So, what other hobbies besides shooting / collecting guns do you have?

 

I recently got re-introduced to an old hobby of mine which is salt water fish / reef tank. The tank has been up and running for about a month now, and is still going thru its first cycle. Here are some photos...

 

With LED Moon lights on at night:

Coral Beauty

Percula Clown

Red Skunk Cleaner Shrimp

 

Also in the tank but not pictured are my cleanup crew...a bunch of tiny hermit crabs, and some pyramid snails, and two huge (2") mexican zebra snails.

 

I also enjoy collecting cars. But have not paid much attention to that hobby in a while.

Gravely

http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/guam/288/gravely.html

 

Home repair/improvement

Newel post needed to be replaced - it was rocking and rolling. Not anymore.

Im a foodie :-P

 

I've been wanting to get back into flying.. but that's even more expensive than guns :-P

Wow Chad, that is beautiful! Andy over at SS is big on Reef Tanks as well!

 

I used to have tropical fish back in the day, have refurbished over 2 dozen cars and a Jeep CJ6A and built a couple of VW Rabbit Autocross Championship cars for my son. Let's see, we raced Jet Skis for a season when my son was 16 and took third place for the season and we have been boating/cruising/fishing for at least 32 years.

Troy, your Goat looks Concourse! Is that Triumph a Bonneville? Great looking toys!

Troy, your Goat looks Concourse! Is that Triumph a Bonneville? Great looking toys!

 

Thanks John...... GTO is freshly painted..... but still just a nice driver.

 

Bike is a 2003 Triumph Speedmaster

I like to golf and hope to follow in Tiger's footsteps.

 

 

Philatelics, classic motorcycle restoration, Legend of Zelda and cooking. I make a wicked falafal and chicken parmesean! (Not together.. :puke-huge: )

 

I like to bullshit on the CB with the truckers and also like to ride my 2006 R6.

 

oooooh! Can you do a "pop a wheelie?" lmao

 

I use to crack up when ppl used to ask me that.

 

I HAD a '01 gixxer 1000 and a '00 CBR929 for a stunt bike...first day home from the dealer (6 miles on it) I smashed in the gas tank with a hammer and threw it on the ground a few times to scratch it up, my friends and I use to make fun of all the guys with the pretty clean bikes, especially the noobs with the helmet, jacket, boots and bike all the same colors that used to ride up and down route 37 in Toms River and hang out at WaWa all night. Couple a years later I got a 08 CBR 1000RR, kept that one pretty tho lol. Never cleaned it, just wasn't smashed up. I'll have to dig up some pics from my archives hahaha

 

 

do a wheelie yo! :auto-sportbike:

oooooh! Can you do a "pop a wheelie?" lmao

 

I use to crack up when ppl used to ask me that.

 

I HAD a '01 gixxer 1000 and a '00 CBR929 for a stunt bike...first day home from the dealer (6 miles on it) I smashed in the gas tank with a hammer and threw it on the ground a few times to scratch it up, my friends and I use to make fun of all the guys with the pretty clean bikes, especially the noobs with the helmet, jacket, boots and bike all the same colors that used to ride up and down route 37 in Toms River and hang out at WaWa all night. Couple a years later I got a 08 CBR 1000RR, kept that one pretty tho lol. Never cleaned it, just wasn't smashed up. I'll have to dig up some pics from my archives hahaha

 

 

do a wheelie yo! :auto-sportbike:

 

 

still cant imagine chad on a crotch rocket. :auto-sportbike:

haha chad used to do many things you'd never expect him to do.

Hunting, fishing, Kayaking, wood work and tinkering with hand tools.

My main hobby which is getting too expensive, but I still love it.

No wheelies for me. I don't stunt but I will do 150 mph down the interstate...

I can't afford any other hobbies.

boat racing, i will put up some vids..

I have been involved since 1989 when my best friends from growing up across the street, their dad decided to build a racing garvey and the chadwick racing team was born. I being in the marine trades buis and already working part time in a speed machine shop at night became engine tech for race team, rodney built the Fair warning G-27 plywood hull and raced from 1989 to 1996, the second year into racing a mold was made off the fair warning and a second hull would be born the G-28.

both hulls would race in the stock,superstock and 358 classes untill 1998, the G-27 was sold and we stopped racing.

 

In 2004 i purchased the extreme for my son to race in 2006 when he turned 18, i put the hull together and asked billy and dan chadwick to test run and race the boat to fine tune it. well in mid season 2004 i finished the hull and powered it with a stock class 283 and registered the boat, billy and danny would race the rest of the season in the extreme G-127 and win the championship title. evrything just went right..

