purple people eater knock offs?

Way Cool

 

You can't find two guy's that are more detected to hot rod's than Marky or Alex,
They have always done things there way, whether people like it or not.........
And I dig that car ....................

 

Yes it was. This is the one I wish I still had but Im glad it gone

 

i understand some of you dont like this rod, but you need to go to youtube to hear, and watch that critter in action. It's just plain fun. I think people are taken it to seriously. Shoot, some of you real old guys might even get chubbed up.

 

My opinion and a bucket of spit will get ya....well ya know.

IMO mind you, "traditional" or not (I'm beginning to hate that word for the set of 'rules' it implies) I don't see how anyone could deny being intrigued by that much engine squeezed into that little of a chassis.
I can only say this for "Traditional"....when I'm in my 60's and the Doctor says, "Well, we do have Viagra you can try?" I'm not about to say, "Oh sorry Doc, that's not Traditional!"

(get my point?)

 

Right I hear you there brother!

 

You guys talk as if you are going to convince somebody.

The people who like it like it,
and the people who dont... Don't.


I'll always see it as the Original Rat Rod.

 

Lets all relax,grab a beer, turn the volume WAAAAAAAAAY up and listen to this.......


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AMEN Axle !

 

why all the complaining? it's like if you were a kid and a genie popped up and said," I can make any one of your hot wheels cars real,which one would it be?" you know we all would have picked the baddest and wildest one we had. just enjoy it. it's completly nuts,just the way it should be. you just have to ask the question, w.w.r.f.d? what would rat fink do? See that grin at the end of the video? thats the I got what i wanted for christmas when I was 6 grin.

 

bad ass, f*#king a right on!!!! Man i love this stuff.

 

hmmmm.....lets see the ppe and the atomic punk showdown!!!!!

 

I Really Really like the PPE, its outrageous, over the top and completly useless as a car. Its art, it will make you feel something when you see it.
It will scare the shit out of you when it starts if your not expecting it.
It is way to out of proportion to be a racer, exhibition maybe but he cant see the lights from the left lane.

As stated above its a cartoon come to life and thats cool. Some guys build plastic models for themselfs to enjoy. This guy built something for you to enjoy. I know the engine is fron a top fueler and the car a early hot rod, but I dont know when they were married-up to become the PPE.
I dont know if these are knock-offs or inspiration

 

My avitar is a drawing of someones imagination. Dark, scary, mysterious, well done, cool lighting, car art right? Well when i saw it I went completly insane. Obsessed and on a quest to build something similar to it. I had to have it. I decided that it was a vicky and I chose to build it based on a vicky, Well long story short, I have the steel body, try and find one of those !! the Blown Hemi is close to being done, parts collected and things are coming together.

People where telling me that it would be impossible to pull off, looks cool as hell but too cartoony to be real, why, OH YOU WILL NEED FRONT BRAKES!!! your nuts and my favorite of all time "if you want to kill your self just shoot yourself and save the money" (The Broom-Rider.)
I had some telling me that it would be do able also.

Well couple years go buy then I find this pic, and obviously it was the inspiration for the drawing, What do you think? Well thats a bantam and A LOT LOT LOT smaller than my vicky. So it wont be an original idea but it will be my vision and version of it. I just wish I thought of it first. Ha.Ha

So I guess I'm doing my version of a knock-off of the inspiration of the PPE, Hows that ?

 

So, how many times has the PPE raced?

 

The PPE is rad.

The end.

 

I think the car is cool but its definetly out there. Few people are aware the impact this car has had on the traditional movement . When this car was on the cover of Rod & Custom it was an indication that "rat rods" [as they were called ]were about to be more mainstream, and this was before the Old Skool Rods Rebel Rods Hot Rod Deluxe or Car Culture Deluxe were on stands. It and cars like it ignited or restarted traditional rodding, a simpler old way of doing things where almost anything goes if its old scool. It seems these days that it has become a bit more critical of some of the cars & styles of the cars that got the movement to where it is today. IMHO

 

Not as many times as you've bench raced here...

 

pontiac power ! !

 

And deffinately for and by Hoodlums!

 

Amen!

Marky is a total mad scientist and He just quietly does his thing out of his garage, building all his own shit, without patting himself on the back. Its funny how people still get all bent outta shape over the PPE after all these years, and say its not traditional etc etc. The poncho motor has tons of racing history and 1/4 mile records etc, and its got all the right parts (which Im sure Axle can tell you all about) and it really does look like an altered coupe that could have run in the early 60's, or a cartoon car on a Roth Monster shirt. Its not any crazier than some of the stuff you see in the threads about "altereds and street freaks" that you see pop up here on HAMB.

