Quote Originally Posted by joeybsyc
So if anyone does anything to their car to make it look better instead of go faster they are going soft? If its not about looks and style too, why use a 75 year old design of body and frame? Why not build truly modern vehicles with far superior chassis, suspension, and drivelines if performance is the only thing that really matters? Why does your signature say you still like yours to look nice and have shiny paint? Does that make it go faster? Just wondering....

Why indeed??? Not all of us are stuck in the rut of thinking a 75 year old body and frame design is the only thing to build..... Last Deuce I built was IFS and IRS hooked to a tube chassis, with an injected Windsor and a 6 speed...Not much left of the 75 year old stuff, body was only 6 weeks old!!!! My point is that a car does not have to be a 75 year old design to be a hot rod,

Btw, looking good is a natural byproduct of going fast.... When you work as hard as I have on building rods for 40 plus years, they just end up looking nice, shiny paint prevents rust... It's called attention to fit, finish, and detail... Although once I did have a sprint car that the entire frame was finished with a purple scotch brite, then two coats of clear over the bare metal, looked great!!! Decided paint was too heavy!!!!