too long.....

Done it as a job a few times but it takes the fun aspect away from working on my own car.

 

[Supracentral]

25 years

First one was one of these:

Got to the point of messing with stuff like this:

Then I found this:

Which eventually led to this:

These days I'm happy with this:

 

[Gilsdorf]

26 years.
Jdub, love the Heavy Chevy's! I had a '67 327 Malibu. But my first car was 1975 Chevy Monza that I dropped in a built LT-1 350(in 1981) it would lift the front left tire 6" off the ground when I got traction.