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If its got wheels and is self motivated It can be modified for more performance It will get my attention. I like Traditional style and method, I also like period correct but the 2 are not necessarily the same

Originally Posted by 53 Willys

If its got wheels and is self motivated It can be modified for more performance It will get my attention. I like Traditional style and method, I also like period correct but the 2 are not necessarily the same

Same here. I never really thought about "traditional built". I thought they were all built the same, or you had it built. So by some definition, mine is built traditionally. Not a traditional style. I have even heard of a few that will only use period correct tools to construct their cars. I think some go overboard, but it's their deal. You shouldn't run 60 year old tires. If the guys from say 47 were here today, I am pretty sure if they had, or access to, a mig, tig, plasma cutter, cnc machine, I am pretty sure they would use em. Also I am pretty sure they would be stuffing those digital gauges, and probably computer controlled fuel injection in those "Traditional Rods" But with that said, I do like the period correct, no matter what period. It's the nostalgia, and the time warp factor for me. And they were just cool from 45 to 65. Just like some of the rat's are, as they say, SICK.

Here is one from a local collector in Winters. He has several but only had this one at last nights down town car show.

Then one pic of my son with his 51 F1.

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My dad was in a club in the late 50's, here's some pics. Also some from the local drags at the time. My dad's was the A with the tri carbs-brand new 283

These are from the drags

a couple more

Ohhh,man...NEAT pix..with date on them too..Pure gold...

RC57 those pics would make great posters!! Those are what i would call traditional but im only in my 30s Were the frames Zed back then or did they just channel the bodys? Some of us 30ish guys like to build "traditional rods" as a tribute to the veteran rodders, so any tips,storys or ideas is very helpful.

Originally Posted by coreyvett

RC57 those pics would make great posters!! Those are what i would call traditional but im only in my 30s Were the frames Zed back then or did they just channel the bodys? Some of us 30ish guys like to build "traditional rods" as a tribute to the veteran rodders, so any tips,storys or ideas is very helpful.

It is a known fact,that down here in NZ in the mid to late 50s,some of our older rodders found a kool height for their hotrod bodies...They parked the coupe/roadster on a nice flat,level drive,or workshop floor,cut the floor out of the car,and settled the body on four beer crates,[the old quart bottles]The crates were about 12 inches high...then the floor got welded/bolted/screwed,back into the car,using the existing mounts...If it was still too tall,then the suspension got whacked....

Originally Posted by lamin8r

It is a known fact,that down here in NZ in the mid to late 50s,some of our older rodders found a kool height for their hotrod bodies...They parked the coupe/roadster on a nice flat,level drive,or workshop floor,cut the floor out of the car,and settled the body on four beer crates,[the old quart bottles]The crates were about 12 inches high...then the floor got welded/bolted/screwed,back into the car,using the existing mounts...If it was still too tall,then the suspension got whacked....

Just think of how different hot rodding could have been down here if the brewerys had those stubby little bottles back then

I have yet to see a traditional hot rod with the original air in the tyres, and I cant figure why hot rodders have morfed into the restorers that hated us a few generations ago.

I was brought up to think that hot rods were about looking cool and hi performance - lightening your car and increasing its power. And doing it your way.

Now it seems that hot rodding at one end of the scale is a 'paint by numbers" exercise where we build 32 hiboys that look much the same as all the rest and have much the same stuff on them, and a cubic dollars one at the other end for those with unlimited budgets.

Hi, sorry, we were swapmeetin all weekend. He said his and most cars were channeled since welders were not commonplace like today, and comfort was not so hot. Another thing he said was that he never saw white firewalls like a lot of guys have so that may have been a "coastal" thing.

i dont know what traditional really is..way back in da 60's we built our hot rods outta the junk yards more than magazines...well not much has changed for me..