What does "Traditional" mean in HAMB terms?

What does "traditional" mean in HAMB terms?

It involves a bunch of latent homo***uals sitting around having an online circle-jerk over mundane topics such as "look what I found on e-bay!", "is my underwear traditional enough?" and "do these wheels make my **** look fat?", while simultaneously driving up the price of hot rod parts on e-bay.

 

I think Just Steve did a good example. Each type of car has a traditional look, As it was stated above, hotrods before they were called Street Rods and for Customers I have to say 80 and older but there are some nice later examples such as the mid 60 rivs.

Thou my wagon may have some traditional aspects (white interior, SW gauges, Whitewalls and hubcaps I do not think it is a traditional car because it is a wagon. Put some of the same stuff on a coupe and it could possibly be (but it could be a lowrider also).. Now I will get myself in trouble and say 4 doors and all wagons are not your normal traditional hot rod or custom, thou great for the drive-in movie not for the Drive-in burger place back in the old days. I do agree that trucks are either stock, shop trucks or push trucks to be traditional..

I guess traditional is what the majority of any one type of car looked like (and parts used) during any given year. In '62 you hot rod may have had a SBC and chrome reverse wheels but in 52 it would not.

Traditional or not I still think my wagon fits in on this board because of what it is, not for what it is not.

 

damn it.....

 

I wrote this before I'd ever heard of the HAMB and gotten my mind warped by it's "knowledge"
 



DR.J's 1940 GMC Highboy Flatbed Hotrod

Owner
DR.J

Description
JOHN'S STAMP COLLECTION AND BEER MONEY A.K.A. THE BLUE TRUCK


One day back in 1988 I was looking through the PennySaver and spotted an ad for a 1940 GMC long bed pickup. I didn't have the grand the owner was asking for it so I offered to trade the 1955 Olds-$75-beater that I had been "gonna fix it up some day" for the last 12 years. He went for it. The GMC was driven to my one car apartment garage where, without ever driving it, I started its slow transformation. Having started reading R&C in 1961, I'm partial to the 60's style of chrome wheels and Caddy taillights, so I planned a "traditional" hot rod of that era. By traditional I mean: If it doesn't make it go, stop, or handle, or make it safe, it probably isn't on the truck. I either hand made parts, adapted them from something I already had, or used the least expensive available that were of acceptable quality and would work. For example, smoothie wheels are cheap and traditional, '59 Caddy taillights I already had so I used them, and the total chrome shop bill was 20 bucks! A friend gave me the halogen headlights, and I got the shock absorbers and gauges on sale at Chief Auto Supply. I performed ALL work including engine and transmission building, metalwork, painting, woodwork, upholstery, wiring, and ***embly in the garage at home. All I farmed out was a front end alignment...

 

Traditional is what ever you want it to be

 

computers aren't traditional

 

Hey man, look at the date on this thread. It's 6 years old and sure as hell wore out.

 

wow, this is the first time in hamb history that a newbie has drug up a 6 year old post...maybe we should reward him?

 

Wow!!! I don't think i have ever seen a thread that that had has many of the old timers of the HAMB post up on the first two pages has on this one