Thread: Does this qualify as a Hot Rod?

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Agree, the placement of the lights is perfect! Looks very, very good.

Sweet! I might have to drive over your way for ride when this is done!

Down to the final mod to the front. Extending the lip of the large nose opening. Still pretty rough.

Originally Posted by stovens

Sweet! I might have to drive over your way for ride when this is done!

I'll show you mine, if you'll show me yours.

The mods are working out great on the car!!!! Congrats, very well planned and executed!

Thanks Dave. I'm pretty pleased with what I've been able to do so far...what with this being my first attempt at customizing. I just hope that the finished product doesn't look too amateurish.

It's always exciting when more parts arrive. The radiator w/ mount, strut spacers and master clutch cylinder all appeared on my doorstep in the last three days. The UPS and Fed Ex drivers have become my favorite people to ring the door bell.
But alas installation will have to wait. With our son buying his first house, my wife has found renewed interest in the bizzilion (yes, I'm sure that's an accurate number) home improvement projects that we'd promised we would undertake when we bought our house... 20 years ago. Today we replaced the rear slider with french doors. A much more elegant look. Tomorrow will be spent repairing the stucco surrounding the new doors and generally cleaning up the DIY mess.
Once our son's room has been converted into the fitness/ workout room, I can turn my attention back to the hot rod.

Playing with some colors and stripes.

Very nice build, nice craftsmanship.
As for color I have always be partial to British racing green with gold strips.

Radiator arrived from Stealth Conversions. Had a few minutes between home repairs...
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...so I dropped it in.

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One more small step toward the finish line.
BTW, like the new look of the site.

Mounted my Taurus fan to the radiator. I considered several different options after looking at many pics on the HybridZ website. I eventually settled on my own, and what turned out to be simple, solution.

I attached the vertical plastic edge flange on each side of the shroud to 1 1/2" x 1/4" aluminum bar using stainless steel rivets.. The bar width is enough to extend to the existing mounting bolts for the threaded 3/4" aluminum bar that came on the JTR/Stealth radiator brackets. I simply drilled holes in the new bars at those locations and used the same bolts to reattach everything.


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I think it looks pretty clean.

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Nice work! turned out well.

Just a thought...



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Originally Posted by Fauxre

Just a thought...



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Hmmmm.....I think this looks pretty sweet!! I'm not a big fan of the British green but I wouldn't totally rule out white either....I think the white one in your avatar looks pretty good(yes, I know that's the unpainted version but it does give an idea of how it could look in white).

Didn't read all of the posts but if I may allude to your original question - - - - THAT is a Hot Rod.
If they can put Jag rearends under US classics and call them Hot Rods then I say that a Farrari
with an SBC can darned sure be considered one also and what about those VW bugs and
Anglias/Thames with the big blocks that we are seeing at all the Cruises and Shows?

BTW, you should be proud cause you did an awesome job there, my man !