are these traditional rods?

they are not really traditional rods so what are they. what do you call these types of rods?

 

show cars
traditional hotrods can be driven on the streets daily

 

I like the lifted motor look

 

Traditional Show Rods!! Love um

 

the bubble tops are. the rest i don't know.

 

"car-toons"

Larry

 

gay

 

I like the "Traditional Show Car" or maybe Hot Wheels Cars

 

i never like to see the rear tires higher than the deck lid.

 

Rat-Fink?

 

insanely overpowered concepts that didn't quite make it into the mainstream dealer lots

 

whats wrong with the last one?

 

I think they are called Zingers.

 

Here's Plowboy's Atomic Punk video.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=424438

 

I call them "cool".

 

Cutting Edge Cool they are! At least in my books! And I appreciate the real traditional rods, but these are refreshing!

 

I predict that this thread will get way out of hand,many people will get insulted and finally closed.


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Nothing like that on the streets of the fifties in my neighborhood. In the sixties there were a few bubbletop showcars.

 

Why the hell is the motor on the purple one so high?

 

I would call them difficult to drive...


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The Purple People Eater and the Atomic Punk. Do a search.

 

for sure... Like that bad ass car in your avator

 

Shock value.

 

They are wild 60's style creations (or recreations) and examples of some cutting edge car culture that existed during that time. I think it's called creativity which has always been traditional. Whatever melts your butter.

 

I think we're all well aware nobody agrees on nomenclature. But here are my definitions.

Traditional Rod - hot rod built with the materials, techniques, and aesthetic common in the '40s, '50s, and '60s.

Period Rod - hot rod built with the materials and techniques available in a given timeframe

Nostalgia Rod - hot rod built to evoke a particular period regardless of tradition or period correctness

Retro Rod - hot rod built to evoke a particular period with some regard to tradition and period correctness, but a willingness to exaggerate for the sake of an aesthetic point

I'd say these are '60s retro rods.

 

I do like the Atomic punk.. I remember watching the Video..

 

I agree!

I would call them Fancy Rat Rods that someone spent over $25000.00 each of them.
J

 

....how dare you start this thread without mentioning thee Brown Neck Banditio!!!

thee fore father to the new revolution of all of what you have posted..

 

Dare I say it: they are the rodent-rods of their era. Much prettier than today's things, but basically the same concept: shock value cars that weren't built with much safety in mind.

 

I don't agree with that statement at all. So, in your history book, Ed Roth built rat rods?