POST Your Definition of "Hot Rod" Pic

Now that's what I call a back bumper!

 

1.Navarro

2. Vulcans Vicky

 

These two and the Milner Coupe will always be known to the general population as Hotrods.




But for me this is what Hotrods were and still are.

 

As a child this is the only car I thought was a hot rod.

 

Why not throw in this pair.

 

Looks like a scene from New Zealand a few weeks back...

 

It doesn't get much better than this!! Awesome thread

 

and you'd be spot on Tom. Mike Wells' caddy powered A is a cool sight to behold at full noise. And Mike's a good bastard too!

 

The Milner Coupe, The Grabowski T, The California Kid, and don't shoot me for these next few but...



(sorry biggest pic I could find)



And after watching Zeppelin's The Song Remains The Same...



my definition of shinerunner (assuming it has a souped-up/transplanted motor and beefed up suspension)



As far as gasser this works

Altered...


And Pro Stock...


All these cars are iconic to me, sorry they aren't all necessarily hot rods though...

 

it for me

 

I'll jump in .

 

Deuce 5 window. Rake. Small block Chevrolet. Flames. hot rod definition in my book. This is Von Francos coupe. picture stolen off the Austin Speed Shop web site.

 

rodster...According to Don Mongomery, that blower was a one-off built by John Beverage (good name) in the late '40s. It was used on the Wright-Berg '27 T roadster, for a very brief time by Don Nicholson, this car of course, and a couple of others. So, it's no wonder you couldn't quite figure who made it. I do love this car too...has a "down and dirty", "I'm gonna kick your ass" kind of persona. A blown flathead Caddy engine...wowy.

 

Thanks, I feel much better. I was feeling vintage-speed-parts challenged the past few days trying to figure this one out.
Ralph

 

I have to say this one does it for me.

 

This one does it for me.

 

Did I miss it when somebody posted an image of the Niekamp Roadster in the thread, or am I the first one to mention it?

 

This says it for me.......






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This car that Muttley posted is what I see as a "definitive" hotrod...
It's a car that alot of guys "could" have (and did) had back then....not a "magazine" car, but a car more attainable by the average hotrodder.
It's not perfect, is "rough" around the edges....yet has the stance and the LOOK that many well finished, OVERDONE hotrods simply lack........

It just fucking rules...

 

Muscle cars killed the traditional Hot Rods of those days!

But it was cars like that coupe that inspired my builds!!

Please excuse that my cars in the past resembled Street Rods since they were built in the 70's and 80's except for the "Rocket Sled" which was roadworthy in 2006...

 

There's me with my best Fidal Castro look and a Poncho 421 powered "T" I saw on the "bay"...!

 

Hot Rod Model A

 

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here is Ron Stetter's 32 coupe and his friend Ray's roadster. this picture was taken in 1953. If you want to see a really cool video of Ron's 32 check out the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjhIeUqVGTQ

 

I guess it depends what generation you grew up in - or wished you grew up in.

For a street driven hot rod: Phil Cools 32 Roadster
For a show driven hot rod: The Munster Coach
For a dragstrip driven hotrod: The Winged Express

 

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the winner,thanks
absolutely awesome!!!

 

I second that!

 

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Here's a larger version of this awsome pic