 

Tony would take the wheel in 2006 and finished second in class, and has been class champ since..

in 2007 i purchased yet another race boat for mikey and and started all over again, we have not had as much luck with the extreme 2 G-227 the hull is too short and does not race well this hull is on my plans to be replaced. but mikey does well with it and has fun..

 

tony's boat. EXTREME G-127

 

mikey's boat.EXTREME 2 G-227

 

tony racing in parkertown.

race 1 8/3/08 local race

http://upload.streetfire.net/video/ecbr ... 175293.htm

 

race 2 8/3/08 tony flips race boat.

http://upload.streetfire.net/video/ecbr ... 175294.htm

 

mikey's first race. he is dead in the middle made him very nervous.

8/3/08

http://upload.streetfire.net/video/ecbr ... 175296.htm

 

mikey's second race. he finished last on both of his races but had a ball..

http://upload.streetfire.net/video/ecbr ... 175296.htm

 

tony goes from stock class to super stock in the 2006 season, brand new 4bbl motor and flips the extreme, but boy was he honki'n.. every one was ok just some pride was hurt and a 10,000 dollar motor went for a swim. two boats flip at same time.

 

CHATANOOGA TN, TONY 315 SUPER STOCK.

4 RACES, TONY won all four from the outside lane. this was some great driving.

race 3, only one left on host site.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/extr ... 143749.htm

Well I am into painting and restoring cars, and I also do ALOT of customs work. I have a 74 gto and a 06 trailblazer ss Rwd. Looking to get the wife a AWD version next week. I also have a 04 Yamaha Wolverine 350 4x4, with tons of mods. My latest project is my house which is getting a new kitchen, then I get to build my shop in the garage Just as long as I keep my wife happy LOL

Taking pictures (mostly of news incidents for the paper), fishing, building fishing poles, radios, computers, fish.

 

How it used to look. (went kinda downhill )

 

Small shark I caught

 

One of the fishing poles I built.

 

One of my favorite pictures I took:

 

One of my pictures that Chad is jealous of:

 

 

Ok, I'm done whoring up this thread.

Crazyboy, do you build a lot of fishing poles?

DUDE THAT FIRE IS ROLLING THRUOGH THAT STRUCTURE!!

Crazyboy, do you build a lot of fishing poles?

 

I wouldn't say "a lot." I do build all my own in addition to some for family and friends, was also helping out a tackle shop and doing repairs so I guess that's a small handful or two. It's a lot of fun, don't have as much time as used to to do it though.

My other hobby is sleeping. I am really good at it too. Ill post pics of my bed later. I can sleep a good 15 hours easy.

My other hobbies are building model cars (cant afford a nice GTO or Challenger yet so i do the next best thing), model railroading (HO scale), and collecting WWII field gear.

 

67gtonut- is that roof painted black? no vinyl? thats sharp looking!

Drag racing with very fast cars! The car that we have is a promod nitrous car that will go into the 5's! My buddy is getting another car from Jerry Bickle it's gona be a 69 camaro,we are gona shoehorn a 903ci with a few stages of nos in it! This animal is gona fly!

Restored my 64 Chevelle SS...into building cars, racing, cruising/Off-Roading...etc.

My 1988 Dodge RamCharger I almost have on the road.

 

Building some custom Paintball guns...

 

Starting to get into some photography...

(this white Malibu is 81Malibu on this forum)

 

Fishing, football, baseball, but I dont have any good pictures.

Crazyboy, do you build a lot of fishing poles?

 

I wouldn't say "a lot." I do build all my own in addition to some for family and friends, was also helping out a tackle shop and doing repairs so I guess that's a small handful or two. It's a lot of fun, don't have as much time as used to to do it though.

 

 

What blanks do you usually use?

My other hobbies are building model cars (cant afford a nice GTO or Challenger yet so i do the next best thing), model railroading (HO scale), and collecting WWII field gear.

 

67gtonut- is that roof painted black? no vinyl? thats sharp looking!

 

Car was originally a vinyl roof car...... when paintjob was done this year, I made it a factory 2-tone car..... advantage is , if a car is ordered from the factory as a 2-tone... it comes with all the vinyl roof trim...... so if I ever decide to make the car "correct" again, all I have to do is install the vinyl,..... all the trim will be there, no holes to redrill....

I can't afford any other hobbies.

 

Like my wife says, "Guns, Guns, Guns! Is that all you think about?!"