What is his user name?

 

I believe it is “just_a_goodolboy”

 

He took a lot of shots buying that car and I suspect he is not anxious to share his current situation. I was curious a while ago and did see that he did buy it and was working on it. He is still here and checks in once and awhile.

 

I know a few site users belittled him for the questions he asked. It seemed as though he didn't let that bother him. He did post a few times after buying the car with a few typical questions. So don't really know if he was leary about posting with his questions.
Not sure if this is the case with him but over the years I have noticed that some new Chevelle folks that are the most rabid about obtaining and owning a Chevelle lose interest soon afterwards. Maybe owning is something different than what they envisioned. This seems to happen with those that are unfamiliar with classic cars in general.

 

nope, not just_a_goodolboy
do you know his name Bill?

 

nope, not just_a_goodolboy
do you know his name Bill?

No Dean, we sent a couple PM's back and forth but never used our names just_a_goodoboy

 

Sorry Dean, slightly off. It is “just_a_goodoboy”

 

ah ha, you got the L outa there.

He hasn't logged on for almost a month.

 

Attachment didn't work, here is a screen shot. Car was very clean

 

That looks like a smoking deal. Six cyl is OK. Makes for a little more economical driving.

 

FB Marketplace can have some good deals but dealers are pretty quick grabbing them. This car was missing nothing and was original as the day it left the dealership. No dents, chrome was in great shape etc and everything worked. Minor rust in the normal places but for the money one hell of a deal. Oh well another day maybe.

 

Dang, that looks like a great deal. And would have been a great match for my 68

 

I wanted to chime in here, a lot of long time users of this site, including some in this very thread, do belittle others for their questions and insights and it does turn others off to post anything here.

The reason I know is because I’ve felt that way, y’all did that to that Kyal kid a few years back too. He was posting his Chevelle on YouTube after he stopped posting here, looks like a nice guy.

 

I wanted to chime in here, a lot of long time users of this site, including some in this very thread, do belittle others for their questions and insights and it does turn others off to post anything here.

I really hope that is not the case here. Most people will go out of their way to help fellow Chevelle enthusiasts. I have seen some things go off the rails when an OP does not listen to the solid advice provided. That will definitely start to make any thread go south.
kind of like… don’t ask me a question if you don’t want to listen to the answer.

 

Didn't the Good'olboys have their gig hijacked by the Blues Brothers?

 

They were last seen jumping a charger.

 

I think the answer is obvious. A motorist motoring about the motorways in a motorcar. Not out of gas money yet. See the USA, right? To Chevhell with everybody, too busy shifting.

 

No the post you quoted had nothing to do with Goodoboy. Yes we did go above and beyond to assist him.
I don't mess with anyone on this site or in my life. But when I am attacked or in this case unwarrantly insulted it tends to get my Irish up and I sometimes retaliate. This was a case of ignorance by a member here who is attempting to twist the facts and make themselves out to be abused. All I can say is they had it coming.

 

So belittling is basically telling someone the truth and they get upset because they didn't like the answer.

 

No belittling is “use your brain and common sense. I’ve been doing this for decades. We didn’t have the internet when I started. How many cars do you do each year in your shop? You’re just a hobbyist I do this for a living “ etc etc

That’s Not Aimed at anyone here.

 

No, the belittling is a lot more than just that, y’all legitimately make people feel small if they don’t know something, or in my case I was giving real advice on how to restore trim that I learned from a master body tech and y’all were just plain ol’ negative. It was disgusting to see for myself, and I’ve seen others mention this too—so it’s not just occurring in a vacuum.

And just for a little more insight why this needs to be identified here is I’m in my early 30s and I do body work and paint mainly. I hang out with only mechanics and all that jazz, but I see the classic car scene dying and people my age not really wanting to associate with older guys who just want to talk trash all day.

If you want people to continue this hobby of loving and restoring Chevelles—and to continue to think our cars are worth anything, then you should be more open to helping others without being mean about it, and even taking advice from others from time to time without acting like you know everything.

