Hippy rods?........

Dr.J,
Please tell me you don't wear patchouli.


Matter of fact, thats my major beef with "hippies".


Their love of patchouli.


barf.

 

Ah, Alley Oop by the Hollywood Argyles. So named because the song was recorded in an office on the corner of Hollywood Blve and Argyle Ave. If you listen closly you will note that the percussion is people tapping on wine bottles.

Before we were hip we were Hep. As in Hep Caps. When I was in the early years of high school I fancied myself to be a Beatnik. I read Naked Lunch, had a bunch of City Lights poetry books by Ferlinghetti, Gregory Corso, Alan Ginsburg, read Keroac (sp). But my main inspiration was Maynard G. Krebs. Dr J, I think the Krebs connection in***les my to claim to be a hippie. By the way, we hated that term then and prefered Longhair or even Freaks.

Name the author of this: "Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope".

BTW, my tag line is a direct quote from the World's Fastest Hippie".

Tingler, I never wore patchouli, I bet the good Doc never did either. We are of the Hai Karate generation.

 

Never.
Hate the smell of that ****.
Don't like it on fake Hindis and "yoga instructors" either.

Well, I take that back, one drop of it on a BATHED person is tolerable.
Same thing with TABU perfume.
When I was a kid "Old Ladies" would put that concentrated TABU perfume **** on like it was after shave and reek for blocks.
Then about 20 years ago I smelled a really nice scent on a very pretty young lady and I liked it enough to ask what it was and she said TABU. I was very surprised.
Go figure.
I did Meet Alan Ginzberg at a party in Sunset Beach back in '68 and he was wearing a Silk dress shirt and tie and reeked of Johnson's Baby Powder...

One thing Chili reminded me of.
Punks.
I've asked many "Punk Rockers" what the hell that means, what they are about, and most of them describe a desired freedom of lifestyle almost identical if not a close parallel to what "hippies" are supposed to be about, except for the patchouli and piercings differences...

 

R. Crumb

Krebs was always my hero.

My Mom liked that show too because like the Gillis's, she grew up in a second story house above My Grandfather's grocery store, that's the way it was back when the Queen went by the name Victoria.

Old ****e.
I quit wearing any of it when no matter what I put on my first wife said it smelled "rancid"? must be a chemical change, or she liked my sweat solo.
Kid brother usta drink Aqua Velva.
He wore that Patchouli **** for a while.
We'd hose him off in the back yard first whenever he came down to visit.
He graduated from UC Santa Cruz and Berkeley School of Seminary too.
He Lived in a Tee Pee in an Apple orchard outside Nevada City for a while.
But he's not a hippie.
He's a Preacher, Musician, Teacher, Father, Construction worker...
He played at The Wiskey A Go GO last year.
That psycho-dellic Rolls Royce a few pages back was John Lennon's.
He was way too rich to be a hippie.

Tingler and others.
There never usta be a "type" of person who was into hotrods or customs.
Surfers, might have been "Car guys", but usually the car was just a transport to get them to the beach. Their dreams/plans were more about the next board.

"Custom car" guys could just as easily have been a greaser or an ivy leager, or a geek with a pocket protector.
Same with hotrods.
The guys I knew with "cool cars" in high school are engineers or doctors now, and a few roofers...
In Stanford Jr High School the Custom Model Car Contests were sponsored by the science teacher, (Ask Del Austin, he was there) not the metal shop or crafts teacher. But we mae tikis and gear shift knobs in crafts and cast surfboard skegs and car "stuff"in metal shop.

 

Nope, not R. Crumb. Gilbert Sheldon. He drew the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and the quote was from Freewhellin' Franklin. I give away my age by saying I was a big fan of the Wonder Warthog comic books, also by Sheldon. All available from Ripoff Press. When ever I see a '48 Buick Roadmaster I'm reminded that it was the car that the Masked Meanie, the Hog of Steel's arch enemy.

 

A Hippie

 

My dad wasn't a hippie, my mom was and my uncle was and i make fun of em' all the time!

No, a hippie didn't steal my lunch or kick my *** but a bunch of kids playing hippie stole my town!

and yes my pricipal, teacher and most of my peers could be cl***ified as hippies or whatever you want to call em' doc.

And No, thats not true. might have seemed that way in 1977 but it's another story now. if i have to explain it you wouldn't under tand.

 

Much like today.

Of the limited time I've been around this stuff, I have found a dire shortage of the "rockerbilly" stereotype guy.

