My name's Jeff Patterson I brought the 48 Chevy truck and then also got the 50 model
truck thats my brother's behind me and my 46 Ford this is my dad Richard and he brought
the 46 Ford that I also built yes sir brought the whole family got my wife my daughter she's
got a wagon also that she rides in it's a family thing for us we love coming out to
it we bring the old everybody we've got but the dogs they don't listen real good and sometimes
I bring those and they're about like the grandkids well as for me I mean the Hot Rod Reunion
I guess it's been probably the last 6-7 years but as far a little kid you know I've been
coming to Beach Bend here in Bowling Green for years with dad so it's been a family affair
for us for years and years hopefully years to come they started out riding around in
strollers up here I mean it's one of the biggest events we attend I mean you know what it brings
in as far as the people the spectators and what it does for an awesome place to bring
your family it don't get no better than that you know this is a 48 Chevy half ton all original
truck straight 6 originally 3 on a tree which is now 4 speed drive it everywhere it's my
baby I love it it's a ll original as far as the paint the patina on it my truck's got
the step up on the C notch in the back it's got the old trunk in there they used to belong
to my step mothers grandmother so it's actually been in the family for years it's actually
got my fuel tank inside of it now the old barn wood thats in the floor come off of a
friend of mines barn that was blown down in a storm it's all just kind of give it a different
custom look you know as far as in the bed of mine they can walk up and sit on this fender
right here or they you know my 6 year old plays in the bed of it you know it don't matter
your not gonna hurt it it's to enjoy and have fun with it's not to worry about yeah we've
got all of our shops up today it's a 235 6 cylinder in my truck it's basically stock
it's just I want a good dependable motor and an old hot hot water 6 they call them it's
just good straight out of the box it's dependable we drive them everywhere and I didn't any
trouble out of it I drove it at 80 mile an hour and it handled it does just fine the
trucks got a later model rear end under it the 308 roll gear so it'll ride on and gets
the job done the one that I built for my brother it's a 50 Chevy it's a it was originally started
life as a 3 quarter ton truck long wheel base and we shortened the chassis up shortened
the body up put it on a S 10 chassis now it's got the V8 power plant in it it's running
a built small block in it cam in it a good Holley carburetor on it runs good little more
horsepower than my straight 6 is but thats what my brother wanted so thats what we built
for him this personal truck I worked on when I was a teenager in the 60's when we found
it I said I remember that truck well I did break work on it motor work because I worked
at the old pure oil station in our hometown and Nick came out I found this truck in a
field laying on the ground bound for dead I guess no axles under it the axles had made
trailers amongst the years for a farmer and the truck was sitting on the ground and that
old truck was probably headed for nothing until I bought it from him for $100 and turned
it into a cool little hotrod for somebody family to have fun with and my brother loves
it any time he gets in something ready to ride he's in that old ratrod
actually the truck that I put together for my dad it's a 46 Ford ratrod truck it's totally
custom I mean custom don't come in a box it's 98% hand built everything on it tubular chassis
4 rear with airbags Chevrolet motor $700 transmission where it'd cruise on down the road it's actually
probably the rougher looking of the three which that's that look we wanted but it's
probably the better driving of the 3 trucks that we run that truck will sit on the interstate
and run 75 mile an hour all day long and you cant imagine the looks you get with it you
either get a look it's like oh my goodness or you get thumbs up and video cameras going
all the time we call it Spike it's got in the chassis it's got a lot of real pointed
tubular work it's got the spike points on it and it just picked up the name spike from
the word get go so we thought it fit and thats what it's called spike yeah most people can't
believe that I drive it especially being 64 years old he's the old man and I'm the one
crawling out of it like I tell most people you got to be a young man like myself to get
in and out of it