Young guns-sign in contest 2011

Ill drop my little side story in here as well.

My love for cars started at an early age, beginning at the age of 5 when I was crawling around the bed frame of my grandpas 1949 Chevy step side truck. I wasn't paying attention and had slipped cutting my upper foot on something sharp. as I was sitting there getting patched up I asked my grandpa what it was that had cut me, he told me it was a break line that had been cut off I asked him why it wasn't just taken off and he said that it was important, so i asked him why and as he explained it to me I became hooked on everything cars and still have a scar to this day. Most children wanted GI Joe's and such at that age but one of my favorite toys was the steering wheel from a 1978 Camaro that my mother had owned, that and my few hot wheels that I had collected; a collection that now is in the 4000 car range at the age of 22. I was picking out my car for high school when I was 10, my eyes immediately pouring over anything 71 GTX. Unfortunately as time progressed I found hat a car like that was way out of reach for me and that a more attainable car was needed, so I chose my sisters old 1995 Pontiac grand am. That car was the beginning of my love for fabricating, choosing to swap the rear bench for buckets and to completely redo the engine bay. It has always been my dream to have a show car, my inspiration coming from the several 1st place winners that my grandpa has built as well as my grandmas GNX. Obviously my love for mopars was at an early age but I finally had the opportunity to own my first MOPAR a 1993 Dodge Daytona 2.2 turbo. I had plans to do a frame job and possibly a small block conversion but I ended up trading it instead. a few years and several cars later I had obtained a 1979 280zx and had owned it for several months. One night while I was driving I was pulled over by an officer, he asked me if I knew why he had pulled me over and I knew I hadn't been speeding. He wanted to know if I did any trading and if I was into muscle cars? I had never really owned one before so I agreed to take a look at what he had, so I went to the police station and there she was sitting under a streetlight, the 1975 Dodge Dart swinger that the next day would be mine. We made the trade and I haven't looked back since. This vehicle will be the crowning achievement for my younger year building, sure there will always be the chances of other builds in my future but this will always be my first muscle car. Its not going to be crazy fast it will be a cruiser, something that looks good at the light but can stand its ground if provoked.