At least here in TN.

Most of us are plain guys with a sweet tooth for old junk.



However, to all that I've met here in TN...the car is MORE than just transportation.





Funny that hippies were bought and sold just like Jesse James and "traditional rods" and punk rock and just anything that comes along.

There may be a nugget of truth down in there somewhere, a nugget of something real, but it all turns to **** in the end.

 

I thought the ultimate "hippy rod" was Ken Keseys bus. Or maybe whatever Jim Stafford used to "take a trip and never leave the farm"

 

Let's jump in the ol' Wayback Machine for a short jaunt, Sherman. Back in the era that we HAMBers love so much, Hip, or more accurately, Hep, meant in the know - Cool. In that same era a Punk was someone who gave away his candy and still got *** ****d in prison. Punk music, by definition, is about youthful rebellion. Punk bands with members in their late forties on the proverbial Tax Tour is the perfect example of what Punk is rebelling against. Old Deadheads are pretty sincere. Punk Nostalgia is a sell out, pure and simple. Begborrow… it's time to forgive your mom and get on with life, man. If you're over 20, you ain't punk rock enough to be taken seriously.

Hippies love to pick on punks. Being a punk invites abuse.

 

How about this one?



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all i can say after the first three pages is ........wow man........when you said beatnic i did think of giligan may he rest in peace..........have to do it just once picture him coming out from behind the shelves..........................work.......????????? sorry had ta do it

 

Rust in peace

 

There's a bio on "Worlds Fastest Hippie" San Francisco's Mike Mitchell, the guy Chili Phil wa talking about, about half way down this page.
http://www.70sfunnycars.com/FunnyCars15.html

ETA theres two of the hippie's cars on here: http://www.g***ermadness.com/Ditty/

And:
http://www.draglist.com/stories/SOD Jul 2000/SOD-072800.htm

 

Can I get a YEE HAWW? Holy ****, I'm thinkin the discussion was meant to bring back what rods were at the time. How kool is it that it stirs up such fond memories for some of us?

I always had a lil "fight the system" in me and buildin a hot rod of any kind is a good choice of ways to express it. I'd bet there isn't too many here that have a hard time relating to that. Not too many cars either.

 

Try me.
I understand words real good...
Try to keep it Rod related though or send a PM.

ETA
I just found this: http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/retro/artillustrations/index.php
"Stanley Mouse: Hotrod Hippie Icon"
Not sure who's the ***le giver but "Hotrod hippie" exist in the same thought other than this thread.

 

Hippy meets hotrod in a head on collision.

 

Damn it.... More hippy debates.... I try to stay out of these things.... but I have to back my fellow HIPPY HATERS. I apologize in advance...

I guess I just go off what my dad taught me about hippies. You see, my dad grew up working hard on a family farm in Michigan-- poor. He got my mom pregnant when he was 20 years old and she was 17. While she was pregnant with me, he got drafted and went to Vietnam. Even though he didnt so much agree with the politics, he supported his country and his family-- cause that's the kind of man he was raised. He didnt have the luxury to play around and "drop out."

My dad got to be a lucky one who felt the wrath of cowardly hippy protestors when he came home to see me-- his newborn.

In the mean time, the generalized hippy culture "rebelled" by running away... running away from serving their country, running away by doing drugs. Some suggest hippies were brave, others like myself believe they were cowards.

It takes no courage to drop acid, hold a protest sign, leach off you parents dollars and COMPLAIN about what you think. It takes courage to drop into a war zone and fight for your family and your country.

And, yeah... patchouli ****ing stinks.

Chili Phil-- I know you disagree with me. I'm cool with that. Afterall, i'm just an uneducated son of a poor farmer

-scott noteboom

 

I'm a scrawny kid (under 20 thank you very much Phil) but if a hippie wants to pick on me face to face i'll lay his dirty *** on the ground if it's the last thing i'll do. Quite possibaly every thing in that paragraph above is complete and total ********. I understand hippie culture because i'm living in the bay area, almost every person over 50 here was a hippie but you don't know jack **** about my world.

 

Well, the fact that you're under 20 goes a long way to explain why you're p***ionate and humorless and lack an understanding of the Put On. I can make a guess about your world though. You are the kind of punk who doesn't get the ****ies or the DKs. You still carry the baggage of your high school years. The absurdity of life is yet to be revealed to you. As long as you wear your anger on your sleave smart ***es like me will delight in messing with you. In addition to having been called a hippie, I've been called a 1% biker, drag strip trash, white trash country musician, lowrider, geezer and my current fave, Grandpa. You will learn to relax as you age or you will bust a blood vessel and die young. I also have the bad habit of growling at little hyper dogs, just to watch them go crazy whenever I see one riding in a little old lady's lap while she drives. But yeah, I do know about your world, sonny. I was 20 once. You ever been 60?

