Thread: "Traditional" ???

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Yes it can be a love hate thing. I love looking at the "traditional or period correct" ride you see at shows,web and mags but I like building modern versions of the old hot rods. I love the look of the old cars and trucks but I like the modern amenities of todays vehicles like EFI, AOD IFS and IRS to name a few. I am in the beginning process of a fully hand built hot rod that will have some of the 32-37 styling cues but will be blended into a Roadster Pick Up. It has a 4 cam 4.6L Aluminum Lincoln motor, fully independent suspension front and rear, electronic AOD and a lot more "non traditional" comforts being added. Now I fully agree it will never be considered a traditional hot rod but I due feel it will be built in the traditional style That style being that it is hand built in my garage with the most modern parts I can find to use and what I can not find will be built and made to work and is this not how it was done back in the day?

So that being said what category does this kind of build fall into??

Kevin
LFD Inc.

Here is a pic of the half size version I started just to get a 3D feel for it, yes rough and quick but 3D all the same.