Projects 34 Larry's build from the Northern Star of the 50's/60's

Just to be clear, I have no problem with your car I was merely trying to interpret what was being said. There's nothing cooler than a hot rod with history.

 

A "Traditional Hot Rod" is subject to personal interpretation of that said subject. One may find a "Period Perfect 30's Gow Job" as an early definition of what became the Term "Hot Rod".
Others from different periods of birth time may find a Roth, Barris or Brizio build a "Traditional Hot Rod" (not everyone though).
Still others will define the Resto Rods,Street Rod to Hot Rod Period of the 70's as a "Traditional Hot Rod".
And still others from the 80's to the Millennium as a defining point in Tradition. So thinking about this, looking over the pix, this Hot Rod is parts of time periods from several eras, so IMHO even though it has "rubber legs" aka independent suspension it still is traditional in time..

 

Oh for fucks sake dude calm down.

1: littersly one dude got his panties in a twist over your car being int he traditional forum not the general forum. And he went back and said he should have just let it slide

2: what every person has said amounts to feel free to continue to post just don't click the tag "traditional hot rod" when you make a new post so it doesn't show up in that specific forum. It doesn't mean traditional like "traditionally a hot rod is xyz" it... ok how about just read "traditional" on this board a shot "how they would have built it before muscle cars" and no im not talking about using what you have or blah blah blah. I'm talking style, techniques, actual parts. Like a time machine. A lot of people can't seem to grasp that.

3: no one is telling anyone how a car is or isn't to be built. But you gotta be pretty damn dense to tag the thread traditional hot rod- which in this specific case means pre 65- and then get all worked up with some one calls out that this style of build is clearly not what they intended that tag for.

Here's the deal.
After the super strict hotrod or kustom forum thing flopped the general forum was added.

So some people who like it all like myself click on general and see everything posted.

Those who only want very period correct hot rod pre 1965 stuff click the trad hot rod forum and see only that

Those who only want very period correct Kustoms, well I'd hope you get the jist by now.

They aren't complaining about how you built your car they are complaining that you've inadvertently tagged your content with something that makes it shownup in their narrowed forums.

Your parking your space ship in the downhill racer parking lot

Calm down it's not a big deal. Geesh.

 

OKay,, now untwisting my panties and saying thanks for all the complements and helping me in keeping my rubber side down, shiny side up. I'm out.

How does a guy go about updating the avatar??

 

Click the person shaped tab on the top right, avitar should be about half way down in the left hand column


I'm on a phone so yours might be a little different

 

Well I have not done a car show since selling my ' '66 Rivi back in 2012. The local Lyons club put on one locally yesterday and I decided to show my 34 for the first time. This show has really caught on since my last entry, with so many great cars, (to many newer Camaros, mustangs, vettes, etc. for me but those guys are proud of their car also so I do get it). After a 22 year build my "hotrod" was pretty well received, and I was surprised that it was given the "Extreme Power" plaque, quite a surprise to me as I saw many other deserving cars in the show. I admit when finishing up my '66 Rivi (candy burgundy, rare factory dual quads one of 169 made,, wires, only 54K original miles, black interior, back in 89, I was your average "trophy hound" back in those days. Most with that affliction soon outgrow it and just go to enjoy the people and all the great cars, and that is me these days. So I wasn't there for anything but that and having my wife come over and join me with her adult daughter made the day even more enjoyable. For those who might be HAMBERS in this area, (Federal Way, Washington) who might have stopped by and "liked" my ford, thanks and thanks to the judges (who are HAMBERS) who picked my Ford thanks and for appreciating my work and the honor.

 

Cool man!

 

Well, I'm 70, Bud, so I say drive it like you stole it. My wife and I hope we still have a few trips left to the West coast and other extended destinations. Nov. at El Mirage will be our fourth time west. Drive that baby till the wheels rust off ! ! !

 

Yes it is, no it isn't, yes it is, no it isn't. Very entertaining thread.

 

Thanks Gary I feel ya. I'm 78 (going on 18) and surly know where your coming from. I will be headed to Mesa Az. in Dec. or Jan. coming back home in Apr. so I may drop it off for the paint IF it can be done. I do like the way it is now, but I'm an old softy when it comes to shiny, (my apologies to my great friend Jim who finally got this historic 34 back on the road)

 

Haven't driven the HAMB road since last fall, nice to get back again. We spend time in Apache Junction Az. in the winter. Not much in the way of car doings this year, didn't even attend B.J. up in Scottsdale this year. Did make one Wed. morning meeting of the "Senior Rodders" though and cruzed the lot full of street rods. Charlie Hutton from Boyd Coddingtons "American Hotrod" was in attendance at the meeting, nice to meet him, just as a great a guy as he is on the show.
Enough of all that, I do have a question. Rather ask it here then at the tire store where I might or might not get the right answer.
It is about the front tires on my "toy". I mentioned when first putting it on the road that without power steering it takes "steering by armstrong" to turn when not rolling. It was suggested by someone here the tires are to wide, that narrower tires will help. So these are 15's and I'm out to get new narrower ones soon so what size do you suggest. Thanks for your help, that is the greatest thing about the HAMB the real experts live here.

 

Those fronts maybe 15" rims but there is almost 8" or more of ground contact (thread width) it looks like. Take a tape measure to those for me. The more ground contact the more restriction to the steering. Skinny tires help a lot because there is less of them on the ground. You may not be able to go very skinny because of the rim width though. Nothing worse than a skinny tire stretched to hell and back over a wide rim IMHO unless it's on a panel panted Impala.

You can still run radials, American classics, excelsior, diamond back all make them

 

Hey B.B. thanks for the help. Tread width is 7", you were pretty close.

 

that's what she said!.

I have American Classics on 5 inch rims and that is about the max they would stretch out. Id guess you have 15X7 reverse fine wires up front from the pictures.

I haven't actually ever driven the car but I push it around the back yard once in a while for pretend time and to get other cars on the lift. They crank around pretty easily and my flatty is not light!

 

165/80 R15 tires work good.

 

Thanks Rich, I'll take a look today at that size.

 

"Classic" is the brand we have been getting around here.

 

Right! Should be something genuinely traditional as in representing the era, like maybe a 4 door Nash. Never saw anyone calling those non-traditional.