PS maybe the Bay Area isn't the best place for you and Scott. Down in So Cal we have the Inland Empire. Lots of angry people there, cooking meth in their kitchens and mad at the world.

Also, don't get too wound up over what I say. I'm just teasing ya. You guys make it irresistable ya know. Maybe I lost too many brain cells. But that's more likely from Nitromethane and velocity than LSD and speed. Relax. When you finally spin that bearing in your head, the the****** that helps you will probably be a hippie. Poetic justice.

Phil

 

Awwww come on guys, can't we all just get along?

edited.

(Nobody reads anything right anyhow)

Blaaaah blaaah blaah..........

Hippys ****
Greasers ****
punks ****
it all ****s.


everyone's an idiot.

 

you can find most of those cards here

http://www.showrods.com/home_page_links/deal_me_in.html

 

Hey Tingler, I never underestimated YOUR sensahyoomer.

Speaking about cut off dates, maybe sarcasm and parody died in '64 too. Lenny Bruce must be twirling in his grave.

 

that was awesome,and couldn't be more true,haha...and your sir....are now my favorite hamber

 

DAMM,

I THINK CHILI PHIL IS MY NEW FAVORITE HAMBER
DAMM,
DAMM

 

Yes they were......and i've still got a bunch of them....

 

Like Wow Man!
I was just looking for a photo from my Hippy days, but I forgot were I left mt 60's stuff!
had a 46 ford sedan delivery in tu-tone primer with landau bars like this Jag. flat motor 39 trans with 26 tooth zephyer gears. carpet with amber plastic with lights behind it in the interior.

 

I just had one of those "Oh WOW, I see it too!" moments,
and realized what falls in or could fall into the "Hippy Rod" or mo-betta "Hippie Rod" category.
EVERYTHING built after '64 that was "NEW" and not done in the traditional hotrod styles that the HAMB is supposed to be about is/was "Hippie".
As I said before, the "Hippie" was a mythological beast created by the media and that same, everything's gotta be "new and improved" media would cast everything that wasn't still the same as your grand dad did it as being "The new hippie way".
If you weren't a crew-cut "suit" in the YAF you must have been a hippie.
After all, all the "straights" who didn't thnk they were a hippie themselves called everyone else one.
I do it too.
I saw the first of the "Punks" and all I thought of was "Hitler Youth".
I've been told that's not the case... but the thought's still there.

"Art Himsl's Mod Rod"... was a "Hippie rod".!
Whether Art was a "hippie" or not is irrelevant. (I've already said not)

"Do the hippy hippie shake."
Remember that one Chili?
It just popped up in there some where but I don't remember the ***le or the rest of the song, but it predated "Hippies"

Balion's "Pink Panther" (Ed Newton's ?)
If it wasn't "same way we've always done it" it must have been "hippie" inspired.
Cars like that must have been inspired by an LSD trip, or the artist wanted you to think they were.
Did you know Salvador Dali used to get totally blitzed on acid and then paint?
(Someone who knew him, a "straight" Republican Semper FI type guy who wasn't in the habit of making stuff up told me that.)

After all, 25 years ago to present, "EVERYTHING" was "Punk" inspired, or/and 20 years ago to present "EVERYTHING" is "hiphop/Rap/ Gangsta" inspired.
Even Jesse James stuff is Gangsta inspired including his shop's location.
Von Dutch was a "Compton Gangsta", right?
So "EVERYTHING" creative from the "Summer of Love" to the resignation of Nixon must have been "Hippie"
Yes, I'd even include "Disco".
You ever see "KC and the sunshine gang"?

 

Chili Phil is the new GERM... you rock!

 

Did you old hippys set around and argue on message boards back in '68?
I can see you madly posting notes with your stick pins on a community message board. hahaha. Heeeey man, you got any more note paper?? This Tingler hippy is pissin me off.


I'll sum up my statements a different way.


Hippies were not known for building hot rods. the end

I would have thought that would have been clear.......

ahhh but this is the HAMB.


If I said ****in a **** left one's mouth numb....
half of you all would chime in and say "No it don't...my mouth feels great".


I'm outta here.