Thread: tin-man has some questions, it begins.....

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Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

While all the good fun poking about "older, sedate...." folks is entertaining, it sounds like a preference is forming in John's mind. This goes back to where we started on this discussion, the newb needs to do a fair amount of "research" to refine and define past an initial stirring in the gut that one particular car might evoke.

While I generally agree with Dave W. on most of his comments, I have a slightly different experience with the young rodders of today. These are not to be confused with the rat rod guys, these are the ones who have embraced what we call the traditional style. Very few of them have much interest in T buckets, though those are indeed very economical builds/buys. They are really into the next cheapest old Ford.............the Model A. In the course of recycling parts through my garage I've met quite a few of these guys the past couple years. They're eager, some very well informed, and have a passion (some almost blindly so) for older style hot rods. I hope I live long enough to see if their tastes will evolve as their skill level and wallets grow much as ours did.

As for big block vs small block in a T bucket, you could always "split the difference" and do as this fellow in Henderson, NV did: Double Trouble Hot Rod

Re: Double Trouble Hot Rod-------------------------OMG. nuff said.

Don, DA34GUY------err,when I said bad-ass, well its like this, I didn't mean anything quite like the Double Trouble Beast and I say Beast with the greatest of respect for the builder. However the Mickey Thompson tires with Billet Specialties wheels 15x14 rear, I can see on my version of the Old Crow deuce, in Dave's "Valencia Orange Yellah" waddya think?

Cheers, John, AKA, tin-man