Not where I'd expect to find it,but this is an interesting perspective-- http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/11/student_buildin.php
Hybrid 32 coupe?...............interesting concept, should be neat to see how well the fit works when it hit's the road.
I dunno...Hot rodders have always been the innovators, so nothing wrong with this. Just another way to do things. Also, if more people drove hybrids/electrics, it will lower the fossil fuel prices, so I can drive the **** out of my 425 Buick powered hot rod !
I didn't know that being a hot rodder and environmentally conscious were mutually exclusive. This topic has come up before. I know a guy who is building an electric chopped 49 Merc. It's going to be a damn cool ride.
Hot rodders as innovators. Interesting concept. Hot rodders have ALLWAYS been the innovators. Look at the current Chrysler. Its got a chopped top. Where did Detroit get that idea? From hot rodders. And that's just ONE idea they stole from us. Try mag-style wheels, three two-barrel carbs, two four-barrel carbs, etc. etc. If this kid wants to take a '32 coupe and put a hybrid engine in it, MORE POWER TO HIM. What other creative ideas can he come up with? He might be the next Keith Black, or Stu Hilborn. Try this idea on for size. How about a '50 F-1 Ford pick-up. Good traditional hot rod body style. Powerplant? How about a Volvo marine diesel, 5-cylinder, turbocharged, 190 hp, 146 cubes. Dimensions are about right to fit right in. You'd have to be creative to fit a transmission behind it. Fuel? Brew your own at home, bio-diesel from vegetable oil from the local Burger King. My brother-in-law is brewing his own bio-diesel for his Suburban and Dodge diesel truck. What's your idea? What other body style could you fit the Volvo marine diesels into? Be different, why use an SBC? Don't be brain-dead. Think out-of-the-box. Be creative. Then carry that type of thinking over to your current traditional hot rod. WOW! New ideas for it too.
Don't be brain-dead. Think out-of-the-box. Be creative. Then carry that type of thinking over to your current traditional hot rod. WOW! New ideas for it too.[/QUOTE] Isn't that what hot rods and customs are all about?
I think it's a mother****ing piece of ****!! Not the car, I don't know anything about the car since the mother****ing piece of **** web site freezes my computer before it loads anything other than a mother****ing piece of **** Camry commercial. ****, **** **** IT!!!!!
Usually we can rely on you for an opinion. Don't you want to say anything about the web-site? Seriously,I hope you get to see it-it looks like he's doing a nice job.
I haven't taken a look yet, but I think the funny thing is traditional hot rodders (hell even some of the non trad guys) I take to be pretty good for the environment, using old stuff that already exists has to be better for the planet then buying new cars or parts that has taken fresh raw materials and power/energy to build and will end up on the s**** heap in 5-10 years anyway full of toxic fluids, Cats and dodgy plastics. I think I confused the Greenpeace guy with this argument Hell most of us are even happy to remove these old rusting eyesores from farmers land for free....
That is the only 32 that gets Zero cool points, its just lame. Hot rods are about being loud fast and uncomfortable. Maybe that is the future of streetrodding but not hot rods. If your concerend about the enviroment get a hybrid for the daily, keep the hot rod hot.
I can hear it now. "Its not traditional". Why not? One of the first cars ever built was electric. Granted it only drove for 15 minutes on a charge - but electric motors have been around as long as internal combustion. Undoubtedly there have been hop-up jobs done on electric motors and speed trials done - in the 1910's. Yes its an electric motor built with more modern efficiency and more advanced energy source. So's a crate SBC. Yes, I admit it's not as much fun as an open piped flattie, but I gotta applaud the kid. He's doing something different, and he's got the at***ude. Down to it, its the spirit that counts. I'd still like a loud and fast ride, but to each their own. And yes I'm a "treehugger", and I'll be more than willing to feed their teeth to whoever wants to give me **** about it. Not everything is mutually exclusive.
Haven't seen a bunch of guys get lit up like this since they did the Volks-Rod magazine build back in the early 70's first gas crunch! If you're outside the box you may be inside the sphincter.
Alright, I'll dare to go there. It isn't traditional. Maybe traditional at***ude, but not a traditional car. I applaude the kid for thinking outside the box, and I wish him nothing but the best in the execution of the car. But thinking way outside the box like that doesn't really cons***ute the kind of stuff we are proponents of on this board. Running a flatty with 2 superchargers and dual 4s is thinking outside the box. using an electric motor in your 32 ford is thinking outside the building holding the box. just because it's a '32 doesn't mean it belongs here.
So I guess I should keep my idea about an Isky-style T with a full hood covering big *** electric motor should be kept to myself?
There's a lot of traditional stuff that doesn't belong on this board by popular opinion - British sport cars, old hillclimbers, cross-country enduros, board track racers......but they are all traditional hot rods in their own right. And I'm not saying they should be a prt of it. , HAMB is the HAMB and doesn't need to change. What I'm saying is there is more dynamic to the world of traditional hot rodding that than which we love here. And while we don't need to embrace it, we can accept it. Personally I'd think it would have been cooler if the kid used a good rusty body. and old wire rims.
to paraphrase a line from the new charger adds i allready have a hybird hotrod it burns gas... & tires sko
If you profile through a parking lot in that thing, you'll have to lay on the horn for anyone to notice you! Anyone have a dozen triple A's so I can get home?
Being a hot-rodder and an environmentalist may not be mutually exclusive, but it does seem a bit hypocritical, but then I guess its only hypocritical if you go out yelling at people driving SUVs.
wow! were do i start? imagine meeting this guy at a show.what kind of headers....none. how many c.i. .... none.what size carb....none.when i drive through a parking lot my car sets off car alarms...oh yours is silent.no open header cruises. he can build it, i wouldn't drive it. on the plus if all you inovaters jump to elec.more cool projects for me. p.s. if this is the future of hot rods i'm buying a bicycle.
gawd...why is it that new ideas get **** on? I mean the telly, the electric light bulb, the microwave, man in space, rock and roll..., it's all relative to mans perceived needs at the moment. Hell, have you taken a look at Bonneville lately? more and more electric streamliners are showing up...and going FAST! I do agree, however, that HOT RODS are meant to be HOT, not "green". I applaud the outside the box idea as far as power goes...but it just flat loses something (everything, perhaps?) in the translation for me. There's my 2 cents....
it's because the cars have no soul. louds rumbling flatheads that guzzle gas like no other is part of traditional hot rodding and hot rodding in general. it always will be. period. I like that the dude is being innovative, but in my eyes, it's not a cool car at all. no soul, no coolness, no kick *** motor. but he can build what he wants. seriously, would you wanna be rolling down the highway with your v8 making 400+ screaming? or a silent electric motor that gets good mileage (and probably isn't all that fast) I know which one i would pick.
First off, I doubt if that car has any parts on it that were manufactured in 1932. Trad attidude, not a Trad car... That sounds about right. As far as thinking outside the box ( ****, I hate that line...) No, not really. Alt Fuels & Powerplants are on the minds of a lot of people, and the only thing thats different here is the car its bolted to... ( might even be a hell of a lot easyer to build than adapting something new, and it draws enough attention to even get us talking about it...)
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