Hot Rods The most influential rod of the decade?

How about Hot Rod Packards little ride . Soon as I saw it I was like'n it, great fabrication and attention to detail plus it must clip down the highway. Rob.

 

Seriously? No way. None of those guys are "scenesters". They all love hot rods more than anything and make this little "hobby" of ours better and more complete.

Agreed.

As for Nachos car it looks pretty good in The Rodders Journal..

 

I was amazed that the Rodders Journal wasted so much ink on a car that is flat out illegal and dangerous to boot - scrub line anyone?

 

Anything Bass builds!!!! Inspiration just explodes out of his creations!

 

+1 on that.

 

Wouldn't the most influential rod be the one that the most people have drawn the most inspiration from? The one whose features, details and style have been most copied?

And are we confining the discussion to HAMB-style traditional rods?

If so, is there even one car that we could point to as being the most influential rod of the decade? Was there one that was so iconic that it really stands out above all the others?

 

I kinda dig @NOTCH's '35 pickup ... it may be a bit cartoonish ... but it's definitely not a "Rat Rod" ... though IMHO, it is no where near the most influential rod of the decade.

Likewise, I really dig where @Littleman is going with his "DeathsDoorStep" coupe ... but to me, a car isn't finished without paint (or at least primer) ... so it doesn't make my list.

@Bass' & @Evel's coupes both rule ... but again, IMHO aren't the most influential rods of the past decade.

I'm pretty sure @bobbleed's car retains most of its '50s or '60s configuration ... so it probably shouldn't be considered for the list of influential builds of 2000-2009.

During the past 10 years, the "Pro" shops (Roy Brizio Street Rods, Moal Coachbuilders, SO-CAL Speed Shop, Salinas Boys Customs, Vern Tardel Hot Rods, Limeworks Speed Shop, Circle City Hot Rods, Hollywood Hot Rods, Rad Rides by Troy, Johnson's Hot Rods, Austin Speed Shop, Rolling Bones, etc., etc.) have all been pumping out great traditionally-styled Hot Rods ... but I'll go out on a limb here and say that this Deuce 3wd was the most influential Hot Rod of the past decade:

Larry ... this reminds me ... Donna hasn't sent me this month's check ​

... but then again, what do I know? ... I just go to car shows "for the short skirts and boobs in the sunshine" ... so perhaps this "1932 Ford Model A Duce Coup Hyboy RPU" was the most influential
rod of the past decade:

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I'm in 100% agreement ... the chassis for the "Wade Coupe" is simply mind-blowing ... a work of art ... it's shaping up to be one of the bitchin-est (& truly inspirational) Hot Rods of this decade.

 

The Wedge

 

The Golden Sub

 

hmmmm?

 

note to self...get olson's check mailed and horse whip donna for forgetting...

 

I really don't see how one specific traditional rod could be influential to the masses, one of the main points of being traditional is that it's been done before.

 

no worries ... just don't let it happen again.

 

There are lots of ways, bringing back a certain style, quality of build, a more off-the-beaten-path make and model. Lot's of stuff. The ones I posted are about quality of workmanship.

 

In our neck o' the woods we called 'em 'shot rods.'
Fearless

 

I guess you don't remember the pickup Rudy built and all the clones that soon followed.

 

I know these are the ones that influenced me the most:

Mart's Old Rusty:



and Rick "30choptop"s A coupe:

 

There have been a lot of rides that have influenced me as well as others but I need to mentions this one. This car I think made people step back and appreciate unchopped Full Fendered Model A's again. I think it had a lot to do with the resurgence in simple hot rods that take a mechanic to build and not a full fabricator with in-house lathes and shit.

This car represents your average dude with average tools and what he can do with some sense and style along with some mechanical know how. I think there are a lot of people influenced by this car myself included. I know that when I got my '35 I seen a little bit of this Model A in it.

I give the homo credit. He knows how to put together a fucking awesome car!!!

 

He hit exactly on what I meant in my first comment back on page one.

But would it be that truck or Jimmy Shine's truck that is the granddaddy of modern bobber trucks. I'd bet that 75% of the bobber truck guys out there would say that they first got the idea by seeing Shine's truck.


The rods that influence me the most right now are the ones that push me to do just that much better on mine and not cut a corner to save a few precious hours in the build because no one else may never see that bracket that isn't quite as good as it could be or that weld that isn't finished as well as it should be. How many of us here have looked at someone's build thread and then had an "oh shit I can do mine better now" moment and headed out to the garage to do something just a bit better than it was going to be before?

My main influence for going back to the "traditional" style of rods and customs is simply because I flat assed got tired of having anything and everything I bought or did on my cars be outdated as soon as I bought or did it. Ever wonder how many "street rodders" have sets of 16", 18" 20" and 22" wheels and tires sitting in the storage shed because those are now "out of style"? Or a stack of engine trim on the back shelf because this year's style is milled or polished different? No, I have never owned a billet wheel or engine part but I almost did.
I started seeing cars being built that looked just like the cars that I fell in love with 50 years ago when I started reading Hot Rod and the little mags that I got for a quarter at the food store on Bainbridge Island Wa. They were true to the old style and timeless and would keep looking great year after year from now on and not be "out of date" or last years stuff.

 

That's 'cuz they're faux-tina'd.

How exactly have the two Webb vehicles been influential?

 

I cant stand that thing.

 

My most influential hot rod! I was blessed with the opportunity to help build a large portion of this hot rod,even better... it was the first one i ever really had my hands on. Great memories, lots of beer!!
Thanks again Jake

 

Bib is correct. I doubt any other rod in the past ten years has influenced more people to built a hot rod then this car by Vern Tardel. Jimmy Shine might have influenced a few "bobber" trucks, Boyd may have influenced a few kit cars. But the more I talk to people, the more people I find that have read How to Build A Traditional Ford Hot Rod. I believe the book is in it's fifth reprinting.
I know I was heavily influenced, my friend too, we both built flathead roadsters.

 

I don't think your gonna come away from this thread with an answer.
One reason is that the HAMB (despite what a lot of folks think) is a SMALL portion of the Hot Rod World. Ask a hotrodder that isn't on the HAMB about most of the cars that are listed here and they probably haven't even heard of them.
The most influential Hot Rod of the decade is probably something that has been featured in The Rodders Journal. Probably before 2005, because the newer stuff hasn't been around long enough to have an impact.
Larry T

 

rudy's or shine's.

not for me, but in general.
i think car show pics and classified ads support that premise.

 

maybe not your thing, but you can't deny the result after that truck showed up in paso in 2001 was it?

 

I worked thru this string to see on the last byline in the last decade , er I was hopeing to post Smiths x-r-6

 

I'm afraid I'd have to agree... Definitely had an impact on me.

 

I second Bass' Coupe. I still spend too much time staring at the build up photos of this car.