Hot rods and old cars in the wild are 100 times cooler than a photo of one regardless of what media. Good post
Always fun to see them in the wild. I drive one of mine to the shop every day and always enjoy seeing a kindred soul coming the other direction. There's a wave or a nod and we are off to our respective destinations. "Life's too short to drive boring cars".
with out fail as soon as I decide not to drive an old car I pull onto the street and something old drives by and I feel incredibly lame for being in a late model lol
Legitimate question here, and I'm not trying to be an ass because I actually love this truck. HOWEVER with this truck what makes it a hot rod still and not a rat rad? I have seen some cars built on this site before built similar to this one that were still era correct and built with era correct parts etc. But everyone jumped on them since they had a ratty themed paint job or ran primer and they get crucified. However this truck has an article written about it. My own vehicle myself has been called a rat when all I said was I was going to run it in primer for a while and I wanted to make a custom shifter from forged steel. I got jumped on and said rats are not tolerated here etc. and threatened to be deleted. Just find it odd and a little hypocritical is all. It is a beautiful truck however.
I don't see any rat in the truck in question. The '39 p/u in my avatar is by no means a rat rod. Its just an old rusty beater of a daily driver but I guess since its not shiney to some its a rat rod. It has a strong running 8ba and it goes down the road straight and stops like it should. Back to the truck in question I doubt if it has any boogger welds or wrenches made into tie rods. Probably no street sign floor boards either but that's just a guess.
The hot rods and customs I have seen previously didn't have any of that hack job crap either. Most people I have seen make comments say that since it has a patina paint job and it is not in shiny paint than it is a rat rod. I saw it again last week when that ford roadster was pulled out of a garage after years and years and the guy talked about getting it going and driving it as a survivor and it all started from there.
I have a couple of neighbors who like old or off-beat vehicles. It's always a treat to hear/see them pass by. One of the guys is really into 40s trucks (not just pickups but BIG trucks) and I can hear him enter our street and chug along past our house. We don't know each other and he's probably never seen my old car(s) but he always waves.
Who would do a RR with a set up FH V8? Plus, I’ve a feeling that JU would not put a pic of it up if he thought it was a RR. Cool truck! Great last line. “I drive the shit out of this thing”
I may be misremembering as I was much younger then and more interested in video games than cars, but it seems like when I first heard the term rat rod it meant something very different than the rat rod crowd of today - the cars I saw called rat rods then were just ratty hot rods, usually built with cast offs and junk that wouldn’t normally be a candidate for a full restoration or street rod. I saw plenty of what were relatively traditional hot rods called rat rods because aesthetically everything was in “as found” condition. It is funny now to see custom shops dedicated to cranking out $100,000+ rat rods made from restorable or nice original cars. I think the definition has changed significantly.
I want to drive m 37 ford coupe, but we got 6" of snow last nite and I still have about 3 months work to do on it before it's "done"!! Happy days will be here again! Stay safe everyone
I drove the '40 yesterday over to the grocery store. A young man asked if it was a 1940 Ford. I answered, "Yes." His next question (and he wasn't joking): " Did you buy it when it was new?" I didn't quite know what to say.... I am 67, didn't think I looked that old.
It's still early...give it some time... I call it a beater...pickups are in general abused...I'd sure like it in my driveway... Thanks for sharing the story and pics @J.Ukrop...is it a Hambers?...remember it's a small world...
there are a few hotrods in my neighborhood but I have no clue where they live. All of your homes are off the road and down long driveways with lots of trees. When I an outside in the yard or garage I will sometimes hear the rumble, I stop and walk into the driveway to watch them drive by. always wondering what else is in their garage. I have seen most a few times so I know they are local (we live on a street you would not normally drive on unless you lived there or visited someone.
Have owned Little Blue for over 30yrs, my only car for 10 of those years. I call it an outside dog since it has never seen a garage, always parked on the driveway or street. All stock, never failed to start even when it was minus -8 degrees in the winter. Had a '49 flatbed that was navy blue so we had to call the 1/2 ton Little Blue to know which truck we were talking about. Get lots of neighborhood hot rodders stopping by...great calling card.
I drive a ‘50 Fordor a lot in the good weather here and get asked that all the time.....and the strange thing is ....it’s usually from guys older than me.....I’m 62.......Mark
Hello, You would think that So Cal and elsewhere has a bunch of hot rod/custom car enthusiasts. That is the basis for learning the quick photo technique of a digital camera shooting out of a car at various “Sightings” along any road or beach. I (we) have taken plenty of photos of any hot rod sightings when we are on the road. It is just something we do, as it has sparked an interest and pinpoints parts of our road trips to highlight… “Remember when you walked out to the parking lot and saw that cool Green, custom Comet Station Wagon in Goleta, CA?” https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...hift-knob-thread.1211107/page-6#post-13828766 https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/accessories-on-your-vehicle.1153666/#post-13125887 As a matter of fact, our own neighborhood has plenty of hot rods, but they are rarities on the local streets, at least for us to see them out and about. With this pandemic, fat chance of that happening. But, they are there. Just last week, when I was putting out the holiday lights, a cool old woody station wagon cruised by, probably going to get some gas or groceries. It was the third sighting of that woody wagon. Not a young guy driving, but an older gentleman with a smile on his face. I guess woodies will do that…! Jnaki “Variety is the spice of life…” especially in So Cal.
Tough crowd. LOL. But maybe as it should be. Okay... patina paint, but I don't see any spider webs or anything. Very traditional, otherwise. Can't really knock it. I'd like to have it. But then I'd paint it. But all that is totally missing J's point. Just good to see them out and around. It's become a rarer occurrence over the decades. And of course, especially more recently. Kinda like being in another country... feeling a little out of place... and you see another American. Hey! Especially when you realize that the driver has as much dedication to the hobby as anybody. Posers hang around and talk about how much their new chrome wheels cost. They don't say, "I drive the shit out of it." And then walk away. The end. LOL
Yeah, it was on Fulton just west of Masonic. In an entryway just out of the frame, there's an extremely beat Honda CB750 chopper that has been chained to a handrail for at least five years. Rumor had it that the gentleman with the truck was about to buy the chopper and haul it home in the bed of the flathead-powered pickup. I had to get back to work, so I'm not sure if it happened.
In the summer of '98 I was 16 about to start my junior year of high school and just starting to become interested in period correct hot rods. I live in a very small town roughly 1,300 total population. (25 in my graduating class, something like 450 K-12 in the whole school) That summer I saw Doug Anderson's chopped and channeled A coupe in town!! He was buying gas on his way home from the Good Guys show in Rhinebeck NY, that was the first real deal period correct hot rod I had ever seen outside of a magazine! Cars like that were unheard of in my area, Doug was/is a cool guy and lived (still does about an hour and half away) Man did that car leave an impression on me!
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