Hot rods, street rods, kustoms and a few other things

[rolymo]

Hot-rods can come in an English variety , this one started life as 2 seater OTS Jaguar XK120 on which the bodywork got past restoring so we decided give it a new lease of live as Rod to prevent the car getting into clutches of breakers or worst case scenio a "crusher"

[Turn7]

Me, at my first ever drag race....

[Crafty_]

1964, Blackbushe??

[Dilligaf10]

Fantastic thread, bookmarked!

Here is my offering, my weekend toy. Owned it for a couple of years and so looking forward to racing it at Dragstalgia this year.



(Sorry, cannot credit who took the picture but thanks).

[Dilligaf10]

Fantastic thread, bookmarked!

Here is my offering, my weekend toy. Owned it for a couple of years and so looking forward to racing it at Dragstalgia this year.



(Sorry, cannot credit who took the picture but thanks).

[Turn7]

Crafty_ said:

1964, Blackbushe??

Nope, SPR.

My first ever visit,and a certain Mr Garlits was there.....

[Getragdogleg]

I often wonder who is doing this now, I read about what Isky, Garlits, Barris, Parks, Peterson and all the others were doing back in their day but who are we going to be looking back on from our era, who is doing new and interesting stuff now ?

Lots of people will probably say Kaufmann (from Fast and loud) or any of the other TV stars but are they really in the same league ? Have we had the innovators and are now on the era of refining ?

Edited by Getragdogleg on Tuesday 1st July 08:42

[aeropilot]

Getragdogleg]I often wonder who is doing [i[] this [/i said:

now, I read about what Isky, Garlits, Barris, Parks, Peterson and all the others were doing back in their day but who are we going to be looking back on from our era, who is doing new and interesting stuff now ?

Lots of people will probably say Kaufmann (from Fast and loud) or any of the other TV stars but are they really in the same league ? Have we had the innovators and are now on the era of refining ?

Chip Foose is about the only one I can think of in recent times. Certainley none of the 'TV Stars' would rank up there.

I think the scene as such has become too diverse for any one person to stand out compared to the early days.
The demarcation between nostaglia, 'rat rods', street rods and such means there are innovators in each camp, but as each camp often has a strong dislike of the others, any great innovator in one can be completely overlooked by the followers of others.

[Turn7]

Zack,replied to your pm .

Edited by Turn7 on Tuesday 1st July 09:12

[Getragdogleg]

aeropilot said:

Getragdogleg said:

I read about what Isky, Garlits, Barris, Parks, Peterson and all the others were doing back in their day but who are we going to be looking back on from our era, who is doing new and interesting stuff now ?

Lots of people will probably say Kaufmann (from Fast and loud) or any of the other TV stars but are they really in the same league ? Have we had the innovators and are now on the era of refining ?

Chip Foose is about the only one I can think of in recent times. Certainley none of the 'TV Stars' would rank up there.

I think the scene as such has become too diverse for any one person to stand out compared to the early days.
The demarcation between nostaglia, 'rat rods', street rods and such means there are innovators in each camp, but as each camp often has a strong dislike of the others, any great innovator in one can be completely overlooked by the followers of others.

Foose is a good example, he consistently comes up with new ideas and designs and is already an industry "go to guy".

[daveenty]

I've been watching a bit of West Coast Customs on TV lately and Ryan Friedlinghaus, whilst not exactly my cup of tea, does seem to have some innovative builds going on there.

I suppose that we always have Leepu and Bernie to fall back on with Chop Shop...

Incidentally, can anyone remember which year Clive Skilton did the first sub 6 second (5.97 I think) run at the Pod? 197ish? I was there, but been through a lot since then.

[PanzerCommander]

Getragdogleg said:

Foose is a good example, he consistently comes up with new ideas and designs and is already an industry "go to guy".

Foose designs are really rather good in general. The only thing I don't really like which you saw a lot on Overhauling for example, is massive wheels, I prefer a bit more sidewall, but to each his own.

[swisstoni]

Getragdogleg said:

I often wonder who is doing this now, I read about what Isky, Garlits, Barris, Parks, Peterson and all the others were doing back in their day but who are we going to be looking back on from our era, who is doing new and interesting stuff now ?

Lots of people will probably say Kaufmann (from Fast and loud) or any of the other TV stars but are they really in the same league ? Have we had the innovators and are now on the era of refining ?

Edited by Getragdogleg on Tuesday 1st July 08:42

If you do an image search on 'Riddler award' you will see the cars and builders that Foose is up against in the perfecto style.
Some of these things are so achingly exquisite that you can understand how Rat Rods came about, just as an antidote to all that perfection.
I can appreciate both types of car.

[Getragdogleg]

PanzerCommander said:

Getragdogleg said:

Foose is a good example, he consistently comes up with new ideas and designs and is already an industry "go to guy".

Foose designs are really rather good in general. The only thing I don't really like which you saw a lot on Overhauling for example, is massive wheels, I prefer a bit more sidewall, but to each his own.

I agree about the Sidewall, my 67 Camaro has the 15inch steel rallyes on it, I see other with big alloys on and it just does not look right.

[Crafty_]

Getragdogleg said:

I often wonder who is doing this now, I read about what Isky, Garlits, Barris, Parks, Peterson and all the others were doing back in their day but who are we going to be looking back on from our era, who is doing new and interesting stuff now ?

Lots of people will probably say Kaufmann (from Fast and loud) or any of the other TV stars but are they really in the same league ? Have we had the innovators and are now on the era of refining ?

Edited by Getragdogleg on Tuesday 1st July 08:42

The TV crowd have a long way to go imho.

Troy Trepanier - One of the most versatile builders out there. All the way from the Ritzow '32 to the Poteet '69 Cuda Bonnieville car. All of it top notch.
Alan Johnson - The B400 he did a couple of years ago is sublime.
Jesse Greening - Lots of subtle details to his builds, he's still quite young I think - lots more to come

All quite aside from the guys that just get it right all the time - Brizio, Alloway, D’Agostino etc.

There are so many shops turning out decent stuff, we could be here all day pulling names out of a hat.

Turn7 said:

Crafty_ said:

1964, Blackbushe??

Nope, SPR.

My first ever visit,and a certain Mr Garlits was there.....

You know, I'm a dumbass. I had just written about Garlits switching to rear engine in 1970, then I look at your pic and wonder if it was '64... doh!!

[Cotty]

Getragdogleg said:

I often wonder who is doing this now, I read about what Isky, Garlits, Barris, Parks, Peterson and all the others were doing back in their day but who are we going to be looking back on from our era, who is doing new and interesting stuff now ?

I think there are lots individuals making interesting stuff. Or they have ideas and take it to someone who will build their vision of what they want. Like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_-eAP_CTHM&li...

[stephen300o]

Also spotted this Studebaker at the show on Sunday.
A wonderful shape, not seen one before.

[rolymo]

I noticed a comment that a special meeting was called today at the London Min of Transport regarding the new EU MOT reg's between the various parties (including the FBHVC)involved in finalizing the draft details relevant to the UK, referring to this information :- http/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article/2999311.
That is dated today (Wed/2/14)but in fact originates from (Sept12/2012)so I have no idea whether there are new developements or DM is just attempting to stir up some public support for leaving the EU (sooner the better!)

[rolymo]

If you have difficulty with the Daily Mail web ref .just search pistonheads :-
"An end to modified cars ?"

[rolymo]

There is another kind of "HOT-Rod" that is quite popular in Europe, bet you forgot about them, right ?