Dismiss it all you want, but it’s the truth.

 

or in my case I was giving real advice on how to restore trim that I learned from a master body tech and y’all were just plain ol’ negative.

I think you are distorting the facts here. I wasn't part of the thread you are referring to here but I did look for it so I could read what was said. What I read was you giving advice to the OP that would have caused severe damage to his project if he had taken your advice. Others chimed in to tell the guy not to do it your way and you didn't like it. It would appear you are using someone else's thread to retaliate against others, or is that just you being "plain ol' negative" as you would call it?

 

Polishing stainless and trying to remove scratches from chrome are two different animals

 

Back to the original post. I think there is a huge separation between the young and older generations. Most oldies like the cars the way they were. Back in the day we used to soup the hell out of our cars and working on them was almost a daily occurance. We learned the hard way just doing it with a Chilton's in hand or smarter friends. It was a huge part of our lives. Our cars were cheap and much less complicated than cars today with most being lucky if they even had power steering. Today the newer generation see and love the look and glamour of classics and want to join and learn via the internet. They never had the opportunity to tune up a car. When was the last time you went a local parts store to buy a distributor cap and find it in stock. It doesn't happen. So we have a generation gap and the old get frustrated when the young want to suck our brains and in a way of our thinking doing it the easy way. The young want to install 20 inch rims and make our cars into lowriders which further divides us. Personally I look at that as they are destroying the cars we love but we really need to suck it up and let them do it their way just like we did it in our earlier days. The older generation with exceptions are set in our ways and resentment builds. I think in another 20 years our classics will go the route that a 32 Ford coupe went. How many of those look or have their original power, wheels, interiors. It is really no different except the owners of a 32 are likely gone so that problem was resolved long ago. For those old enough I am sure you remember a owner of a 55 Buick could not give a 67 Camaro owner the time of day at a show. Yes it existed even back then. It's hard to just chill and let things roll off something I often can't do because I am set in my own way. Just try harder to be nice.

 

Back to the original post. I think there is a huge separation between the young and older generations.

I just retired two months ago and worked as an Aircraft mechanic for an airline. Worked with plenty of younger guys in their 20s and 30s. With a minority of exceptions one doesn't become an Aircraft Mechanic without liking things that make noise. The two most favorite hobbies of the Aircraft mechanic are cars and guns.
Now there were plenty of gearheads in that 20s and 30s group of guys. However they are not into American classic cars. They are into Audis, BMWs, Volkswagen, Subaru, and even Hondas. If they show any interest in owning a classic American vehicle it would be an American truck/4 wheel drive Jeep, etc. Of the 50 or so young gearheads I worked with only one had a nice American classic and that was a 68 Impala. The only reason this 22 year old owned that Impala was because his Grandfather bought it, restored it and then gave it to them.
Our beloved 60s and 70s classic cars are not the cars of their youth. The foreign import cars are the cars of their youth. Must admitt that I would not have much interest in buying or owning any models of American cars that date prior to 1955. Sure I like to look at and can appreciate cars from the 40s, 30s and before, those are the cars of my Father's and Grandfather's generation. To put it another way if there are two cars I had to choose from and one was a 1948 Buick and the other was a 1968 Charger RT, I'm going with the 68 Charger 9 times out of 10. Meanwhile the owner of the 48 Buick is shaking his head in disgust.

 

As far as GOB & Kyal. I don't know if they were too proud or what but NUMEROUS people gave solid advice and they just did not listen. Kyal knew all the answers but kept asking the question and GOB had $$$ burning a hole in his pocket. Why ask the question if you don't want to hear the answer?

 

So in your post you are probably right but if you see that happening just don't respond. I know it's hard to do but we are the only ones that can control that. Like I say I try my best to avoid those posts but.........

