36 Ford 3 window. custom gauges installed in Factory dash. Bench seat recovered in velour and new carpet. Removed old tired 350 and in process of installing a 350 HP, 327 from 66 Vette. This was the last engine my buddy, Modifieddriver, built prior to his passing. this is the one car of his collection his wife wanted to keep and I thought it only right for this car to get his last engine build. Would this be considered a Hot Rod, because of the engine, a Custom, because of the modifications, or a Resto-Rod? What's your thoughts?
Souped up 36,Hotrod,cool* car.. Awesome Coupe. Ya ,not what you asked; I think what name to use is not a big deal too me. I guess to some! Streetrod kind of bugs me,the way it seems to be used now days. Only thing it meant to me in the 50 n 60s was ,you also drive on the street< but I was building hotrods n customs in the 50s n 60s,then I just kept on. Plus too many racecars to count.. Love the shiny color by the way !! an 327s are extra cool too.
Doesn’t matter what you call it, it’s damn cool and she loves it. Just call it hers and good on you for getting it all dialed in for her. It’s hers she’ll call it his and he will be riding next to her every time she drives it.
Street Rod?....not with my way of thinking. Todays' description for me at least of a "Street Rod", MII front end, large billet wheels, billet under the hood, power everything. If it must have a label, I'd call it a mild/sleeper Hot Rod, especially if it has 3 pedals. Nice car.
It's just a pure and timeless 36 three window in my eye and it doesn't get any better than that. If it is set up the way she wants it with her transmission of choice and the engine will comfortably operate and be reliable under todays conditions (primarily available gas) so be it. As it's the way she wants it and she doesn't have hassles with it always needing special attention engine wise to be able to drive it. By special attention I mean solid lifters that need to be adjusted every so often and compression so high she has to go to specific stations to buy gas. To me it is what you might have seen in a magazine in the Mid 60's when one could snag a 327 out of a newer low mile wreck, get a pair of Corvette valve covers for under 40 bucks at the Chevy garage and stick the aluminum intake on and quite possibly all came from a Corvette that got totaled. No AC, I'd bet the interior jives with the exterior and is pretty well correct to match the exterior design wise. Nothing on the car dates it as to when it was actually built and that is what I see with "street rods" as apposed to hot rods for the most part. You can look at most of what we as Hambers call "street rods" and if you know trends of time frames you can narrow down when it was built to within five years or less. Engine and engine trinket choice, Wheel choice , paint color combo choice and the design of the interior all date street rods to when they were first built. Personally I think that the vast majority of us would be happy as all get out to have that car and be able to roll into traditional car events with it and have it be admired by those in the know.
But it fits the 70s definition of Street Rod pretty darn well, eh? So you could call it a Retro Street Rod, if you really need to slap a label on it. I'd rather slap the "I'd drive it" label on it, myself.
Don’t see anything to make it a custom; it looks like a hot rod to me. Titles/names/labels are just names used and argued over. Not much different from politics. I’m right, you are wrong. Call it what you want.
Hello, There is no need to try to find a category for the build. Now, what you are doing is what a lot of folks started way back before others got all up in arms about “labels.” It is a hot rod pure and simple. It is not stock and any modifications is just like a million other builds from the way back time machine. Your work falls into this group, like we all did at one time or another. Keep it up. One of the early photos I took several years ago is/was a daily driver. But since the repair shop closed, we have not seen it running around like we used to on our “down the coast” drives South to Oceanside Harbor/Camp Pendleton areas. It was and still is a hot rod. Jnaki Didn’t we used to get rid of the labels on our Levis way back then? The same should apply to hot rods. If it is not modified and is a stock model from the factory, that would be the only difference. Have fun building and driving your Ford. Note: Ed Pink 1936 Ford Custom Car Chronicles For a Friday Art design, I tried to emulate how I saw the 36 Ford Coupe. It was a stylish 36 Ford Coupe with a nice Tahitian Red Color to show the cool lines of the build from Ed Pink. The painted shape on the rear quarter panel was/is a tribute to his dad’s Paint shop from the early days. old history... We all are brainwashed into the sightings of Ed Pink Engines and history in drag racing. This 36 Ford was a portion of his hot rod life that most have not associated with the name and involvement. YRMV Note 2: Here are some of the old hot rods I liked and tried draw for a Friday Art post. Not street rods, not “restomods,” just hot rods in my eye. Manuel Reyes car show version with a custom paint and early flames A mild chop + rake with Purple paint and Claw flames. Even to a radical chopped coupe set up for the vintage hot rod division of the El Mirage Dry Lake Races and/or Bonneville when it is not flooded. Not only did I go a little overboard with a different design, I made a custom RPU for those that did not just like Model A RPU builds. This one had an extended bed and cab to fit two teenagers comfortably. But, they are all hot rods and nothing else. No labels, no categories other than a mod here and there to accommodate the builder/driver(s) YRMV
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