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12-30-2008, 05:10 AM
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Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
I was looking at a real old set of hot rod magazines and it occured to me that nobody seems to build these novelty or theme style hot rods like in the old days.
I remember the RED BARON T bucket and the POP CORN WAGON and of course there was the UNCERTAIN T I guess you may call it a coupe!!! Anybody feel like post some pic's and we can create a historical record of the big names. Then there was the MUNSTERS who had 2 hot rods and of course Barris must have built at least one in his time? Do folks still build these or is it a thing of the past??? |
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12-30-2008, 06:43 AM
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Grenade Inspector
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
Yes, they are a thing of the past along with that red head! That is one of the better "theme rods" though!
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12-30-2008, 07:24 AM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
Balloon smuggler.
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12-30-2008, 07:38 AM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
Anybody who can sand cast his own Caddy flathead parts (successfully) like you could surely build a T like that. Why don't you do it Russ?
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12-30-2008, 01:23 PM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
I'd characterize this as a novelty car:
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12-30-2008, 01:27 PM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
Aren't all of those 'ratrods' novelty cars?
They are definitely a passing fad |
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12-30-2008, 02:51 PM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
The purple people eater seems novelty to me.
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12-30-2008, 02:54 PM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
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HOT RODDING - It used to be about the cars, now it's just a freakin Fashion Show 
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12-30-2008, 02:54 PM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
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12-30-2008, 03:08 PM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
novelty rods = show rods????
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12-30-2008, 03:10 PM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
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This THING has to be photoshopped..........Thanks, Mike
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12-30-2008, 03:12 PM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
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12-30-2008, 03:21 PM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
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12-30-2008, 03:22 PM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
What about pic's of the early stuff, I remember as a kid being fascinated by those kind of cars and they were far from ratrods they had absolutely finished and chromed.
They were extreme with a theme. |
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12-30-2008, 03:32 PM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
The Red Baron was one of my favorites. That yellow thing is just awful.
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12-30-2008, 03:38 PM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
I'm putting a small block in this:
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12-30-2008, 03:41 PM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
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when I was about ten, it was right up there with the batmobile and the monkey mobile didn't I just see The Red Baron in a magazine or book just recently? in a shop waiting for attention |
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12-30-2008, 03:43 PM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
George Barris & Elden Titus teamed up to build the Vibrasonic Roadster. I think it qualifes for this thread. Elden Titus recently passed away. He was an incredible craftsman.
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12-30-2008, 03:47 PM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
Yeah, there was also some kind of roadster I was searching for in old mag's that had the flathead engine in the rear and it was front wheel drive using an original style ford diff fitted with universal knuckles etc, probably did not work all that well but it was out there for being different and ahead of its time.
If somebody does not start posting pic's I am going to resort tp scanning old magzine photo's. |
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12-30-2008, 03:55 PM
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Re: Novelty Hot Rods - Post any pic's.
here are a couple more pics
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