Art & Inspiration When did cool cars become cool ?

I've always thought that cars , period, were cool ..

 

Right from the very start.

 

I’ve heard all sort of how Hot rods got started
Gow jobs
Hot iron
Etc.


Prewar only rides are cool etc .

my question I guess is when did wagons and 4 door “ family cars “ enter the realm of cool ?

personally I’ve always loved 50’s and 60’s land yachts . But I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s where cars had the styling and horsepower of a bread box with very few outliers that were exiting .

a big ol’ land yacht that just floats down the road sucking up potholes and you don’t even feel them .
Not neck snapping acceleration , but that simple confidence of pressing the accelerator and the car slips into the passing lane and goes .
big beautiful bench seats and dash boards filled with isoteric knobs and gauges that make you feel your flying a plane or space ship . To me cool man !!

to most they are cool .
But a lot of folks call em granny cars


But the original hot rods and cool cars where cut down t’s and A’s 32 fords , coups , roadsters etc .


I guess this is ratlling around my brain as lately I’m seeing some 70’s and 80’s cars that I always looked at as boring, or family cars or simply indifferent. Now up for sale and bringing incredibly stupid money .

is it a generational thing ? Kids younger than me want an “ old school ride “?
Or am I missing something ?


Or where cars from the 40’s 50’s and 60’ simply always cool regardless of door count , brand and overall styling ?

 

You could just as well ask when did ugly cars become cool? When they became scarce.

 

As soon as they became "not common". I used to think a lot of cars in the 50s and 60s were just ugly. Now that they are rare, they look sooo much better.

 

my car looks better in the dark

 

One answer:
They become "cool" about 10 years after they're built. When the young folks can finally afford them.

 

When their owners joined the H.A.M.B. !

 

So do I!

 

What's the added reveal above the door handle on the '34 (first pic)? Is that a Canadian or Australian feature?

 

Australian Body

 

Well, I can't tell you when they became cool, but it had to be some while after this.......

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The real question is when did I become cool.

 

Oops, maybe I'm not either.

 

A four-door car usually meant that you borrowed your parents' car.

 

not originally , but 4 doors are considered decent buildable cars now .

I know it’s not a coup , but without me in it , it’s a cool car

A 57 Chevy 4 door hardtop is cool

sucide door Lincoln

I posted a bunch that are cool . I like ‘em .

posted once before . More doors for more whores

again possibly generational? I was not around when these cars were cheap , plentiful and only 10-15 years old .

and this is my question exactly . When did supposed “ undesirables “ become cool and accepted hot rod or custom car fodder ?

 

I love the more doors

 

Doesn’t even need painted.

lucky

 

For rhe average citizen:
When the ratio of plastic began to challenge the amount of metal.
For us gearheads, when we could understand being mobile + making noise

 

If you really dislike 4 doors so much, a weekend of welding and the right pieces will make that into a 2 door sedan. I can provide some B posts and some rough but workable doors if you're serious. And no, I'm not talking about a shortened-up clown car either.

Probably won't be able to get the lichen growth to match up on the new panels, but that's the price you pay.

 

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Absolutely Kool especially if you put a snarly blown small block ,4 speed and 4:11 or steeper differential in it and DON’T paint it Cool Cool Cool. When I was in HS a guy had a parts chaser ,winter car 4 door early Malibu , faded paint with a very warm engine , surprised the hell out of some of the coolest cars in town. I always loved that car and us kids in the know thought it was very cool! Mark your cars are the epitome of cool , I think you need that 57 Maybe it’s anti cool like Rat Fink is to Mickey!
Dan

 

I don't know, a 64-65 Lincolns with suicide doors hits the cool factor for me !

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I agree completely, how ever I got to say there were some pretty cool 4 door hardtops built in the 50's and 60's that were pretty cool. Maybe even some in the early 70's or am I stretching it a bit to far with anything after the 50's?