Thread: My next move with hiboy's metamorphosis

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There are 2 groups fastly separating in this hobby - street rodders who can build a '32 with all new parts out of magazine, and hot rodders who are building cars traditionally using old OEM stuff.

So, there's only two schools - kit cars and salvage build ups? Geez, I see more variations than that every day.

Jack
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Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

So, there's only two schools - kit cars and salvage build ups? Geez, I see more variations than that every day.

This thread is like a sponge, it just sucks you back in -

Firstly, I don't call the cars built from new parts "kit cars". You should know better also, that is often offensive to the people that own/build them. Taht is a hot-button term that upsets many people.

Secondly, the cars I was referring to that are built from used parts aren't "salvage" builds. I'm not talking about a Model A sedan with an Astro van tilt column, front seats out of a Buick Regal, and a set of wheels off a '01 S-10. I'm talking about a build using parts that are all era specific parts - "48 flathead, '37-50 3spd, closed drive, banjo rear, early Ford juice brakes, etc. New reproduction parts are fine, such as the '37-41 Lincoln brakes now being reproduced.

There are many genres of the car hobby - I never said only two, I said these two are rapidly separating - the period correct fans are moving away from the street rod scene pretty fast - we are taking these cars to Amelia Island and the Pebble Beach Concours shows - this is an entire other world from the NSRA Nats people -

This segment of the hobby(traditional, period correct hot-rodding) is sort of related to the restoration segment. They are like a restoration, but they are restoring a '30 model car to the state they may have been modified to in say '48.

AGAIN - I like them all. I own all types. I've built all types. I think a stone stock '70 SS Nova is awesome. I like a slightly lowered '59 Caddy, I like a '29 roadster with a flathead and a "39 gearbox, I like a new slick 'glass '32 with an injected aluminum small block, a six-speed and a quicke. They are all awesome - they all have a purpose and a certain "look" or appeal.