Return of the hot rod?
Discussion
Krise said:
Head down to the Chelsea cruise last Saturday of te month you will see five or six similar cars.
Last month there were 4 there along with a few 1500+ bhp road legal yanks.
If you like your hot rods and yank stuff it's te place to see things like this on the road.
Next ones the 25th going to be quite a large event apparently
My suggestion would be to head to the infamous Ace Cafe. On a Wednesday, mid month they have a hot rod night. I'll post a few photos up later... The carpark fills up and there's plenty more cars on the street too.....with the occasional burn out!Last month there were 4 there along with a few 1500+ bhp road legal yanks.
If you like your hot rods and yank stuff it's te place to see things like this on the road.
Next ones the 25th going to be quite a large event apparently
LighthouseTrait said:
My suggestion would be to head to the infamous Ace Cafe. On a Wednesday, mid month they have a hot rod night. I'll post a few photos up later... The carpark fills up and there's plenty more cars on the street too.....with the occasional burn out!
I'd like to see the pics, thank you. 
Ari said:
Me too, I want one with stick on flame graphics for the full authentic hot rod look! 
Let's not forget that it can carry 8' planks. And the parcel shelf can move. Oh, and most importantly, the 2.4 litre engine makes 10% more torque than engines it's only 20% bigger than.
Edited by Papa Hotel on Friday 10th August 21:12
LighthouseTrait said:
My suggestion would be to head to the infamous Ace Cafe. On a Wednesday, mid month they have a hot rod night. I'll post a few photos up later... The carpark fills up and there's plenty more cars on the street too.....with the occasional burn out!
Yup the ace is good also, not been up for hot rod night for a while, still get a good turn out ? Ari said:
Dilligaf10 said:
Check my profile pic for my latest toy, ridding is the way to go!
Ah, back to hot rods, good! That looks fantastic mate, got any more pics?
That do you?
Plus side: unique, extrovert, fun, straight line speed, no RFL, cheap insurance.
Minus side: uncomfortable, impractical, thirsty, corners*, noisy. (* 4 foot of tread on the back, 7 inches on the front, there is only going to be one winner!!)
Pluses are much bigger than the minuses. We call it Prozac as it is the best anti-depressant ever.
If you ever see me, give me a shout and I'll take you round the block for a demo!
There's a nice blue Model A open I see on nice sunny weekends. Also another Rod, not sure exactly what it is, lives about 2 miles away.
Pops are also fairly common at shows and such. From a couple of weeks ago:
This is rather cool, runs a Jag AJV8
From last year:
This is the one I sometimes see about:
2010:
I haven't seen this one in a couple of years now, although it used to be a regular at many local shows. Runs a Rover V8, always thought it looked rather elegant
Dunno if you count this as "rodded" or only "modded"
Pops are also fairly common at shows and such. From a couple of weeks ago:
This is rather cool, runs a Jag AJV8
From last year:
This is the one I sometimes see about:
2010:
I haven't seen this one in a couple of years now, although it used to be a regular at many local shows. Runs a Rover V8, always thought it looked rather elegant
Dunno if you count this as "rodded" or only "modded"
Papa Hotel said:
Ari said:
Me too, I want one with stick on flame graphics for the full authentic hot rod look!
Let's not forget that it can carry 8' planks. And the parcel shelf can move. Oh, and most importantly, the 2.4 litre engine makes 10% more torque than engines it's only 20% bigger than.
Edited by Papa Hotel on Friday 10th August 21:12
Dilligaf10 said:
That do you?
Plus side: unique, extrovert, fun, straight line speed, no RFL, cheap insurance.
Minus side: uncomfortable, impractical, thirsty, corners*, noisy. (* 4 foot of tread on the back, 7 inches on the front, there is only going to be one winner!!)
Pluses are much bigger than the minuses. We call it Prozac as it is the best anti-depressant ever.
If you ever see me, give me a shout and I'll take you round the block for a demo!
300bhp/ton said:
S2Mike said:
Nothing wrong with personal choice, but this is customizing not hotrodding.
How would you define each? As in what's the difference?Your examples above just look in the majority like styling changes, which is customization. They may have been customized to look like a hot rod, but it doesn't make them one.
Papa Hotel said:
Let's not forget that it can carry 8' planks. And the parcel shelf can move.
Oh, and most importantly, the 2.4 litre engine makes 10% more torque than engines it's only 20% bigger than.
Now I'd forgotten the multi-height parcel shelf, I take it all back, I'm sorry. Oh, and most importantly, the 2.4 litre engine makes 10% more torque than engines it's only 20% bigger than.
Edited by Papa Hotel on Friday 10th August 21:12
SWoll said:
300bhp/ton said:
S2Mike said:
Nothing wrong with personal choice, but this is customizing not hotrodding.
How would you define each? As in what's the difference?Your examples above just look in the majority like styling changes, which is customization. They may have been customized to look like a hot rod, but it doesn't make them one.
The engine from this one:
I don't fully disagree with what you've said, but the original hot rods in California actually originally ran the standard 4 cylinder engine. A niche group of "purist" rodders don't actually like or believe in hot rods running V8's at all believe it or not.
Also things like the Ford Model B, alla the Milner coupe from American Graffiti, these ran a Ford Flathead V8 as factory fit standard engine. The rodded ones are just running less body work and have upped the power. In ethos as much as many don't like it, it's not really doing anything hugely different to modifying a Citroen Saxo today with more power, shiny bits and less weight.
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