Early 50's cars as hot rods NOT customs...GALLERY

clearly. well one is "jap crap" but its powered by an ls2/t56. i wont post pics of that since its ot.

 

here, you can see the "jap crap" beind the family truck

 

Well, not sure if any of my drawings fit the bill but they were meant to be more hot rod than custom and/or pre-gasser...







Now,... back to some real hot rods....

 

Yeah, sure...I was kinda thinking just passenger cars, but this one nails it pretty hard!

I LOVE this one.

 

Mr. Ervin.....they certainly look like hot rods to me.

 

Butthole Surfer Gibby? Wow, pretty neat I suppose?

 

Thank you Mr. Smith.

 

Here's mine, just finishing up with the 302/5 speed upgrade. Pushed it into the driveway to bleed the brakes & clutch.
Should have it running within the next week.

 

Yes this was a favourite of mine as well, unfortunatly I sold it about four years ago and it now has a late ford motor & 20 inch billets.

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Its sooooooo true!! Even someone on the EAST COAST thinks its crappy!

I know that the east and west coast have different taste when it come to customs. That one was really bad.

 

Very tragic to hear about your F-100 Dago 88.

Another shot of that badass 49 Olds coupe. The guy is on here...49oldscoupe (go figure)
Nice work mang.


...and another to keep it going

 

that would be 'jc whitney', not autozone. he is quite proud of his vintage accessories. he does not however, own a fad-t, so i guess that makes you guys even...

 

Alright ladies, don't screw up my thread.

 

I agree, and a great thread it is. Let's see more!

 

Does this Qualify

 

I think both my cars are about equal parts hot rod & custom (God forbid that they be "custom rods", though). In their "not-custom" defense neither is a tail dragger, they don't have skirts or radical bodywork, and mag wheels didn't exist on street driven cars when I was a kid developing my taste:

 

Ahhh, you KNOW these cars count Tony!

jandlcars....qualify? coupe years late...oh well, cool '56 none the less....looks like Carlsbad?

 

Put a tri powered 348/M-22 rock crusher in this one.

 

Dream car, Steve Stanford rendering.

 

This is the way I remember 'em.

 

Anybody else notice that on this thread, the early '50's GM cars outnumber the Fords and Mopars about 10 to 1?

 

Street Machines?

 

Certainly not hot rodded, but these were typical....cars in progress daily drivers. Primer spotted in where work had been done....not the whole car, which seems to be the rule today.

 

here's a few more...

 

Well this is obviously a drag car, but I would love to see something along this style a little more streetable.

 

How are the majority of these cars pictured not considered Street Rods?
And I have one, and I know what it is. Even though there is no billet, and no tweed, they still look like Street Rods. Mine is faster than the average street rod.

 

Jeem, thanks for the kind words about my Olds! I've been a fan of 49-54 GM cars as hot rods since I was a kid.

Here's some pictures I have saved.

 

My current project - 50 Pontiac TPI 350 not installed yet and my avatar was my 50 Chevy Sedan Delivery, 427 single 4 bbl turbo 400 drag car. Engine was back 10% but a couple mufflers would have made it a pretty fast streeter.

 

does this guy's shoebox count?

 

A few more.