Hot Rods The most influential rod of the decade?

Each individual may have one, or may have several cars, that may have made a huge influence on them. Either way, what influences one person may not influence another.
There is no wrong answer. Maybe someone else's choice of car didn't influence you or maybe you just didn't like it. It doesn't matter. What matters are the cars that made an impact you YOU.
You can't convince someone else that your choice is more worthy, just because you say so. Inspiration needs no defense, explanation or justification.

This is another example of two, old bald men fighting over a hair brush.

 

gezzzz . when i was growin up , magazine cars were only to look at . no one up here had the money to do that stuff . we did with what we had . most cars here were just a reflection of the owners ideas . no books , no pix , not much outside influence . just good ol hot rods you built yourself with what you had ! to copy was due to lack of ideas of your own . we didnt have show cars or even close . most were homemade & did the best we could . the world has changed so much since then . tv , computers , etc . we had a round tv with one channel . no influence there . never really watched tv when i was a kid . to much to do outside & down the road . no big music influences either . just kids havin fun ...................... steve

 

Very well said. I can't think of any one car that has been built in the last decade (read that as the last 10 years) that can be considered "the most influential of the decade".

I haven't seen another build in recent times that will have the long term impact of the Hirohata Merc, Pierson Bros Coupe, Larry Watson T-Bird, California Kid, or American Graffitti Coupe.

Has there been some builds that have hit the mark? Many have come close. Most all I have seen or read about are rehashed clones of another's build ideas from 40-50 years ago.

 

The subject of this thread is scientific, it isn't "What car influenced you the most?" --that is another thread. I see a lot more Model A being built today then anything else, probably 10 to 1 over 32s. And what is influencing Model A builders?

 

Hold on first of all..lets start with the whole rat rod thing...they are just what they are and are now being considered the New Billet! Second of all..Rodders Journal...Most of those cars are in the upteen10s of thousand dollar cars, how do you think they afford that 10lbs glossy paper. Hot rodders are building their own stuff and this discussion can go on for days...Hell people we are just lucky that this stuff is on the Road and just because we dont agree with what something looks like, there is no reason to pile on. If the guy thinks its the trend setting future and foot print for all hot rods to be..then so be it...why care and great if all the trendy greazy haired rock a billy posers with no cars hang this on their walls then cool...its their Farrah Facet poster and gives them wood...who cares really? I see there is lots of nice work being done on it but certainly not 10 years worth! however isnt this all about indiviuality and everyone wants to be different....So its a nicely done bobber thats all...simple. as far as all the traditionalists out there..give it up! come on the rodders back then couldnt ever afford chrome and they used what they scronged up, instead of trying to find the next fad of which wheels to use for that just right look or whatever, they look like Jeepneys! with all the coolest junk you can buy hanging off them!...Drive your damn cars and shut up and dont critizes anyone elses or it maybe your turn next...its all about the ride not the pose...remember that you grease monkeys...have fun...I am just joking...later!

 

I didn't think it was the car builders/owners but the cover price.

 

If i remember correctly, it was build in the nineties.
But it is a very fine rod
Lars

 

I can't choose just one theres been so damn many, most have been already suggested on the thread.
i.e. Bass, Evel, Bleed, Sloppyseconds, Chris, Dan Collins,Chris Casny, Bob Booth here in the U.K. (these are in no particular order)the list goes on!
All the Hot Rods built be these chaps are above and beyond the norm.

Nick.

 

affordability and availability.

 

To be most influencial of this decade has nothing to do with long term impact. No one has any idea if these vehicles will be influencial 5, 25 or 50 years from now but that is not the question. I am sure when guys were building the cars you listed had no thought that people would still be talking about these cars 60 years later either.

The point is did they influence builds in this decade and I think you would be pretty hard pressed to say that both Shine and Rudy's trucks (only using these as an example) were not hugely influencial to the scene the last 10 years. Also it doesn't mean you have to like how they influenced it. You may hate fenderless trucks but to deny that those two trucks didn't have a major impact in the recent influx of that build style is pretty short sighted.

Having said that though I personally think (and believe this is essentially what you are getting at) the question is unanswerable. Realistically I think it is unanswerable for any decade as there will be numberous cars that are hugely influencial in every decade. I would be pretty hard pressed to say what was THE most influencial car of the 50's as well and you would probably have as many different answers to that question as this.

