Technical HAMB-appropriate parts that aren't popular nowadays

We had coon skin hats out here...

 

Must be where "pecker head" came from?

 

Well that blows the hell out of my up coming build...I was going to be using most everything listed.
Actually I don't care...I do agree on a "period in time" guide when I personally put something together, I have a problem with seeing a nicely done car of a certain time period ,say a 50's area semi-custom like the one dad had..,,.a guy builds it going by pictures or what ever from the family photo album....but being a younger guy probably not up on the history of hot rodding, hot rods, and or customs he ads some cool ,in his eyes, accessories...of course its going to be billit stuff , and do dads , big stereo systems, big wheels..you know the stuff...but he is thinking cool dad would of liked that and possibly if them parts would have been available back in the day his dad may have bought them...not my thing but its not my car its his ,he is happy and believes his dad would be also..
Its about individualism, build for your enjoyment and not just to try to please others ...its a everchanging hobby..fads and styles change and peoples likes, dislikes ,views, change .
When getting into the hobby, take some time to research its history and understand what things like traditional and classifications of different periods in time when the particular car and build style that flipped your trigger fits in,..thats mainly for the reason so that you don't go onto a traditional, or what ever, forum and ask about your 80 Chevrolet Citation that you want to chop the top , take off the door handles, lower it then put 20" wheels on it , and side pipes...then keeping with the 50's theme you want to hang some fuzzy dice on the mirror but with the chopped top they hang on the floor...is that the way they were in the traditional time of customs......then you will understand when someone on the traditional forum answers you by saying ...hell yes ..thats the way they hung on all chopped 80 Chevrolet Citations back in the 50's you fu`:**kn idiot...don't be offended...he was being polite compared to some.
If the style of build or parts are not the thing when you want to build ,wait a few moments or so they will come around again..
Did you see the story about the under ground tunnels they are finding on Mars... each one they xray has something different in it from different time periods on earth..I guess they found one thats a mile long and 1/4 mile wide and its full of traditional hot rods and customs and other items and cars of the same period...from the USA and other countries...thats not the strange part...when they tested the materials that the cars and other items are made from, steel, plastic ,rubber etc. it says that they date back 20,000 years...weird ? Right? Just shows that there's still stuff out there and that different fads ,styles , and traditional times have been coming and going for along time...even on Mars.


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Nowadays the headlights would be dropped!

 

i know visors are worth a bunch. Had one when I bought my 50, took it off n sold it to buy good hot rod parts.

more of a BOMB or stock accessory then a hot rod part.

 

Suicide knobs.

 

I remember as a young lad always taking a gander at the lady suicide knobs at the swap meets hoping my dad wouldn't notice.

 

I Just Knew It!

 

How about those cry babies dolls.
The wife’s name lettered on door.
4 wheeler stance.

 

Garder belt or graduation mortarboard Tassel hanging from rear view mirror.

 

I had a Charm Bracelet *on my rear view mirror that my Girl friend
gave me & I still have it, back in the 50's
my car was Nosed & Decked white walls 850X15 tires in the rear
and 710X15 in the Front,
in the late 50'S I had all the door handles off the Car. & Smitty Muffler's
and Duel Exhaust with a olds engine and it ran like a Raped ape

Just my 3.5 cents

Live Long & Die a Fool

 

I love white headers too- soon my Tudor will wear 'em proudly.

The reason for starting this thread was to point out our "selective nostalgia". We tend to celebrate some modifications & parts, but ignore (or even ridicule) others that might have been even *more* popular back then.

Mammal genitalia was the last thing on my mind!

 

Still have mine after 60 years. Hangs in my garage; not as nice as it once was..

 

Yeah, the bomb guys love them but in AD truck world they are super popular as well. My 54 Chevy had one, sold it here before I got the car home. that was 18? years ago. Think I got $300 for it then. Traded the skirts to the bassist for BR549 here, I think he went by Buckshot48?

 

Did them both in my '67 Camaro SS/RS, but that was 1969.

 

14" wheels were the hot ticket. I bet more 14's were made of the custom wheels we treasure today than 15's but the 14's seem to be second-class now, which is a shame since they're kinda the antithesis of the large diameter wheels of today. I really like 14's for this very reason.

And don't give me that bullshit line about tires being hard to find, the internet has them and they're cheap.

 

Some parts are timeless!

 

Visors say "Grandpa's Car" to me, always have and always will.
Skirts are a car by car thing, some look good, some make the car look dowdy.
To me headers have always been white, black or chrome depending on the car. Aluminum spray was my favorite.
Never cared much for hanging things on my mirror either; had a St. Christopher medal my GF gave me hanging on my '58 Ford mirror (not my idea).
How about chromed '32 Ford grill shells.... Saw some in the old magazines, don't see 'em today.

 

Nobody mentioned the ball fringe hanging all around the back window mouldings.


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Back in the day, one of the pocket items I would collect in the junk yard was the red crown tire valve caps from the Standard Oil gas station.
I still have a couple originals and a set of repops.
I've driven my rods all over USA and Canada. The only vandalism I've suffered was the loss of a repop set of those valve caps in Terre Haute, IN. I think a replacement set cost me $8.
I drive them and enjoy them!

 

Laugh all you want, this car sold, in this condition, for close to a half million dollars.

 

Agreed!

 

The thing about HAMB friendly cars is that it covers "traditional" cars before 1965 so if something was in style then.....it must still be in "HAMB Style" now. Unless the HAMB changes its date coverage, anything you saw back then should still be in style.
So it doesn't matter whether you still like it or not, its our genre.

 

Ive said it before and I'll say it again I think this version of the car is awesome. They should have just cloned the original version and left it alone.

 

And live ones too, he was a pet !

 

Too funny. I still use Hai Karate...bought some on Epay...after all these years, it still makes the wife spunky

 

That is because of what it was before this picture and what it has become again! Hot Rod History!

 

Well thanks for clearing that up. Now how would one extract that bone... I'm thinking the remains of a poor quality hot dog or do you skin it? LOL

NOW back to regular scheduled programming...

 

Where's the "thumbs down" icon?