Features Is this traditional?

Simply put, they built what they had with what they could find and aFord

 

And we're still doing that today.
I've said this before.
Finding good hot rod material is kind of like searching for love. So much depends on what's available.

 

That's why the Buicks. Different.

 

The majority of my hot rods - 7 of 'em - use inline sixes. I view them as a slap-in-your-V8-face of seemingly more traditional powerplants.
Ironically, I was an engineer in the V8 Engineering Department, so I needed something different to challenge my hot rodding juices.

 

You're looking at a 292 with Clifford and dual Monojets. Just the right amount of fuel and better balanced than a center dump intake. No soot at tailpipes and sparkplugs running clean. It took me years to figure out bigger isn't always better. MPG not terrible at 18 considering 3.73 rears.

 

Like mentioned many just built what they had on hand. I've actually seen a few Es*** hot rods in person from back in the day. And many of the so called factory steel t buckets are actually dodge bros. In fact I know I've seen at least one Buick "t bucket". Reason Ford got the typical nod for hot rodding is like in the instance of model as they built literal millions of them. So in many areas you couldn't have the taco farts without stumbling across 20 model as in a junkyard lol

 

That's a cool little hot rod and as Anthony would say - I'd drive it, There ain't enough Chevy hot rods! HRP

 

Saweeet!!

 

Three reasons the majority of old rods are Fords........ plentiful, easy and cheap.

 

So, @LarsL please start a build thread when you embark on the build & please share the link here too!

 

Awesome car.
The owner should be proud !
- although I doubt they would have used a deuce grille on a chevy back in the ‘40’s and ‘50’s ……..
(someone will post a photo shortly just to prove me wrong)

In New Zealand the hot rod culture was behind the US in terms of time.
I grew up seeing all kinds of cars turned into hot rods.
A lot of English cars, Ford Anglia and Popular, Austins from the late ‘30’s and four doors.
Anything was used as not a lot of American cars were imported through that period, mainly British and Australian cars.
(most American cars came from Canada due to tariff reasons).

as said, hot rodders used what was available at the time……..
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And termites eat early chevys. HRP

 

They were also all steel. Not steel skin over a wood structure. That means alot. Years ago, I came across a 20 something Whippet sedan. Upon opening the driver's door, the entire cowl collapsed. All the wood framing had rotted away years before, leaving no structure above the cowl. Opening the door allowed the cowl to fall back.

 

That's part of the reason why the Fords were plentiful.