Customs French rake

Anti-French rake is better!

 

Never heard the term french rake.

I did have some french tires over the years, that's the kind that go completely down on ya.

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hahahahah now that ones killin me..lol

 

I dont know how this applies..but I thought it would make some people laugh

and thats a good thing...right?

LITTLE GIRL ON A PLANE
A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said,
'Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.'

The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, 'What would you like to talk about?'

'Oh, I don't know,' said the stranger. 'How about nuclear power?' and he smiles.

OK, ' she said. 'That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass - . Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?'

The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, 'Hmmm, I have
no idea.'

To which the little girl replies, 'Do you really feel qualified to discuss nuclear power when you don't know shit?'

 

I'm reluctant to say anything with a straight face in this thread. This car is raked, or more precisely "on a low rake" (because it's lowered front and rear, but more in front), and would have been described the same in WLA in 1957:



This car WAS described as raked in 1957, and was lowered in the front only:



I have never heard the term "French rake" anywhere except here on the HAMB.

 

Has anybody got a skyhook? I just found my bucket of steam, and now I lost my skyhook.

 

Haaaaaa.That is funny as hell.

 

No french rakes around here...We mexicans do most of the raking here!

The girlfriend being no rake and having a sister that is a ho is just TOO FUNNY! i need to go to sleep. . .

 

Larry Watson, speed channel, living the low life.

 

I think you are supposed to call them "freedom rakes" now.

 

my bad, it might have been Pete Chaporius, however you spell it.

 

Al Gore is French??

 

Thanks to the few HAMBers that actually helped me and posted a pictures.

The jokes were funny, too.

You got it right pipty6. Pete Chapouris.

The folks that want to argue about the terminology can go argue with Mr. Chapouris if you have the guts. You can email him and tell him how wrong he is, and that you are a real expert because you read all about customs in a magazine and on the internet, by sending an email to: ChristianMejia@so-calspeedshop.com

"When I was a kid, hanging out at Larry's [Larry Watson] shop, we dropped them straight down and tipped them slightly toward the front. That's what is called a French rake. That's what the guys in Southern California were doing. Our hispanic friends were doing the same thing except they would drop the back end down and they became tail draggers. That was the difference." Pete Chapouris interview at the GNRS

 

come guys, leave the French alone...........I mean , afterall, they did invent the blow job...............that's why they call it french

 

Actually, he invented France. Sheesh. Don't yall know anything????

 

NO. I DID NOT. I ONLY ASKED FOR PICTURES! I DID NOT ASK WHAT A FRENCH RAKE WAS OR IF IT EVEN EXISTED! I ALREADY KNEW WHAT IT WAS AND THAT IT EXISTED. (yes, I am yelling that)

 

Ahh the French - Talk with their hands, Make love with their feet. You would think a French rake would more describe a taildragger as in digging grass & crap out of the rear bumper. Never heard the term before. If the ass end was higher, always called it jacked up. Must be a 50's custom term as described earlier. If you said that to a rod or muscle car guy he'd probably hurl his French fries.

 

Nope, you guys got it all wrong. It's not a front to back thing, it's a side to side thing. A French Rake is where the right side springs are higher that the left side springs so the car always leans to the Left.

 

OK, I grew up in So Cal, the same So Cal as Pete C. Now I know it is a regional term. Fair enough. It was a good region to grow up in. But we do talk funny, don't we.

And the aqua fastback with the scallops is on the dreaded French Rake.

Getting good answers can be like pulling teeth on here, sometimes.

 

Wouldn't that be "French Dip"?

 

Seems to me we are off the topic although what you said was funny in a sic sort of way. Interesting the history though about the french rake.

 

I agree I saw the pete from so call call the up in back down in front a french rake to, I have always heard that referred to as an east cast rake and the down in back up in front as the cali rake. I am sure there are other names depending on your area. if you have air or hydros you can try both!?

 

My RPU does that, but I think it's a French Fry rake, as I have eaten too many of them and my fat ass throws off the balance! Luke