This post is is about a car ***le / registration but I am not trying buy or sell a ***le or get advice on how to cir***vent any state laws. I'm just p***ing this on as a cool curiosity and I have already cleared it with Ryan to post. Back in the mid 50's my dad bought a home-made roadster made from a coupe. It was sort of ugly but he drove the wheels off of it for a couple of years. It had a Ford fame and flathead but he does not remember what the body was made from. The interesting thing about it was that it had a State of Iowa issued ***le and the manufacturer and model on the ***le were both listed only as Hot Rod. Has anyone ever seen a ***le like this? How cool would it be to have a real Hot Rod ***le for your car? And any guesses as to what the body started out as? I believe the photo is from 1956.
When I ***led my 27 chevy in Iowa the ***le said "Touring" on it. The lady at the dmv was asking about it and I said it was a woodie. She asked if I wanted that on the ***le and I said yes. So I suspect your dad came up with "Hot Rod" for his ***le
It wasn't just the model name, like touring, sedan, coupe or convertible, but it was also on the manufacturer's name line. So instead of saying Ford or Chevrolet it said Hot Rod.
I owned a 30 model A coupe several years back I bought then rebuilt it....It came from Illinois,where it was ***led as a 1971 HOMEMADE. It is in Iowa now and has been for a long time,still see it now and then.
Yep, I'm from Illinois and saw those ***les HOMEMADE on trailers and homebuilt cars. Here in Florida a few friends built rods and had to get them checked with a plate added like a seriel number. They were allowed to call it whatever they wanted similar to what it was. Like one friend's homebuilt 1930 Ford woodie which started out as a two door. Now it's a Ford woodie wagon.
...OP Image un photo****eted ...35 Olds Grill and shell... ..1927 Ford, Mercury Bodied Speedster... ...maybe... Credit to Photographers, Owners
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