 

I'll go with the Bishop/Tardel av8. A lot of the cars mentioned have only been seen on the HAMB and a very small audience outside the traditional community. whereas I've talked to guys that are into late model drag racing and circle track that know about the BT roadster. Whenever I go into Barnes and Noble and there is a copy of that book on the shelf most likely there is a non traditional car enthusiest reading it or looking at the pictures. I've asked a few of them if they own a hot rod and so far only one has said they did. The others have commented either they had never seen anything like it and wanted to know more or they had heard about it from someone and just had to see what the commotion was all about. I'll bet there are more traditional builds either finished or in progress because of that car than any other in the last ten years.
I've given 4 copies of that book away as gifts and so far 1 has started the build, one has a sizable pile of parts collected and the other two are just waiting to find time/funds to make it happen.

Frank

 

Certainly inspired me.

 

Vern Tardel/Mike Bishop's Ol'Bluey may have been built in the late nineties, but I think it was the most influential car of the 2000's.
That car/book (How to Build A Traditional Ford Hot Rod) probably is the reason Brookville Roadster didn't go underwater. And maybe the reason they had enough money to pop out 32 roadsters.

 

And they are just flat out Bitchin'

Tim

 

Well, they're neat cars, but they're way cheaper than '32s, generally speaking.

 

Once again I agree with Frank. Ol Bluey and the book was the point where many of us had an epiphany that ALL the parts we needed to build a car were in a pile of discards from some street rodders MII/4bar chassis project. Not something found in the Speedway catalog. Mikes magazine articles and later the book turned many of us onto some guy named Tardell building TRADITIONAL hotrods and didn't care what the part du jour was in the latest glossies.

 

well, you do have a point there.

 

Exactly --Model As are everywhere. Typically the are the first hot rods guys build these days.

 

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder... to each there own..

I like every thing I see.. maybe some alot more than others..

 

keiths car...influential to me

 

Yes, really.

Did you even bother to check out the thread of this car before you asked your question? The chassis alone has more craftsmanship and imagination than most complete cars have in them!!! It just screams POWER even when sitting quietly alone!!

Check it out (the link below) then come back and let me know if you still can't see the influence in it.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104568&highlight=deaths

Oh and BTW... the car is not finished yet. Try to look at it as an "in progress", not "finished".

 

Seriously...you spend 100,000 plus on a car! who would and couldnt build something beyond a dream...then what? you trailer it to shows and tell people how stupid you are for building a car that you cant sell if you have to, because it costs too much to build or no one wants. ...worse yet you cant drive!
So how many of you guys out there have a cool 50 or a 100 grand around that want to build a dream rod? Those cats from Rolling Bones are seriously building some of the nicest stuff to date and not even the so called legends are there..these guys got the vision right...my opinion! And they are useable and have the road use to prove it. if it dont run and you cant drive it!..it ain't Sh!t. And none of that OH! its Eric Claptons car! or whoevers machine! come on you know there are guys out there that are doing it everyday and driving what they build all over the place...so my hats off to the guys that are doing it and not jerking their funstick to some magazine car that will never be at a meet other than by trailer. Drive em if you got em!

 

If we believe that Influential means exerting or possessing influence and influence is the power or capacity of causing an effect in indirect or intangible ways and most influential would be in the context of all the people on the HAMB then the only way there could be consensus on this would be if there were a poll and everyone voted.










Or we could just say, I like this car, and let it go at that.

 

When was Jimmy White's coupe built? I think of it as an example many have looked to in their own builds.....
Aaron Von Minden's coupe is right there too....
Straight up, rough around the edges, no-holds bar, full throttle fucking hotrods....

 

Mine

 

Personally I prefer Nacho Libre's ride

 

This thread is retarded.

I'm going to have to trademark that.

 

I think the car that should influence you the most is your own who cares what anyone else thinks are they going to be driving it for you? But thats just my 2 cents.

 

Some of us weear a suitand tie, some of us wear tee shirts and tennis shoes and some us wearshorts and flip flops. Its all good what the fuck are you arguein about? Those traditional rods you are so hot on have been done over and over again, you can buy any part on em right off the shelf. Most any one lives in the west has an ancestor that drove across the US along time ago. I have no problem with people that want to relive the past, but how can ya rag on someone for doin something differant.? Long live Nacho and gus like em!!

 

I really should check my spelling before I post. Sorry