Pictures of decently Modified cars [Vol. 2]

[Escort3500]

Nice write up there Crafty, thanks

This was my '39 Coupe.


Shame that beautiful, quality metal was used to make such an awful car and wasn't used for something decent eh?

[Crafty_]

I recognise your car, where is it now ?

Or did you cut it up and make a japcrap something or other out of it ? you know, something worthwhile

[OddJoe]

Twin turbo Viper, 1200hp at the wheels, which actually doesn't appeal to me in a what is ostensibly supposed to be a street car (!?) but the level of engineering is insane.

[Buff Mchugelarge]

If you look just behind the turbos, you can see a Viper in the background?!

[Seek]

Crafty_ said:

If I haven't bored everyone to death yet I'll write up some more stuff.

Please do.

Might be worthwhile spinning off into a separate thread?

[Captainawesome]

Seek said:

Crafty_ said:

If I haven't bored everyone to death yet I'll write up some more stuff.

Please do.

Might be worthwhile spinning off into a separate thread?

Yep, maybe a hot/street/ratrod thread instead of hi-jacking this one which appears to have turned into something far from which it was destined.

[aspirated]

Sorry for keeping it OT but i thought in at find an answer here, last week in South Nanchester i saw a bright orange (eg Lamborghini Arancio Borealis) got rod rumble past, going off the pictures and info on here I'm guessing it was a 1930's Ford Coupe, either way there can't be many bright orange coupe hot rods in the UK, so do you have any info on this? I'm intrigued, it looked and sounded beautiful

[aka_kerrly]

Crafty_ said:

If I haven't bored everyone to death yet I'll write up some more stuff.

Not in the slightest

[SeldomSeenKid]

Loving the hot rods, and great info Crafty. Love the Chip Foose Hemi.

[irocfan]

Captainawesome said:

Seek said:

Crafty_ said:

If I haven't bored everyone to death yet I'll write up some more stuff.

Please do.

Might be worthwhile spinning off into a separate thread?

Yep, maybe a hot/street/ratrod thread instead of hi-jacking this one which appears to have turned into something far from which it was destined.

nope - it's a thread about well modded cars and Crafty has posted just that. Really don't see a problem here... far better than some of the yawn inducing Jap/German stuff. That being said a nice write up as well (as part of a new thread) YES PLEASE!!!

[Big Fat Fatty]

irocfan said:

nope - it's a thread about well modded cars and Crafty has posted just that. Really don't see a problem here... far better than some of the yawn inducing Jap/German stuff. That being said a nice write up as well (as part of a new thread) YES PLEASE!!!

Actually, most of the cars Crafty is posting are stretching the definition of the word modified a fair bit. Most are built from scratch with new parts and were always destined to look how they turned out. You could say the design has been modified but not the cars themselves. Not that I really care as I quite like most of them, the Hemisfear is a bit naff looking though.

[ClassicMotorNut]

Crafty_ said:

Well the first three are all '32 Fords, so you'd kind of expect them to be similar at a glance
The last is a '38 Ford.

The second one's a '30/'31.

1928 Ford Model A hot rod delivery van by Zack S. Classic Cars, on Flickr

1930 Ford Model A hot rod by Zack S. Classic Cars, on Flickr

1929 Ford Model A Roadster hot rod by Zack S. Classic Cars, on Flickr

[BarbaricAvatar]

Excellent rear three-quarter view.


Iffy front.


Yes, it started life as a Fiat Barchetta.

[LOW4LYFE]

BADMAN TING

[OlberJ]

Dirge.

[Digitalize]

The Hot Rod scene is very similar to the current scene underneath, it's just 50 years later. I guess things don't really change, other than the cars.

[s p a c e m a n]

RSteve said:

Meh, they're supposed to be workhorses. Went to pick some turf up in my mates Bantum earlier, 250ish bhp and antilag to make it even more of a giggle

[iva cosworth]

BarbaricAvatar said:

Excellent rear three-quarter view.


Iffy front.


Yes, it started life as a Fiat Barchetta.

Wow !

Not sure what to make of that from the owner of a Barchetta.

[AdeTuono]

Escort3500 said:

Nice write up there Crafty, thanks

This was my '39 Coupe.


Shame that beautiful, quality metal was used to make such an awful car and wasn't used for something decent eh?

My '38. Not quite as shiny as yours, but yours is a bit newer....

[Crafty_]

aspirated said:

Sorry for keeping it OT but i thought in at find an answer here, last week in South Nanchester i saw a bright orange (eg Lamborghini Arancio Borealis) got rod rumble past, going off the pictures and info on here I'm guessing it was a 1930's Ford Coupe, either way there can't be many bright orange coupe hot rods in the UK, so do you have any info on this? I'm intrigued, it looked and sounded beautiful

Off the top of my head I can think of a '39 Ford that sort of colour, been built a while now, originally pro street I think its been updated a bit.

I'll start a thread to stop derailing this one with me wittering on. What do people want to know about ? just the cars ? history (how it all started etc) ? some of the personalities/respected people of the industry/community ? a bit of a mix ? answers on a post card

Goodguys hot rod of the year 2014