Customs traditional, sled or street rod?

i cant decide which to build, ive always liked fast outrageous looking cars, and customs have always been my favorite flavor. lately i see this 36 as a tail dragger,some custom sheet metal,on air with skirts.please help before i sell the fenders. thanks, confused

 

IMO, a 36 needs fenders! It's more of a custom than a hot rod. The lines are just too sleek to take the fenders off!!

 

Belted white walls, paint, fenders, skirts, chop and no air.

 

i think thats what i am seeing also, long and low is too cool

 

got the bww,fenders,3" chop, need to make skirts,but i think air ride will get her where i see her and high enough to drive, but i could be wrong about the air ride.

 

Static lowering is the new air ride.

 

keep the fenders 32's and older are the only ones that look right fenderless inMHO

 

should i use a stock frame or build one, i have a really nice complete 37 frame,but i would have to **** the rails in 1.5" ,but the kickups and contours look correct, im sure i can get her low with a diff front suspension and coil over rear without molesting the rails . i have a couple m2 fronts but was thinking more of the 4" drop tube buggy spring i also have.

 

It's usually easier to modify than start from scratch. I would use what you have and make that thing a tail draggin beast!!

 

Don't ask me Iam confused already. I think .
"AND THE BOWTIE ROLLS ON"

 

should i run a mopar drive train or does anything go. im a chevy man at heart, but a 440 came with the 36 plymouth, i really like fast but not sure its rite for the car if she drags tail

 

Im puttin a chubby in my ford just cause I couldnt afford a ford!! A 440 would be serious business!! I'm not much on mopar, but that's a lot of motor! I would use it!!

 

60s style. Over carbed ohv. Static drop for that road grip.

 

x2 on the 36 needing fenders. fat cars just don't look right fenderless

 

just picked up a used dual quad tunnel ram for it, cheap too,but im not so deep that a cant use the sbc.decisions,decisions. hmmm

 

Id stick with the fenders and do a pro stocker out of it Tubbed and raised in the front,,,,

 

Na you have to use stroms or holleys man

 

Okay then a 2x2 flathead static drop tail dragger

 

Tunnel rams and customs don't jive at all. In fact a tunnel ram that sticks through the hood doesn't work with a chopped top for me. Way too much of looking like the builder had no idea of what he was doing but wanted to be one of the cool guys in the process.
A good running but not too radical 440 with road gears will run just about any other car around into the ground out on the long highway. A sneaky sled that will run with anything on the freeway would be a lot of fun.

 

But the view from inside is killer

 

I like the way ya think sir

 

So true and neat.

 

thanks for all the ideas,still confused but feeling much better now

 

trying to find a picture I saw recently, 36 roadster from the other coast somewhere, been around since 48, thinking the guys name is Sbadaro or some such, stock fenders in rear with skirts, cycle fenders in front with truck grill shell and full hood, neat car
anyone know the one I'm talking about?

 

Like a good woman, FAT, LOW, and S***Y!

 

Keep the fenders for sure. I would try to keep it all Mopar, but that's just me. You will probably need to c-notch the frame if you want to drag the tail. Do you have any pics? In my opinion, m2 and air ride is not a problem if you keep the fenders. Good luck in deciding!

 

Custom for sure. If you remove fenders from a '36 I will find you and destroy you.

 

Sorry, folks, a stupid question: what's static drop?

 

x2?

 

Lowering your car without using airbags. You drive it as low as it sits.