Bonneville speed week pics , some of the best .
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Was looking at some pics on the Porsche forum yesterday and there was a link to this guys site
stunning images of Bonneville .
He has two sites , one of pics the other you can order the prints.
Worth a look for sure.
http://www.fluidimages.co.uk/
http://www.fluid-images.co.uk/
stunning images of Bonneville .
He has two sites , one of pics the other you can order the prints.
Worth a look for sure.
http://www.fluidimages.co.uk/
http://www.fluid-images.co.uk/
bordseye said:
great phots. I'll never understand hot rods.
What is there to understand ? Remove weight, install big engine, WHEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!! 
They are as iconic in their own way as, say, a Ferrari 250GTO. You see one and know it's a hot rod - there's no hiding the fact !
Now, some are prissy cars all done up and painted nicely, and they're undoubtedly nice to look at. And their middle aged owners are usually trying to hark back to a youth they didn't have. But a period specific hot rod with all the right 'bits' is still an ultimate statement of bad-boy-ness !! They are a genuine part of American culture, like a Harley or the ubiquitous pick-up truck.
Nick M said:
They are a genuine part of American culture, like a Harley or the ubiquitous pick-up truck.
Quite right - and they are incomprehensible too. I mean why put an enormous engine in an old Fraud Pop look alike? All it can ever do ( and then not very well) is accelerate in a straight line on a track.
bordseye said:
Nick M said:
They are a genuine part of American culture, like a Harley or the ubiquitous pick-up truck.
Quite right - and they are incomprehensible too. I mean why put an enormous engine in an old Fraud Pop look alike? All it can ever do ( and then not very well) is accelerate in a straight line on a track.
Engine in for sound. Take some bits off, imho they look pretty darned excellent. Each to their own though.
bordseye said:
Nick M said:
They are a genuine part of American culture, like a Harley or the ubiquitous pick-up truck.
Quite right - and they are incomprehensible too. I mean why put an enormous engine in an old Fraud Pop look alike? All it can ever do ( and then not very well) is accelerate in a straight line on a track.
Knob....
bordseye said:
Nick M said:
They are a genuine part of American culture, like a Harley or the ubiquitous pick-up truck.
Quite right - and they are incomprehensible too. I mean why put an enormous engine in an old Fraud Pop look alike? All it can ever do ( and then not very well) is accelerate in a straight line on a track.
Think of them as the equivalent of today's kids and their Saxos, Corsas, etc. - relatively mundane machinery which they've fiddled with (usually on a small budget) to make them go faster.
Although they were born in a certain era, they have stood the test of time in the same way that the original Mini has (and people are still trying to get them to go faster even now). They have evolved into an icon and
I have been a Hotrodder/Streetrodder for nealy 30 years and have to say that those pics are ace.
To those who dont understand Hotrods do yourself a favour and spend a little time with a hotrodder, you will then realise what it is all about. We are all car fans on this site but how many of you have actually built and raced your own car or built a car that could win a major hotrod show, not many I suspect. The time, dedidcation and skill are huge.
To the person who could not understand why you would want to bolt a huge engine in a Ford Pop and go fast, does that person realise how difficult that is. You have a car with a high centre of gravity, a very short wheelbase and the aerodynamics of a brick. Getting it to go in a straight line is a major achievment.
One last point, most of us are into speed here, do you realise that the worlds fastest real car, by that I mean wheel driven, was built and raced by a hotrodder who built it in his home garage
To those who dont understand Hotrods do yourself a favour and spend a little time with a hotrodder, you will then realise what it is all about. We are all car fans on this site but how many of you have actually built and raced your own car or built a car that could win a major hotrod show, not many I suspect. The time, dedidcation and skill are huge.
To the person who could not understand why you would want to bolt a huge engine in a Ford Pop and go fast, does that person realise how difficult that is. You have a car with a high centre of gravity, a very short wheelbase and the aerodynamics of a brick. Getting it to go in a straight line is a major achievment.
One last point, most of us are into speed here, do you realise that the worlds fastest real car, by that I mean wheel driven, was built and raced by a hotrodder who built it in his home garage
Streetrod said:
does that person realise how difficult that is. You have a car with a high centre of gravity, a very short wheelbase and the aerodynamics of a brick. Getting it to go in a straight line is a major achievment.
I guess that having sex standing up in a hammock would be just as difficult, but that doesnt seem like a good reason for trying it.Each to his own. I started off by saying I would never understand hot rods and I still dont. But you do, so enjoy it! But dont try the hammock. ;-)
bordseye said:
Nick M said:
They are a genuine part of American culture, like a Harley or the ubiquitous pick-up truck.
Quite right - and they are incomprehensible too. I mean why put an enormous engine in an old Fraud Pop look alike? All it can ever do ( and then not very well) is accelerate in a straight line on a track.
Vid here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr77zUwlgRY
Only Rich's excellent recovery stopped him ending up either in the barrier, or collecting Simon in the other lane. Contrary to popular belief, these old, short things aren't slow or easy to drive.
As for them not doing it very well, even the slower cars in that specific class, cover the 1/4 mile quicker than a Veyron, which isn't bad given they have aerodynamics from 1948. The quickest cars in the class need to be seen to be believed I guess.
Vid here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRU5jC19lSk&fea...
The engineering involved in making them as quick as they are, is IMO, every bit as respectable as that in circuit racing.
My 2p worth
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