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Hot Rod Capital of the USA, where is it???

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by BigO, Nov 3, 2011.

  1. As`far as car shows.....that's current stuff to me. Back in the 60's-70's....I think a "hot rod capitol" was more based on how many hot rods roamed the streets on a daily basis. JMO
     
  2. solid
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    Even a farm f#$k like me knows it's so-cal. I have been readin' in books and what not, since i was a kid. I got some kin there too. They even named that whole part of california after a speed shop...
     
  3. big creep
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    is this pissing contest still going on?
     
  4. nwbhotrod
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    from wash state

    Thiese two guys need to get out more
     
  5. I love this, You guys are funny!!!
     
  6. SchlottyD
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    Arkansas City, KS
     
  7. farmergal
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    from somewhere

    i'm still sticking with new england. so-cal can just keep wishing it was them because they had/have all their purty magazines, press-talk, "builders", loads of money and wonderful weather year round.

    Us New Englanders are the die-hards
     
  8. Gman0046
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    Not familiar with the So-Cal scene but theres all kinds of rod runs and car related activity in the Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky area. I'll tell you one thing its not the NW Florida area. We have a house down there and I don't even bring my cars down there. They stay in Kentucky.
     
  9. SakowskiMotors
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    True
     
  10. PhilJohnson
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    Not in my neck of the woods in Wisconsin. It is pretty dead around here. Most of the stupid scrappers took the good stuff in years ago. I've gotten many offers by scrappers to help clean my property of running and driving 50s cars. I've had people remark about how my 59 Plymouth with 36,000 miles on it in excellent shape would make a great demo car :rolleyes: The only scene around here is how much one can expect to get from their earned income credit for a down payment on a new Kia. Oh and how many brawls one can get into on the weekend at a bar. The only thing this place might be the capital of is white trash. Did I mention my town sucks :D
     
  11. Curly Hand
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    from Tucson

    Well I can tell you it sure ain't Tucson Az...
     
  12. Cruiser
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    Depends how you define it: Based numbers of vintage cars it would be the Mid West, USA - Based on our your hearts, it's where it all started and reminds the "King of Hot Rodding" Southern California with it's sunshine and year around cruising. :D

    CRUISER :cool:
     
  13. dana barlow
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    from Miami Fla.
    1. Y-blocks

    It's your driveway if ya got a rod,if not it's the nearist driveway with one;)
     
  14. I'd have to say, without a doubt... LosAngeles. Especially that corridor along hwy 10.

    Listen to these names... Covina, Alhambra, San Gabriel, Pasadena, Pomona, Los Angeles, Ontario, Whittier, Glendale, Burbank... etc.

    Granted, Petersen Publishing didn't have to go far to record what would become our history.

    But there was such a high concentration of hot rodding after WWII, that no other area would be able support a publication that became as successful as Petersen's.

    Through that magazine... the rest of the United States, and eventually the world became infected.

    Land Speed racing, Drag Racing, off shore boat racing, Midget Racing, BMX racing... and even though what we know as Motocross racing started in the UK, it was in Southern California where it grew.

    Face it, most locomotion sports if not invented in Southern California, saw their largest gains in popularity there.

    Whatever fosters this, is what makes SoCal Hot Rodding's Capitol...

    Then... and because there has been so much of it passed down to other generations, now.

    Sam
     
  15. You rock.

    :D

    Sam
     
  16. Bilt
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    Arkansas City, Kansas is in SoCow....or southern Cowley County, Kansas as the locals call it. Winfield, Kansas is in NoCow or northern Cowley County, Kansas. I've seen alot of votes for southern Cowley County but they keep spelling it wrong...SoCal.:rolleyes: Winfield, Ks was even named after a famous car builder, Gene Winfield.:D That would make Cowley County the Hot Rod Capital!!!!:eek:
     
  17. nwbhotrod
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    from wash state

    You nailed it
     
  18. Petejoe
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    Gotta agree with this one. From where I stand there is too much history here in Ohio for anything else to be number two.
     
  19. SuRfAcE_RuSt
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  20. Tom davison
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    The Southland is it; if you still have doubts about that, you have not attended the GNRS. Or any other SoCal event for the past 60 years for that matter.
     
  21. Leos88
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    Pomona does have allot of history, You can find allot of information through researching the town, especially when it comes to the birth of the NHRA.. I Personally think its all SoCal; the nesting grounds for Hot Rods and Kustoms. The popularity exploded in the late 40's to the early 50's with Hot Rods and Kustoms and the gospel was then spread throughout the country. A good book to pick up would be Hot Rod & Customs Chronicle; talks allot about the birth and growth. But of course, respectively everyone has their own opinions and that's cool...:cool:
     
  22. SlowandLow51
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    Detroit...The Motor City
     
  23. 08racer
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    from Gilbert AZ

    Hot Rod Capital So-Cal
    Racing Capital is Mid-West

    I moved out this way thinking I could race year round. They can't seem to keep tracks open out this way. Kind of blows ass.
     
  24. A Boner
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    Probably L.A.........but it sure isn't the best place to drive a HOT ROD in the U.S.A.
     
  25. Mazooma1
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    LA is a small part of SoCal...Pacific Coast Highway and mountain roads are plentiful.
    We all avoid going into L.A.
    Today it was 76 degrees, 10% humidity and blue skies.
    T-shirt, windows down driving kind of day...as usual
    ====================:)
     
  26. butch27
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    Have to agree. Ohio is #2
     
  27. Has anyone mentioned So Cal yet? If not i was gonna vote for there.
     
  28. notrod13
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    from long beach

    los ángeles
     

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