Glass or steel body on a period gasser?

It doesnt matter. run what you wanna run.

 

You know i'm going to say steel and we will keep buying every project coupe we can get are hands on

 

I think it gets more brittle over time... think 20 year old hot tub thats been sitting in the sun, empty, with no cover. Just my slightly educated guess. You can be pretty sure the formula's changed in the past 40-50 years though.

 

And just what difference does it make to anybody but you? Are you just pissed because you put all that work into your car and it looks or rides no better than a 'gl*** car that cost a fraction of the price/time to build?

Or is it just 'the principal'?

 

WOW must be nice to have unlimited $$$$$$$$$

send some my way and I can have a steel willys too

 

Vintage tin is to fibergl*** body

as....

Nice 'mature' rack is to silicone ***s

Regardless of what or how they show up any of the above are bound to put a smile on your face.

 

I agree..............sumthin like that.

Just think if fibergl*** was never invented, no flip top funny cars....................yikes, boats made of wood................maintenance,..............corvettes?

 

Dave Koeffel had a fibergl*** front for the original Flintstone Flyer done in 61/62 ish.

I'm sure Ed Roth caught alot of **** "back in the day" for making "tupperware" cars too, huh?

BTW, does anyone know of a company that repops Bantam Coupe (30/31) bodies in 'gl***? Not hard to see where my allegiance lies, is it?

Thanks!
JK

 

Gl*** makes a good lookin' car and is waaaaaaay cheaper than steel so I gotta tip my hat to the companies that provide gl*** bodies.
As to whether a Brookville or similar steel body is any more "real" than fibergl***......NO it isn't, it is still a repro no matter if it is made of steel or friggin gold for that matter.
Wp

 

race cars = gl***......

 

A lot of the big names ran fibergl*** cars in the 60's.

 

Granted,shall we start a list of cl***ic steel g***ers?I don.t beleive they would would have the same cult status if the cl*** had been all gl*** cars.The mistique is guys took normal old tin and turned them into something *****in',and pretty quick with it.

 

I think you got that backwards. The end goal was to be the quickest and baddest in the cl***. You did whatever it took, if fibergl*** was quickest and legal, you ran fibergl***. Looking *****en and running pretty quick, just got you put on the trailer.

 

Dont matter just go have fun

 

I believe the Fibergl*** allowed you to place the weight where it would improve the acceleration of the car. The Weight Break per cl*** was the same, so the other advantage was fitting into a particular gas cl***.

Similarly OEM use of aluminum fenders, fibergl*** hoods and aluminum bumpers on AFX or Super Stockers put more wt on the rear axel, and possibly putting them into a lower cl*** as well. ...............I wonder if a Factory Light Weight Car owner feels left out when his 409 Z-11 is out cl***ed by a 283" power glide "real steel" car?????

 

Anyone got a steel funny car body kicking around???

 

The 39 stude I used to own was steel with a gl*** tilt nose

 

All gl*** 57 Pontiac - #2 in fact and perhaps the only two that ever existed.
#1 hit the guard rail at Famoso while cruising along at who knows and clocked 157 mph when the big pieces went through the traps.
Total loss.


Very high 7's with the car in the pic last I heard.

Low 8's most times.


Aside from all the Internet cyber whining, the only people who pursue this argument in person are steel car owners who are trying to make themselves feel better.

For what, I dunno, but it seems they're the ones with the inferiority complex....

 

Well I guess those tri-5 Chevys with flip up front ends are "half gl***ed". And what about the 57' Chevy and Camaro steel repops? Are they not real? How about a Morrison ch***ised tri-5? Is it not a real Chevy anymore? What about those old wild Customs? Impurity is what drove their styling. And racing, be it vintage or not was never pure. Perfomance rules that world and to be sure if today's bodies and new G***er ch***is had been available they would have used them. The Reno Air Race crowd is going through this deilema right now because of cutting up the precious few warbirds left for racers. We have to decide where we draw our own lines. Some guys are OK with a face lift on their wives but not OK with implants.....Oh, and I respect the fine work of some kit car builders..........and some guys are OK with a rubber doll.

 

So is the desired build date/period pre 1968, or worse yet, pre 1962? If so, you are stuck with steel. If later to include rat motors and such, gl*** is fine. You need to give a bit more info?

 

Here's my take on this if anybody cares. First off mine is gl*** for the reasons already talked about on here. I wish it was steel but when I looked at Gene Cromers willys taken apart the way it was when we took it out of the shed the only part that was not gl*** was the top, 2 little tiny strips that run down between the rear quarters and deck lid and around to the other side and the door jams. Again I would rather have steel but for those who have seen how I hammer on it the willys gods are probably glad that it is gl***. I have included a video of the day we took the Moonlighter out of the shed notice the deck lid is gl*** and the floor is aluminum and that was the only steel on the car even the rockers were gl*** and he built it somewhere around 1964.<iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/S7rizys2TH4?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

Hi Tony:you know our group you run with us at the various meets,our cars are a mixture from the AA'S down, of both body materials do we not have a blast I know it matters not to us the material the body is made of I do believe it will only matter to you and would suggest you settle only for what you really want so as to have no regrets later I know if you build one it will be cool.ps,were a little short on 41's plenty of 33's HA,hA;Dave

 

It only matters to you and it represents the period your are looking for it's perfect!(facsimile) enjoy!

 

I am clearly in the minority here, but I say gl*** is fine. As long as you are hot rodding or racing you are keeping the hobby alive! Over my many years I have owned both. Both have their place, I am planning on building a 20's like hot rod roadster this year after I sell my '64 Impala Convertible.

I would hate to cut up and modify one of the few remaining examples of a real doorless open model T truck to build my Ralph Malph Chickmobie like Rod. I am gleefully going with gl*** and somebody else's frame (I can't make my own, I want this to be a year project not 10).

Hell, I might even paint fake rust on it and put set of '57 Lincoln V8 valve covers on my 327 small block Chevy. If it makes me happy, then that is all that matters!

Is it real? Hell yes it is! When I smoke some steel rod pieced together with ancient junk parts while making my 11 second quarter mile p*** on street tires it will seem real to you too... Just sayin....

 

http://www.usbody.com/

Here's a carbon fiber '55 with a vinyl wrap

 

WHAT? THAT is a vinyl wrap? Really?

 

http://www.vinylwraps.com.au/racev.html third row

 

STEEL IS REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Id rather have a steel car with long wheelie bars than a gl*** car with short wheelie bars IF the question is witch is more authenic........
For the record, it dont matter because the ONLY REAL AUTHENIC CARS NOT UPDATED DONT RACE, pieorid. Every nostiliga racer has new parts on their car....motor, tires,trans. So you cant race a original with original parts
I have a gl*** bathtub that looks like a old clawfoot verson, is it new, old or something I soak weary body in, I dont cars as long as Im clean when I get out.

 

My 2 cents

 

How the hell did I quote myself ????