Whose car is this? I think it is a hamber....

Ya'll know who belongs to this little gem? Is it one of our magazine ho's?

 

it looks like it'd be a "YOUNG GUNS".....

 

Scribe ?

 

Is it Dan Kahn's? I know he was building one in R&C.

 

Mmmmmmmmmm.....don't know, but it is Coooool

 

Yep it's Dan Kahn's car. It is in the new Street Rodder that I accidently picked up at the grocery store when I grabbed for the National Enquirer.Why do they put those two so close together?

 

dunno - did i see it in rodder's journal about 3 issues ago?? lemme look.

 

That's Dan Kahn's "Real Hot Rod". Since when is a fiberglass kit real?

 

"Real" or not, it's real cool.

 

Wayfarer... what kind of "REAL" hot rod do you drive?
Just curious...
Sam.

 

This one! I built it at home, out of steel. I learned how to weld, fabricate and do body work on this car. I even helped a friend of mine paint it. It has a mustang II front end and drivetrain is 440/727 and if you don't think that took some major fabrication, you're wrong.

 

Sorry, forgot the picture

 

I think it's pretty sweet. Sure is a lot more "real hot rod" than a Civic on "naws".

Jay, who only hopes his turns out like that....

 

I don't have a problem with Dan. In fact, I'd build one of those kits too, but I wouldn't call it a "real hot rod". It's not his fault that's what he had the ability to build. I read all of his articles every month and he says he thought he'd learn on something that was easy. I don't fault him for that, I guess I'd rather see someone learn about fabricating and building cars rather than assembling 1:1 scale model cars.

 

I have no idea what you're talking about Ryan. Somebody asked me what kind of rod I built so I told them. I'm proud of it. Heck I'm only 25 years old and built the car with my own two hands in my garage. Then someone thinks I'm picking on Dan so I tried to explain that I like his car and would build one myself, but it's still putting together a giant model. There's no fabrication or skills to be learned other than reading directions. Dan flat out says in his articles about the car that he wanted a roadster, wanted to build it and thought that the easiest and quickest way to get to where he wanted to be was to buy the assembled kit from real hot rods, add his engine and take it apart for paint and finishing. He knows its a kit, we know its a kit, but it's still a bitchin car and I'm sure its fast as hell too. Everyone gets down on "the gold chainers" for having fiberglass cars, but applaud someone who builds one in a traditional manor. Seems a little hypocritcal to me.

 

Well, since you like to pick nits, I believe your car is a "custom", not really a "hot rod". Yes, you put alot of work into it, yes it is a NICE car, but a hot rod it isn't. I would drive it though!

I think that is Ryans way of saying "Lighten up Francis".


Jay

 

I know it's a custom rocket and I never meant to piss anyone off. I love Dan's car, I think it's cool and I'd drive it. Hell, I even like reading his articles and have followed the buildup of the car. I really enjoyed his article about his first trip in the car. I can relate.

 

Just funnin' witya! Have a beer, on me!

Right now, I'd take any car I can get! Workin on that tho.

Jay

 

wayfarer, i think the title "real hot rod" was play on the name of the company that built the kits, not what he was building. as to say it takes no skill to assemble one of these kits is wrong. the only differance in building a kit and steal car is the type of material the body is made of. the differance being the on the glass car you don't have to fix rust before you begin. they don't jump out of the box and start assembling them selves. i think you should own a "real hot rod" before you start defining what they are for everyone. furthermore, if it wasn't for glass cars nun of us would be able to afford "real steal". a rusted piece of shit 32 3 window would cost a million dollars. and do you think the aftermarket would be a billion dollar buisiness with only a hand full of "real steal" car.? i guess we would all have to build stuff like dodge wayfarers.

 

Yeah, all "preengineered" cars just fall together! A monkey could bolt em together...........................that is sarcasm, you have no clue Wayfarer.

 

50 merc fan, I know that's the name of the company, that's why I said that and if you read "Rod & Custom" you would know that Dan bought the car assembled, with tires and everything and took it apart to be painted. I don't own a "Real Hot Rod" whatever you think that is, but I've worked on a bunch of early fords if that's what a 'real' hot rod is. I don't pretend to define what a 'real' hot rod is, I said that in my post because that was the name of the kit that Dan built. To me a real hot rod is a bitchin' fast old car that someone drives the piss out of, not parks on a lawn and poses around. I applaud Dan for building the car and driving it across country, it's more than most people do.

 

I get so tired of hearing about the fiberglass controversy.
Did you know that the radically chopped sedan with the V-12 allison engine was glass? I wish I had a pic to show you.
So is Ed Roth's Mysterion not traditional enough?

 

Fiberglas was used in comercial production before most people here were born.

 

Unkl, I know you prolly can get the pic I am after.

So did anyone ever look in the back of the old R&C little books? There were kits for T's available back then. I bet the wooden spokes guy were griping about them not being trad. enough.

 

The car was assembled when he bought it!!! Read the articles about the buildup of the car before you lambast me for saying that it was like assembling a kit. It does take automotive know how to bolt the car together. He had to do some work on the brakes and mount the engine/trans. Not anyone could put one together, but it's alot easier than building a car from scratch. Using a fiberglass body and an aftermarket frame is different from what Dan did. He took a kit that was assembled, mounted his engine/trans and took it apart to be painted. He openly admits in his articles that he thought this would be the easy way to learn and it was. He showcased a nice product that worked like he expected it to and is satisfied with the product of his work. I was never talking about any other car, just Dan's. I followed the buildup in the magazine so I know what he started with and what he went through. He says it went right back together like he hoped and other than the teething problems he had on his first run worked exactly like he thought it would. Before you comment on the car, READ THE ARTICLES about it. I guess I'm the only R&C subscriber here.

 

hang on fellas, i wasn't trying to start any shit about glass cars, they don't bother me in the least, never have never will. i don't give a shit about what a car is made out of. if i like it i like it.

 

Serious question here: Is it really a kit? I interpret "kit" as something that has a complete set of instructions that say something like "attach bolt B to panel A...". Kind of like a model car kit.
A lot of guys describe fiberglass cars as a 'kit' when, in fact, there is no such thing as instructions included.

 

as i remember it, the term kit started in the 70's with the volkswagen kit cars, and then it just turned into a way to degrade a guys car. people tend to get jeolous somtimes.