Thread: "Traditional" ???

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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.