Return of the hot rod?
Discussion
Hugo a Gogo said:
a hot rod is an old car, pre-war or pre-49 styling really, built from a car with separate wings - it is not just 'a modified car'
It's like saying you like Blower Bentleys and that sort of thing and then arguing that a new M5 is exactly the same
So something like this isn't a rod then?It's like saying you like Blower Bentleys and that sort of thing and then arguing that a new M5 is exactly the same
I don't think the PT distances self from the samey Euro stuff in any 'special way'...trick seats are everywhere in cars with small footprints...
So you're left with the parcel shelf flexability which does sound very useful...
..and then there's the devisive, subjective looks, which for me are not bold, or brave, or clever and remind me more of the Beetle, Mini or 500 to name 3....they each vary in success at providing something with decent proportions and aesthetic merit, but all simply rape their history by expanding the style to suit modern scale and legislation. I mean the Mini barely seats 4...
The PT sits at the bottom aesthetically (for me) poor proportions, poor detailing and an awkward stance.
You can see whay it was done with the roar of approval of the Prowler...but it's not been applied well here IMO...or maybe it has, and mimics the poor application back in the 40/50's...
Nothing wrong with playing to a niche audience/market though...I mean to clarify the subjectivity of it all, I'd MUCH rather have the pre-facelift Mutipla...
So you're left with the parcel shelf flexability which does sound very useful...
..and then there's the devisive, subjective looks, which for me are not bold, or brave, or clever and remind me more of the Beetle, Mini or 500 to name 3....they each vary in success at providing something with decent proportions and aesthetic merit, but all simply rape their history by expanding the style to suit modern scale and legislation. I mean the Mini barely seats 4...
The PT sits at the bottom aesthetically (for me) poor proportions, poor detailing and an awkward stance.
You can see whay it was done with the roar of approval of the Prowler...but it's not been applied well here IMO...or maybe it has, and mimics the poor application back in the 40/50's...
Nothing wrong with playing to a niche audience/market though...I mean to clarify the subjectivity of it all, I'd MUCH rather have the pre-facelift Mutipla...
.LighthouseTrait said:
I haven't been for a while, but here are a few. I'll add a few more, can't find a number of them.
Thanks for the reply on the air suspension.One other question, is the car above street legal?
The cut-down screen must limit visibility in the first place but with that engine stacked up as it is how the hell can you see past it when pulling out of junctions etc?
And as the poster above said, doesn't appear to have a radiator either.
I think Hot Rod is a fairly flexible term these days much as the term supercar is.
The traditional notion for me would be a 1920s-40s American steel body car, Deuce, T bucket etc. Fenderless and running a suitable sized V8. But that is a very loose view of it IMHO. I'd really love to build one or my own interpretation but fear of actually getting the thing on the road is putting me off a little.
As an aside, a chap on Retro rides owns a rat Landrover, and I dare say it's a marmite creation but I quite like it.
What does everyone think of this??
The traditional notion for me would be a 1920s-40s American steel body car, Deuce, T bucket etc. Fenderless and running a suitable sized V8. But that is a very loose view of it IMHO. I'd really love to build one or my own interpretation but fear of actually getting the thing on the road is putting me off a little.
As an aside, a chap on Retro rides owns a rat Landrover, and I dare say it's a marmite creation but I quite like it.
What does everyone think of this??
I have a major problem for(Hugo a Gogo) regarding the defination of "Hot-Rod"
Envisage travelling to the ultimate temple of speed :- "Thunder Valley Raceway Park" USA and watch the master of speed the great John Force climb down from his 2012 Ford Mustang funny-car after completing a 300 mph charge on the drag- strip.
His first words will be :- "God!!my HOT-ROD is running well today, thank the Lord"
Who argues with the Lord ?
The picture:- one of the first Jago model T Hot-Rods, I had in the mid 60's.
Envisage travelling to the ultimate temple of speed :- "Thunder Valley Raceway Park" USA and watch the master of speed the great John Force climb down from his 2012 Ford Mustang funny-car after completing a 300 mph charge on the drag- strip.
His first words will be :- "God!!my HOT-ROD is running well today, thank the Lord"
Who argues with the Lord ?
The picture:- one of the first Jago model T Hot-Rods, I had in the mid 60's.
The next one for me to get involved with was this beauty, based on a Jaguar XK120 chassis with an early fiber-glass T bucket bodyshell , turned out to be very,very fast and we did not have maximum speed limits then. Possibly 150mph down the M6 from Spagetti junction, those were the days,the cops had a Jaguar Mk10 in that period to catch people like us but we never got into a race 
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