Thread: So That's a Traditional Hot Rod????

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A Traditional hotrod to me has a flathead, no fenders, spoked wheels or reversed rims with baby moons. Hotrods have modern V8s no fenders, side pipes, nice wheels with cheater slicks. Rat rods, these folks are the same people that have ugly children and no one tells them they are ugly.. Street rods basically a stock looking old car with a modern drive train and creature comforts. Beyond that there are muscle cars they speak for themselves you know them when you see them.

Lets not forget that John Force calls his funny cars Hotrods, and I agree with that one. The discussion continues, we will figure it out one of these days, great food for thought I'd say.

Originally Posted by angrystroker

A Traditional hotrod to me has a flathead, no fenders, spoked wheels or reversed rims with baby moons. Hotrods have modern V8s no fenders, side pipes, nice wheels with cheater slicks. Rat rods, these folks are the same people that have ugly children and no one tells them they are ugly.. Street rods basically a stock looking old car with a modern drive train and creature comforts. Beyond that there are muscle cars they speak for themselves you know them when you see them.

Lets not forget that John Force calls his funny cars Hotrods, and I agree with that one. The discussion continues, we will figure it out one of these days, great food for thought I'd say.

hey!
my kids aint ugly!


oh wait
i dont have any...nevermind.....

The guys who came back from the second world war that started most of this built cars that where anything but traditional.I do remember those from a Rod and Custom shows when I was a kid.

Think we all have our own idea of what constitutes a traditional rod, and those I do like!!! My main complaint is these clowns who insist on using "traditional" as an excuse for shoddy work, unsafe components and /or workmanship, poorly planned projects, and trashy paint jobs!!!! I remember the cars some of my Dad's pals had, certainly wasn't nothing left half done or cobbled together on their cars---and they had to fabricate a lot of their own pieces, not just dial up 1-800-Hot-Rods and bolt things together when the parts came!!!!

Good thing the horse is dead, at least he doesn't feel the pain from the continued floggings!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Think we all have our own idea of what constitutes a traditional rod, and those I do like!!! My main complaint is these clowns who insist on using "traditional" as an excuse for shoddy work, unsafe components and /or workmanship, poorly planned projects, and trashy paint jobs!!!! I remember the cars some of my Dad's pals had, certainly wasn't nothing left half done or cobbled together on their cars---and they had to fabricate a lot of their own pieces, not just dial up 1-800-Hot-Rods and bolt things together when the parts came!!!!

Good thing the horse is dead, at least he doesn't feel the pain from the continued floggings!!!!!!!!

Absolutly (said in best Rocky voice). But it does sound better than Rat Rod....... And don't get me started on "Patina" as a final finish............ As for shoddy work..........I resemble that remark...........

I agree with ya Old Fart! And, I'll toss a wrench at ya anytime! LOL...

My two cent's. I call my car my hot rod because it's built by me for me. It's a 68 Camaro. And thats my two cents.

... we built the Thames to be as close as we could get to a '60's type gasser hot rod .......... ET wheels, cammed small block, Turbo350 tranny, 9" Ford real, mechanical gauges, even uses a speedometer cable ........... but is it a "traditional" hot rod ?? I think not ......... there are many safety items such as power disc brakes, driveshaft loop, etc. that probably wouldn't have been used back then ............. it's just "my" car, what I've always wanted to build

Yuppers, and your car still looks like a gazillion bucks!!!! Got some good cruizin' planned for Spring?