your influences in hotrodding

Model cars, car magazines, American Graffitti

 

expression, magazines, friends

 

Gray Baskerville, the lone hold out back in the day of Pro Street Camaro clutter in HRM. I was really sad when he passed, but at least I had the chance to meet him.

Cale Yarborough, just a hero.

George Lucas, if you need to ask...

Bunkie Knudsen, proved cars are art.

Evel Knievel, inspired any kid in the late 60's and thru the 70's to be foolish with bicycles and go-karts.

Nobody in my family was into cars, I am self motivating in that respect.

 

Three words? No problem:

I'm from Oakland

 

My Dad, All the shows and races he took me to, The Black Bitch

 

Uncle,cruising,pussy

 

Gotta thank Gramps!!!!

 

this turned out to be a great thread.

 

I grew up on a farm and it was pretty quiet out there. I used my imagination to have fun. Cars and motorcycles were a big part of popular culture in the sixties, when I was a little kid. Music: Beach Boys. I would listen to my older brother's records and stare at the Duece coupe on the cover. Movies: I remember an Elvis flick were he drove a Hot Rod Model A (Loving You?, Roust-a-bout?), also the beach movies were really cool. A lot of old movies featured hot rods. TV: Munsters, Batman, 77 Sunset Strip reruns, many, many others.

I would drag a bunch of stuff out of the junk pile, like a tractor grill, steering wheel, old tires, bed rails, whatever I could find. I would drive my imaginary rod far away from the farm, singing a song just like Elvis. I might have to get in a drag race to win back Annette's heart.

 

It all started for me at age 8 when 3 things combined:

CarToons

Krass and Bernie

And just about anything else Trosely sketched.



(Angus Young, Mickey Thompson, and chicks all came later...)

 

individuality,style and it time

 

definatly my dad raising me at the race track, my brother for being hilarious, my friends for being there

 

Two pics.....
Dad, Brother Steve

 

my old man, and old "hot rod" magazines.

 

Function, form and fabrication.

 

By the way, I want more than 3 words, it's a big subject.

 

In chronological order

My dad
My dads friends
Magazines
the internet
the HAMB
and finally, the guys on the HAMB who work on there cars
no, FINALLY my dad, still........

 

individualism, class, style

 

Old bench racing stories, Car shows, and Cartoons the magazine.

 

Grandpa, Dad, Hop Up

 

My Dad, Hot Rod Magazine, Jonas

 

My Dad, his race car, magazines.....

 

All the above!

 

My dads '57 street legal dragcar and old photos of my grandfathers coupe.........

 

Let's see...hard to narrow it down to 3 guys....

Rod & Custom Magazine ...Remember back when in the 60's-70's Jim "Jake" Jacobs and Bud Bryan were doing all the writing, Remember that Jake taught us how to Chop Tops again...after the Resto Rod movement defined Hot Rodding....and Bud built that neat 29AV8 Roadster?

Leroy "Tex" Smith....his first two books, "How To Fix Up Old Cars" and "Street Rodding" were a big influence as well....

and Frank Oddo who wrote for Street Rodder Magazine....he had all the answers...or knew wher to find the right answers on how to built a hot rod....