Your Dad was Cooler than You

[themechanic]

Hemmings Muscle Machines article

Breaking news: your dad was cooler than you
By Dan Stoner on Jan 7th, 2021 at 2:58 pm



https://www.hemmings.com/stories/20...ekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2021-01-07

 

[Budnicks]

written by a guy named Stoner

I think not

now my stepdad was almost as cool as I was

 

[themechanic]

That article seems a little tongue-in-cheek. Especially, the photo of the guy in his 70s attire. My Dad had a pleather jacket and a pair of those ankle-high zipper boots and some plaid slacks.

 

[Hilljack68]

My dad was a Chevy guy... hence, he was NOT cooler than me.

 

[themechanic]

My Dad wore black socks with plaid shorts.

 

[toolmanmike]

written by a guy named Stoner

I think not

now my stepdad was almost as cool as I was

Stoner? Sure nuff. Blake Stoner builds some kick *** custom trucks and cars. https://www.stonerspeedshop.com/

 

[wagonman]

Dad brought a brand new 70 Charger 500, get the Hemi Dad. He opted for the 383 Magnum A/T on the column AC PB. At least he let us kids pic the color, Plum Crazy with a black top and guts. Yeah he was cooler than Me. After he passed I found out he still had it. It was stored in a garage from 74 till his passing in 88. Story goes he got so many parking tickets in Manhatten that he neede to pay them off to register the car. Scoff law. Even after only 4 years on the salty NY city roads it needed quarters,rockers and fender work. With only 35K it still ran great. Put tires belts and hoses plus fluid changes ect and drove it from NY to Vegas. Texas panhandle at 100 plus at nite. This was in 1990 and car was restored by Me. Since I was married when I got the car it had to be sold in my divorce. I know the current owner and if he sells I have first dibbs.

 

[myk r sanchez]

Dont know about you guys, but my dad was cooler. Only thing I got up on him was getting a Trans Am of my own but that's only because he had success with women to the point that he got one of them pregnant. His only son had no such success with women so he had nothing better to do than pick up a firebird...

 

[Sahara]

My dad was badass. Worked on the railroad when he was 12 or 14. MP for a while in the army. THOSE are some tough dudes. We never got along, really, and I feel bad about that now that he’s gone.
One day we found a harmonica somewhere. Dad picks it up and cranks off some amazing blues stuff. Put it down and wouldn’t talk about it. Never saw him play or talk about it before or after. I’m a music guy, and that was some amazing ****. But he wouldn’t talk about it. Like it never happened.

 

[chargervert]

He drove this green Charger ,and I drive this orange Charger,so I can hang with him!

 

[coronet68mx]

My dad love mustangs, me always like mopars he use to smoke pot, me never even tobacco, i was weight lifting national sub champion, he like to get drunk and get into fights, me well I was a strong guy in my youth so other guys respect me, no need to get into fights, the few I get involved i won, mmmm no i was cooler than him, but he was cool too, sometimes I miss the old big guy ( he 1.87 mts tall me 1.70)

 

[Outlawd]

My dad was cooler than me simply because he was my dad, and thats the way it should be. I'm old enough to respect that.

 

[Mike67]

That article seems a little tongue-in-cheek. Especially, the photo of the guy in his 70s attire. My Dad had a pleather jacket and a pair of those ankle-high zipper boots and some plaid slacks.

That looks like the guy that does the insurance commercials with the ostrich...

 

[Bb70charger500]

My dad was definitely not cooler !
His first car chrysler newport my first car dodge charger his cars from newport on 4 door poop box's
My cars bad *** fast monsters!
He watched stars I raced

Is he smarter hell yes but could he make it out in the woods for a week hell no !

 

[Mike67]

Yep , always thought my dad was a cool badass sumbitch, my grand dad was my too, they both were hero's in my eyes.
Dad was a state trooper in a small central Texas town, but covered 3-4 counties, there were only 2 other troopers in a 100 mile radius, so he was always out there by himself and relying only on his training and Gods grace. He later became a deputy sheriff where he retired.
Grandad was a WWII army vet who saw combat in north Africa and later Anzio. He helped put in some of the first oil rigs in the Atchafalaya basin and later became Chief Deputy in a small east Texas county. He was loved by the good and feared by criminals.

 

[Pops1967GTX]

My dad was my hero. In the early days he drove a Buick wildcat. And later on A Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. I needed a captain license to drive that ship.

 

[myk r sanchez]

He drove this green Charger ,and I drive this orange Charger,so I can hang with him!View attachment 1051829 View attachment 1051830

That Charger 'vert is REAL?! Wow that's incredible!

My dad was badass. Worked on the railroad when he was 12 or 14. MP for a while in the army. THOSE are some tough dudes. We never got along, really, and I feel bad about that now that he’s gone.
One day we found a harmonica somewhere. Dad picks it up and cranks off some amazing blues stuff. Put it down and wouldn’t talk about it. Never saw him play or talk about it before or after. I’m a music guy, and that was some amazing ****. But he wouldn’t talk about it. Like it never happened.

My dad was like that too; strong, silent military type. I dont know about your situation but in mine, he didn't talk to me much because he said I didn't measure up. I used to hate him for that but the truth is the truth and as an adult I can see it now: military service, black belt at the age of 17, college graduate, played guitar, danced, sang, was the life of any party until the cancer hit and took all of that away. He passed away before we could resolve our issues. Funny how that happens in stories like ours? Ah well, at least I got my firebird and he didn't lol.

 

[themechanic]

My Dad wore black socks with plaid shorts.

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Wait, is that Mike Pence?

 

[Kern Dog]

My Dad was a guitarist in the late 50s and early 60s. His band was called Johnny and the Thunderbirds. They opened for the Everly Brothers a few times. They played back east in the Ohio and Michigan area. Once my sis was born in '62, Mom started pushing him to consider a steadier career. By 1967, they decided to pack up with us three kids and move to California. He got into selling cars after that.
Yeah...Dad sold cars during the Musclecar era!

 

[Kern Dog]

I'm not sure if I ever told anyone here about that.
Yeah, Dad was pretty cool!