 

I have to comment on this, It has been my observation that some (not all) of the older people in this hobby, seem have an attitude of, don't bother me, or your stupid. I see this at cruise nights that I attend. (not car shows)
I'm 65 and I enjoy talking to the younger people I meet, as they are more than happy to BS about stuff. A lot (not all) of the older men just sit in groups together and can't be bothered. Case in point, I was talking with a 35 to 40 year old lady about her 66 corvair, it was a 4 door and had air conditioning I found that interesting, the old guy next to us out of nowhere said yea but it's more door. Why???? he had nothing else to to say, just a snide remark.

 

It's a very cliquish hobby and I couldn't agree more. Always been that way as far back as I can remember. Snide comments, the last show when I fired up my stock L79 right down to its original carburetor the owner of a 71 Charger gave me crap for the smell. I got out and yelled out really loud "I suppose your farts don't stink either."

 

due to his text mannerisms i seriously thought someone had set a chat bot loose on the site. Every single post he had read exactly like the auto-replies on a retail companies social media sites.
Only the fact that some TC members actually met him in real life changed my mind, but he still posted that way. totally bizarre.
It was that bizarre style that really lead to the few folks that were outright disrespectful to him in their responses...

For better or worse, I think he had his heart set on that car from when he first saw it- got suckered into putting a deposit down on it to "hold it" for him by the dealer... then he felt like he HAD to buy it regardless of what people here said because he was already invested in it.

The car had obvious issues that were going to Nickle and dime him to death as a person who couldn't/wouldn't do the work himself.
The undercoated & rusty/leaking gas tank... then the upper control arm bushing that had worked its way out... Two immediate examples of stuff that someone COULD do themselves, but would throw thousands at a shop to do for them.

I wish him well, but the site as a whole (with a few exceptions) went above and beyond to nicely explain why it wasn't a good car, and to present him with better options as well.

you can only do so much for someone.

 

Well said.

due to his text mannerisms i seriously thought someone had set a chat bot loose on the site. Every single post he had read exactly like the auto-replies on a retail companies social media sites.
Only the fact that some TC members actually met him in real life changed my mind, but he still posted that way. totally bizarre.
It was that bizarre style that really lead to the few folks that were outright disrespectful to him in their responses...

For better or worse, I think he had his heart set on that car from when he first saw it- got suckered into putting a deposit down on it to "hold it" for him by the dealer... then he felt like he HAD to buy it regardless of what people here said because he was already invested in it.

The car had obvious issues that were going to Nickle and dime him to death as a person who couldn't/wouldn't do the work himself.
The undercoated & rusty/leaking gas tank... then the upper control arm bushing that had worked its way out... Two immediate examples of stuff that someone COULD do themselves, but would throw thousands at a shop to do for them.

I wish him well, but the site as a whole (with a few exceptions) went above and beyond to nicely explain why it wasn't a good car, and to present him with better options as well.

you can only do so much for someone.

 

I thought it was at least a non English speaker using a translator at first.

 

I rode in the car he bought, dealer said I Could Not drive it for someone else, it had many issues and I sent him many pics, all mechanical issues could've been fixed in a cpl weekends but for IIRC $50K it shouldn't have needed any repairs IMO, interior was ok except they missed a large spot on the head liner when they dyed it, a few knicks & scratches in the paint and some crust underneath, good running crate 350 and trans shifted like it had a shift kit, needed brakes and pulled real bad to the R when applied

 

Rick I think he paid 44k for it and pretty sure they were already holding a deposit that was non refundable when you drove it. They agreed to install discs for 500 bucks. I think two things happened, non refundable deposit (Fl has few consumer protections unlike Ma) and he really wanted a 1970 and everyone was showing him 71s and 72s. He is still a member here and I am sure his email box is filling up so hopefully he puts up a post to let us know how it is going.

 

He posted this responding to me in an older thread.

"It is best you get use to me, because I will continue asking questions to this forum until our God takes me away."

Maybe...

 

Yeah HA! No ego in that statement! Holy crap! All that asking, and he still got taken for a ride. ? Growing up and controlling urges is hard to do, and I hope it turns into a fun ride for him!