History Hot Rod truck thread!

An old digital camera set at wide angle...

Hello,

A week or two before the onslaught of the succession of deep Pacific Ocean storms, there were actually bright sunny days in So Cal. Ha, what a concept for daily living, sunny days during the cold winter months and no rainstorms to flood or overload the creeks/rivers heading out to the ocean. (and with the heavy flow, tons of street crud along with the flowing soil and water…)

We happen to be going to the nursery for some additional plants and products for our yard. But, as usual, we always are on the look out for old cars or hot rods cruising around during all sorts of weather conditions. Dry, sunny days makes the situation so much better than slogging through the rain or giant flooding puddles, especially for a couple of old folks messing around for the day...

Jnaki

Again, the area is full of working trucks, mostly modern ones as they are best sellers on the current market. But, in the same light, the old cars used to be in the same categories during their weekdays.

The current days of being “retired,” the daily drives are with the normal flow of “working cars and trucks” on the road. So, we do get to see them during the day. The area of the green truck encounter was where a recent modern lumber/hardware store just got built and was open for business. It is one of a series of the same owners of the store that has been a staple of the OC for many decades, with branches spread all over the wide area.

This Light Green truck has a very mellow, but more than stock sound, emanating from the exhausts when we were next to it. My wife took some photos out of her window, too. But, the bright, sunny day called for a panoramic shot of the “working truck, albeit, a hot rod truck,” was the center of attention. The old truck made it just that much more appealing of our weekly local road trips...YRMV


A digital Iphone point and shoot photo…

 

this was my '35 sold it to pay for new knees. It was a blast to drive, 375 hp 327 ,60 over w 202 heads and 400 turbo shift kit.

 

Over here we had a Little Green Wagon, did,nt end to well.

 

"Ouch "this ones gonna hurt!

 

What an awesome truck. Too bad you had to sell but it's completely understandable. Health comes first.

 

Thanx I'm waiting patiently til something rolls along , I'd like a 57 Ford pickup. . It was built in N.Y. in '82 still wore the same paint ! It went back to Conn. Right to the next town I got it from! Small world lol. Now my knees are better I can get a stick! I still got the license plate to on my Tacoma waiting for a transfer lol.

 

For @Blues4U

 

I’m

 

^^^^Righteous Ride^^^^.... @OL 55

 

@lothiandon1940 , everything @OL 55 has is killer!

 

...Absolutely

 

This one is meant to be a driver.

 

Thanks but both my vehicles are a bit rough around the edges. Both drivers. I just know how to hide their flaws in my pictures.

 

Thanks but both my vehicles are a bit rough around the edges. Both drivers. I just know how to hide their flaws in my pictures.

 

This showed up last night at a local car club's cruise night. Just an amazing truck.

 

41 Chevy front clip on an F1 Ford, AD Chevy rear fenders too. Doesn't look like a Chevy bed, probably a Ford bed.

 

Custer's last stand should have looked so well.

 

Hello,

One of the nicest complete old Ford trucks seen in a long time. the body was pristine, the chrome good and the gl*** was as clear as the day.

This 1962 Ford truck was sitting in front of one of the coolest shops in this industrial area of this coastal city. We had gone there many times to get some metal shapes and sizes of all kinds. It is one of the best fabrication places, with all kinds of applications. We needed a perforated sheet to replace a solid door on our old office computer cabinet. I had already cut out the back panel for air circulation, but the big box CPU was still running hot.

This metal shop had just the perfect perforated metal sheet to replace the front of the door and that would be perfect for flow through air to cool off the large CPU box. Yes, there were fans built in and I added a couple of plug in external fans, but computing for hours gets warm to hot.

Jnaki

"We all like a nice rear end..." YRMV