History Cars & Trucks with a rake,all invited to this thread

That pickup rake is perfect to me. It doesn't look like the front end has collapsed like some do with too much rake. The Chev has a nice rake for a full bodied car as well.

 

Hello,

Big rear tires and smaller ones in front should make a cool rake for most cars. This Ford truck shows the angle by looking at the running boards from different angles. It definitely is on a rake. Having owned two 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery hot rods, one stock and one on a similar lowered rake, the 40s styling just plays right into looking cool.

This mild, but a concentrated look of some aggression, shows up, while moving on down the road with any 1940 Ford front end. The design just slices as it cruises with the streamlined front end set up.

Even with the same size tires and rims, a lowered rake give the sedan, sedan delivery, truck or coupe some attitude.

Jnaki

As low as our sedan delivery was, small road bumps and dips were slow speed activities when approaching them and driving through them. YRMV

But, the 1940 red Ford pickup truck looks good from either end with the rake angle. YRMV

 

Raking Here Drill Sargent..

 

On Its Hands And Knees...

 

Down in front

 

My '34 avatar.

 

Here's my Sedan

 

Hard to determine in the image , but wears a nice Hot Rod signature rake . 255/70 -15 rear , 165/80-15 fronts

 

A proper Hot Rod needs to have some rake to it...

 

3 Deuces

 

20210202_112343 by chessterd5 posted Nov 1, 2021 at 6:06 PM

Not the quality of these other cars, some of these are BEAUTIFUL!

 

Picked this one up last week . . .

 

Y-not..same look in 1960 when I lower the front of my moms 56 black Victoria.

 

That was a killer deal! Hope I see it around.

 

My 2 cents for today

 

My Victoria (50Fraud) has been on a noticeable rake since it went together in 1997:
Last summer we chopped the top and reshaped the rear window area. The rake seemed a little excessive with the new roof line, so we lowered the back just 1":

Seems better proportioned now (some trim is still to be installed).

 

Mine

 

Rake the other way?

 

T coupe I owned for a few years.



And the one that inspired me to get a T coupe in the first place

 

And our current 34 Chev sedan project.

Might have it done in the coming year as although projects are great, I would prefer to do that "first drive" myself. And I aint getting any younger....

 

And here’s a picture of my 75 corvette.

 

Hello,

Hot rods with a good looking rake just adds to the style fashionable from the early 50s cars. Despite what is the hot rod, given a rake makes the build have an added composure of being all business and a slight case of “mean-ness.”

So, when I saw this great looking, So Cal's OC, Model A Coupe sitting in a wheel/tire shop parking lot, I could not let it pass and added the digital photo to our old So Cal hot rod collection.

Jnaki

Plus, a good show with original American Racing Equipment 5 spoke mags, not those awful oversized wheels it look like wagon wheels. It just speaks hot rod in any language. No outside “lakes" pipes, just a simple powerful SBC motor for reliable, quiet cruising around the coastal highways and byways.

Add in some flames that don’t overpower the overall “rake” look and it is "Showtime and Cruising" in the coastal OC... YRMV

 

Old picture, right after paint, before the trim was reinstalled.

 

^^^Diggin the whitewalls!

 

That is BAD ASS!!