Features 1940's period correct hot rods

I love these pics, keep them coming!

 

great old pics

 

lucky 1000, Great thread, i got so many ideas for my 32 roadster that im starting to build

 

Yup!

 

here's the one im working on...........






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That's looks lovely with the wires Keith.
Will have a good nose at the NEC.

 

I own this car now...

 

ive got a ton of pictures of that car from the ebay auction it looks so perfect

Harley

 

Very, Very cool! thank you.

 

The paint looks shinny; didn't they know that's not period correct?

Steve

 

Who could ask for anything more?
Ron

 

its gotta be an optical ollusion surely haha

 

Sorry if these have been up earlier.

Some roadsters work in snow too, so I guess I need to buy a top...


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AWESOME THREAD!! HERE IS MINE, PLEASE EXCUSE THE VAN

 

Incredible! Thanks for sharing!

 

1947 movie The Devil on Wheels

 

i wanna ssee that movie soo badly!

 

I wanted my 33 ford pickup to represent a gow-job pickup a serviceman may have built on returning from WWII in '45. I did ok except for 2 things...the '49 ford dash and I wimped out and used a T-5 in front of the '42 ford pickup rear axle...fun as hell to drive!

 

Vonmerkin... Here You go
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...&field-keywords=the+devil+on+wheels&x=18&y=20

 

Wow, I'm finally thru it. Only took 3 days!

 

More proof that the rusty stuff is just a fad...just look at that row of beautiful roadsters.

 

The more I look at this post the more I think the words "period correct" in the ***le are unnecessary.

 

why ? .................. steve

 

The material that has been depicted in this thread is largely historical in nature. That is, photographic evidence of hot rods of the day, back in the 1940's.
Back then there was no such concept as "period correct". These cars were simply what was happening at the time. To cl***ify all of that photographic material as "period correct" suggests there were a whole lot of hotrods out there that were not period correct. Follow? That is simply not so in my opinion.

Such a qualification might have some relevance to a car built in 2010 that is similar to those depicted in those historic photographs but otherwise has no relevance to the cars depicted in that body of material.

My 2 bobs worth.

 

That's because when this photo was taken these cars were only about TEN years OLD!

 

i like the sayin .... "run what ya brung" . course i like "pre '48" also ...................... steve

 

I hate to say it...but coupesters are traditional too. I found this shot of NASCAR great Lloyd Moore's early race car.

 

This therad is meant as inspiration and historical refernce both new builds and true 40s cars are represented equally I think.. The thread is not an argument of semantics...While we're on the subject of semantics..."two bob's worth" has a whole different conotation.

 

I think we all get what period correct means in the thread ***le.

I'd more more cencerned about the 'correctness' or accurate reality of ANYTHING in a Hollywood teen exploitation movie!

 

Wow...how am I gonna sleep now?

I know Roadsters are all the rage, but anyone got any pics of Tubs from the 40's? Need some more inspiration.