Hot roddin in the 50s (viedo)

That funny looking purple 34 ford coupe with the track nose was in a old Honk magazine. Thats some good video!

 

i don.t think a 49 mrerc rag top was a cheap car back then, those guys must have had some money.

 

Way cool

 

beautifully put and btw, I think I still love "lovelybones"

 

Way cool stuff. A couple of you mentioned "lots of white walls" Do you think that was a reginal thing that there were so many cars with them?
Smokey

 

Thanks for the video. Very cool. Thanx

 

Hoisted on my own petard!! You are right, I'm sorry. Mike BTW, the coupe really is a nice one !

 

LOL

 

That Merc belonged to a friend named Bud Ward. He was postman here in SA. None of these guys were from money - just loved their cars.

 

People always photograph the NICE stuff, that doesn't mean there wasn't anything else there. I'm fairly sure there was a fair number of cars that were less attractive, so they didn't end up in the footage, that's all. As far as the *****s, well, that's just a good example of how our society as a whole has declined, not just hot rodding.
GREAT video, thanks rotten johnny and LovelyBones