Hey Thanks Rick! Snowman, sounds like you want to put that 383 & 5 speed in there - do it! Forget about what anybody else thinks, you gotta drive it! The engine doesn't change what style the car is. It'll just be more fun than most mild customs, and give you an ace up your sleeve!
I might generally agree with this, though: Nose down = hot rod Tail down = custom (excepting g***ers, etc.)[/QUOTE] ^^^^^^ I agree
I had a very similar thread a while back. My '53 looks stock, except for stance (soon to be bagged), and drivetrain (modern). Is it a lowrider? Mild Kustom? I finally figured it out. it's MINE.
snowmann - As pictured in your avatar: ... I'd agree with the others that categorized your '50 Chevy as a "MILD CUSTOM" Changing the engine won't make it a "HOT ROD" ... but a different tire & wheel combination with a different stance would certainly put it in the "HOT ROD" camp:
Flamingo_57 - Huh? ... last time I checked, the H.A.M.B. was all about "Spreading the gospel of traditional hot rods and customs {with a "c", not a "k"} to hoodlums world wide...": Kustoms with a "K" was really just a Barris gimmick: ... the majority of the other "traditional" customizers spelled Customs with a "C": Either spelling is fine by me ... I just take exception to your statement that "The type we are into are actually Kustoms".
Easy the car in your avatar is a chebby. In essence all rods and customs could be considered customs just because they stray from a stock appearing vehicle or are custom built. Never the less hot rods have to do with going fast and customs have to do with looking good. The original hot rods we as a whole perceive hot rods to be were stripped down cars with beefed up motors. Actually some were not cars at all but pieces of WWII aircraft with a ch***is and mill stuffed inside. There has always been a faction that crossed over putting a beefy mill inside what would be normally called a custom. But as a rule even though they perform better than your average custom they don't perform as well as a hot rod. Customs especially those of yesteryear had a tendency to be pretty heavy. Someone a long time ago said that customs were for getting girls and hot rods were for getting rid of them. I'm going to guess that they were at least marginally correct at least in my own experience. There weren't very many girls that I went to school with that wanted to get into one of my death mobiles for a trip to the coast, but if I were in one of my buddies customs I could always get some company for a road trip.
Whatever you think, hmmm. but....RYAN says; ""The Jalopy Journal was formed just a few years later to spread the gospel of traditional Hot Rods and Kustoms to hoodlums worldwide… We wanted to be the voice of the working man, a tool in the toolbox of the guy that does it himself, and a place where citizen journalists could show the “big-time” media a thing or two. We haven’t done it all yet, but we aim to in time…
Hey wait a minute, I've done most of it. Well at least I have been called a tool before. I think its funny folks seem to forget that we (at least some of us) are hoodlums. I personally don't give a big ratz *** how you spell custom, I don't make a distinction between the two. A sled is a sled as far as I'm concerned.
I'm for mild custom.It is also a 1950 and therefore post 48 so can't really ever be a hot rod.If it was pre 49 it could still be a custom rod.
For me, anything built after 1934 doesn't fit into the hot rod category. Customs start with a '35 and later body style, sure there are cars that go against this, but you're asking for a generalization, and an opinion. . . and for me that's about as generalized as it gets. If you think about it, most hot rods are customized. Model A's on '32 ch***is', chopped tops, "Z"ed frames, bobbed frames, later dashes, different head lights, etc. . . the list goes on. And a lot of Customs have hopped up/ hot rodded motors. . . . but to be honest, I like any car as long as it's done right.
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