How about Killer's "Left-over Special"? That goes back awhile, many here probably don't know about it.
I'd have to go with Atomic Punk as the wildest Hamb built car to date simply because we watched be built photo by photo and although it emulates Roth's cars it stands alone. And most importantly for the purpose of this thread it is out of the norm as far as Hamb builds go. As much as I like Jim's coupe and it probably ranks right up there with the all time saves of something no one thought could be saved and built to where it is today it's not that much different in concept than a lot of other wild coupes that we have seen over the years, just better executed than most.
Ill throw my car into the hat, I consider my car to be ONE the wildest builds,Roth and the atomic punk are serious influences .My build thread is below http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/my-showrod-build-thread-the-57-t.853626/
Back in 08 our FINKOSEL created a stir...See it in action here: http://finkosel.homestead.com/files/index.htm
Found it. Built by Docfrankinstien, and called the Sonic Needle. Seems it was for sale recently but didn't sell.
Hahaha... Mark's got wild stuff and that mower thread was pretty darn funny! I saw a bunch of HAMBrs looking for mowers to build at swap meets and garage sales ! Didn't see that kind of reaction with the "Wild Show & Go cars " before or since on any board! Aside from the lawn mower there have been a ton of wild builds started on the HAMB with few completions But the "Lunar Lander" kind of started it when plowboy started slapping scrap metal together and it epitomized what could be done on a budget and a few beers! But there were some noteworthy high dollar builds like the guy who built a completely hand formed aluminum 40 Willys coupe from scratch... that was impressive
My vote goes to Eric and his "Iron Lung" Bubbletop. I love the Atomic Punk, but next to this, Aarons looks like a perfectly sensible car for every day use. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
That sounds like a definition for a Rat Rod. I will have to use that one next time I see an unsafe rat rod build.
As the proud owner of Plowboy's Lunar Lander, i can assure you that nothing Aaron builds is even close to a rat rod.
.....being a dad, this one seems fun to me, and maybe wild for the other parents.....while I burn out across the parking lot.....
I wish it was.....I always respect guys that can pull off odd ball and tasteful.....sure costs more then I would think to spend on something like that. But now that he did all the work and spent all the money.....sure would be fun to own ! Its an overseas build.....at least it was on an overseas site.....
Ummm...does "pull it off" mean the same thing in Old Blighty as on this side of the Atlantic? (Curious minds & all that....LOL)
Damn it to hell. Build it then ! Guess you could read whatever language they were saying then....oh well.
This is some cool stuff. I'm a big fan of littleness and plow boy! Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
There has been so many over the top builds and not all are automotive.. Chuck and crew over at Strange Days with the FINKOSEL or Moriarity with his atomic yardmaster As eluded to in a earlier post,the talent on the Hamb has no bounds. HRP
I'm sad that English Gent's Deuce body study thread got deleted. He was using the shapes that a donor VW body provided to make his forms for a '32 roadster body construction. There were a ton of fabricators that followed as I did. EDIT: IT's bacccccckkkk !!