He's a real humble dude who grew up around hotrods. I think I remember there was a story in "Continental Restyling" magazine about how he used to drive the model A to highschool before it became the PPE, how cool is that? Me and him are the same age and Ive gotten to know him and his bro a lot better in the last few years. Marky helped me get my T on the road with many late nights working in the garage!

I think its about time that someone finally acnowledges that the PPE/shifters had a hand in inspiring a whole new young generation of hot rodders. If you put it into context, they were some of the first younger guys I ever saw building traditional rods in a see of Billet and pastel paint jobs with graphics and grey tweed interiors. I used to think hot rods were only for rich, old guys! I remember first seeing their rides around 96-97, and I was blown away! I thought, "These guys are just a little bit older than me!" Sure, Their cars had a few dents and they were in primer, but they sure looked like they were actually enjoying these old hot rods instead of worrying about chips in the paint and dusting them with car dusters or posing crybaby dolls in front of them.

Back then you could still get deals on bodies that needed a little work or old flatheads, and speed equipment and drivetrains discarded for SBC's and disc brakes. Sometimes they basically were giving it away!

I know when I saw PPE on the cover of R&C, my buddy VINTG41 and I were like "holy shit!", and when he fired it up at the RatFInk/mooneyes show (when it was at the old location) and Paso, It really was a spectacle to see. People flipped out about it all the way in europe and Japan!

I know its been a long task for him to get it to be able to pass tech with all the modern regulations etc. And I dont have to tell you guys that drag racing is an expensive hobby! In his spare time and when he's able to save up he does a little more on it. Since 2001 or whatever, Hes redone the fuel line in steel, moved the gas tank, redone the rear suspension, added a roll cage, scatter shield, Different carbs, racing seat..etc. etc. He is getting really close to making a pass in it, and I know I will be there when he finally does!

Its cool that people have posted a few other/streetable cars in this thread with some noticable similarities to PPE. Maybe "knock-offs" wasnt the right word. We are all inspired by cars that have been built before and they give us ideas to build new ones with subtle differences that make them our own, thats the true essence of hot rodding. Marky didn't come up with the idea for PPE in a vacuum either. PPE's Roth/Altered Coupe influence is pretty aparent..but the car definitely caused (still causes) a stir even today.

 

I'm glad somebody else recognized Anthony's brown neck bandito bubbletop, which was built long before plowboy did his. Marky's car is a bit radical but it was more or less built to showcase the motor, which is a piece of history. It is very traditional in my opinion, and I am surprised to hear people on this board think otherwise. His car has been a controversy ever since it appeared in R&C a few years ago and it has come a long way since then as far as being ready for the dragstrip. I think it's bitchin'.

 

You tell em New.. I mean Rob-bie. lol
here it is @ Paso 2000, I think this is the first show Marky took it to. This car has come a long way since he first put it together and yes he used the body as a pickup cab with a bed behind it first on another hotrod he built when he was in highschool. Anthony did the Brownneck Bandito at the same time Marky was building the PPE; 1999/2000. As Robbie pointed out, Nobody was building cars like these then! Marky's not on here to defend himself because he spends his time building cars instead of talking about building them.

 

i love the purple people eater HOT ROD i dont see how it could be considered not traditional. great looking car in my opinion

 

WOW! The PPE not traditional ? Can we get get people to fill out applications before being able to post?
And to the threads question hell yeah there should be knock offs but unfortunately they would have to carry history books to show people the crazy shit that was actually built back in the days of experimental drag racing. Compared to some I've seen the PPE would be considered tame.

I think we need to spread the gospel a little louder.
To all that think the PPE is ugly it was NOT built to look good IT WAS BUILT TO GO FAST. DUH.
I supose the "High and Mighty" is ugly to? I think it's a beautiful work of art. But something tells me some people wouldn't be caught dead standing next to it. WTF?

 

amen brother!

 

maybe people don't like it cause they don't have the balls to drive something this hardcore and badass

 

Exactly!- its not everyones cup of tea, but this car is one that will be REMEMBERED. Built by a humble and talented gearhead who didnt build it to please anyone but himself.

 

I saw it race a couple of times.

What does it matter how many times it's raced anyhow? That is a dumb question. There are many race cars that have only raced a few times in their existence. It doesn't make them any less legitimate or real. What about all the cars onthe HAMB with nasty motors that have not made a 1/4 mile pass. Doesn't make any less a hot rod in my eyes. Take instance this sprint car on the left. It raced only once and has never raced again. Is it traditional?




For hell's sake! The guy that built the car was just a kid at the time, and has stuck with it building it in his own garage with his own time, skills and money.

I really think this whole "It isn't traditional" argument is suffocating. Hot Rodding is NOT traditional. If all the self proclaimed "traditionalists" were truly what they claim, all their cars would be as traditional and stock as Henry Ford built them. How does one know if their car is traditional or not? Can you go to city hall and get a certificate? Is there a committee that dubs thee traditional?