If money wasn't an issue, wot kind of rod would you build?

Either a forty one Willy's coupe or a 33 Willy's coupe, steel and A/Gas. Hell both if money wasn't a issue.
But ask this again in a month and you will get a different answer
Doc.

 

A clone of my first car at age 15
28/29 Nailhead powered roadster
treaded 5 cushmans & a silver pidgin for a roller
got the Nailhead free from a neighbor
it would cost way more today

 

36 Hupmobile coupe with a crossover hilborn fuelinject 455 buick. routed to a winters quick change.

 

All steel 41 Willys Gasser style....

 

a replica of the james dean speedster

 

Probably a '48 ford woodie , I've always had a soft spot for them and I love the wood on the headliner. Nice thought , but back to reality !

 

Lola T 70

 

No matter what I had I'd be looking on here then want something else...

 

I'm thinkin' a Duesenberg roadster like Clark Gable used to drive, but with a huge blown Hemi.​

 

'58 Buick Estate Wagon. I think I would remove all the trim, and have the whole fucking body chromed because I would be rich and wouldnt give a shit.

 

id be happy with a blown 392 hemi for the packard and some bling........hell, id chrome everything!

 

A very long, and very low 1927 Essex.

Or, just to piss off the Packard Nazis (I have had some dealings with a few of their very uptight local club members lately), I would cut, chop, channel and Rod a 1930 Packard... just to watch their heads explode!

 

lol, i like your thinking! ive heard they are a funny peculiar lot. mine is a 1929 limo. proberbly going to be cut down into a truck. bet that would turn a few of em purple.

 

Lets see, money no issue. I will take 4, a 48 Anglia, 40 Willys, 38-39 Ford Cpe., 68 Barracuda fastback Hemi SS clone. And still keep the one I have.

 

I would build as I am. Money is just a substute for time. If you arent in a hurry you can build anything.
Don

 

I would order everything needed to build my 40 sedan. Then look for 32 sedan full fendered. My Dad had one, then had to sell it when his job relocated him in the early 80's.

 

Blown, SOHC 427, '41 Willys (steel of course) and a 1320 foot driveway to park it on

 

i would just buy 3w larrys old car.

 

I'm with Steelsmith. I'd build the shop from hell with every tool known to man. Then I'd do all the cool fun stuff like metal shaping and chassis building myself and have hired hands do the annoying crap like sandblasting and wiring.

Cars?

Something to go 200 MPH at Bonneville
A super cool COE to haul my shit around
a 36 3 window with a 427 SOHC

 

Either a black '40 Ford coupe, a flat black '34 tudor, a flat black '32 Five window, a flat black '40 Ford truck, etc... All would have a Hemi.

I'd be satisfied with a Hemi for my '34.

 

Real nice 40-41 ford truck. 33-34 ford coupe hot rod w/ a matching salt flat car. My truck, but done. Real deal super stock 64-65 falcon, or afx 64-65 falcon, w/ a real nice 64-65 ranchero tow car. Willys coupe, and pickup. Mid 60's vette. Any super stock mopar. 64 el camino. That's about it...

 

Let's see if money would not be an issue...

Numero Uno...

'34 Ford Ute.
V12 Lamborghini Miura engine, 6spd trans, and a quick change
solid axle, Lamborghini orange paint, kidney bean Halibrands, black guts, minimal chrome, no fenders, (leave all the splash aprons in place), I think that would be insanly fun...

#2 Model T Center Door
First off, whack the top a few inches, then find a V16 Caddy to donate it's power plant, build the shit out of said V16, have 6-71 blower manifold cast, add 6 chromed strombergs on top of said blower, adapt a hydro, another quick change would be fine, chopped up '32 shell in front, with a cool insert, white pearl tuck n' roll swivel buckets, '59 Caddy wheel with a white pearl finish by Pearlcraft, T-bird sliding column (mounted on the right side just for fun), angel hair on the floor and the headliner. Tuck n' Roll white pearl roof insert, white pearl coated '32 Dash with an auburn cluster, I know it would have fenders, just not sure what I'd do with 'em... A set of chrome reverses on the back on WWW cheaters, skinny american mags on the front, and a wild 60's paint job with panels, loads of flake, pearl, and candy... and of course if it can be chromed, chrome it.. and if it can't be, chrome it twice and hope it sticks...

Then I would do something completly wrong to any John Deere collector,
I would take an unstyled 'L' tractor, and hot rod the living hell out of it.. like as much as I could, I'd make that lil' 2 cylinder beg for mercy.. Of course it would still be green and yellow, but the engine would be built possibly with forced induction, a hot mag, a couple re worked marvel carbs, and probably some other tricks..

Then I'd need a hauler to take all these and a few other ideas to shows...

That would come in the form of an extended Cummins powered '74 Plymouth Trail Duster, 6spd Manual, Dana 60's 1 in front and 2 in the rear with discs, dual wheels front and rear, beefed up chasis, and 12 10 lug Alcoas on big truck tires, lots of chrome, and a glossy black paint job, and a luxurious black leather interior with burlwood accents, bring in some shiny chrome too, and a very high end stereo... I think it would wild... and then I'd need a nice trailer to pull..

But than again money is an issue so I will stay some what in the realm of sanity with my projects...

 

same projects ,, but THEY WOULD BE CHERRY !!!! and i would be driving instead of driving a computer ....

 

Chopped, fenderless, deuce coupe, Ferrari V12 with six webers, big Borrani wire wheels, painted Rosso Rubino. Call it the "Ma Deuce"

 

A semi-clone of Jimbo's "Full House". Still the baddest roadster I ever did see! Not exactly a clone, but one that sits the same and has the same "feel". Best "Saturday night date rod" ever.

 

1931 Cadillac roadster or a Duesenberg dual cowl phaeton. But...money is definitely an issue.

 

A lot of them!

 

Too many to list so i'd be like Jay Leno. Get everything that makes one fuzzy, rare or not.

 

My build would be a 41 Willys with the biggest blown Hemi on the market.

 

The "unibody " Model A roadster I saw on here somewhere just recently. Then I'd drive the Hell out of it while I was planin' the next one!