Hot Rods Tired of homogenized hotrods

morning Ray, Merry Christmas. Your roadster is one neat little piece.

 

Hey john long time no talk. Merry Christmas buddy. God bless

 

I have four COOPs....my 40 COOP (see http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/40-c00p’s-big-adventure.958783/#post-10788947) that I have had since 1972 in many different forms, My 33 COOP (see the avatar), a 53 Studebaker (53 COOP) and the latest build.....26 COOP. It is the simplest build so far (just basic hot rod) and I am having a lot of fun building it:


Yes, it has a '32 grille shell, but I like it and that is who I have to please!

 

love the see through hood. Somebody needs to copy that idea. So many great things that we can be incorporating if we just take a look back at what was goin on , not just what is goin on.

 

I wanna see more crazy nerf bars!

 

Just because you want something different,don,t build something ugly

 

Best wishes for a homogeneous, individualized, traditional, push the envelope, fabricated, homogenized, styled, different, riddled, driven and fun Christmas you can!
Pete

 

That is definately one of the challenges encountered in automotive hotrodsterization. Step back and have a look whilst trying to keep your finger off the throat trigger for chucking...

 

Great points but the HAMB in the very body of its guidelines shows acceptance to what is considered go or no go. It even offers areas for spot on traditional and customs as well as the I would say main forum where the other stuff slightly off is presented. We must meter our input based on that criteria or face scrutiny by the board and I accept those rules hands down. That in fact still leaves tons of great options for the builder. I believe and have seen oodles of builds from a great number of members just knocking it out out of the park with creativity respecting the board guidelines. The membership for the most part do a pretty good job of critiquing the stuff we make and modify. Great things happen here. It is truly inspiring and fun.

 

Thank goodness the chain is just for lifting (I wasnt bustin yuor balls). Ill be waiting on how the fenders are going to mate up. B.T.W. my car has a Mexican blanket not tie dye. Ha ha.

 

Well this one is a little homogenized I suppose but no one can say that it is not traditional. Besides I like it even if it does have too many doors.

 

I want to be different like everyone else.

 

It's not crazy but it's a nerf bar.
Merry Christmas!!

 

Just build the best damn Hot Rod you can and have fun with it. This shit isn't rocket science. Stop analyzing what should be fun and use your own self expression. Just enjoy the gawd damn journey. And if a couple folks join you on the path, so be it. You aren't the first and sure as hell won't be the last.

Oh....... Merry Christmas and all that other shit.

 

1937 Ford hardtop roadster truck.

 

My little banger 32, backwards louvers, full fenders, quick change and little touches here and there. Obviously I'm still working on it but it's not on the clock nor am I. Oh ya, we bring the plants in for the winter from our deck to keep me company.

 

Nothing odd there Tim, you just have taste where most of these local yokels are still stuck on early 90s styling "trends" WTF

 

Definitely out of the box.

 

I'm way better at stealing ideas than having them. This is a showcase of ideas that don't work for me. I will continue to watch for items worth stealing. Keep trying. I await your inspiration. Ron

 

A 34 survivor from Kingston N.Y.

Channeled, not Chopped, Bobbed Rear Fenders

 

A Few Full Fendered Cars...

Unidentified 32 5 window

I can never remember the owner of this R.U.P.s name

Nelson Dupree's 32 Roadster.

 

And butt ugly with the appeal of a tractor cab, definitely cooler though.

 

This is sort of a hijack but probably 15/20 years ago I built this model. When I saw that photo I had to post this.

 

No really, I like mine all mixed together. If you doubt this, just come over here sometime and check out the mess.

 

As the photos show there isn't a shortage of non homogenized cars out there even though I fully agree that a lot of guys do get caught up in the fad of the month especially when it comes to the AD Chevy trucks that I play with. There is way too much "I gotta stick on the same junk that everyone else is sticking on" line of thinking there.
A lot of our rods and especially traditional rods do look quite a bit alike simply because that look is a timeless look that doesn't scream out when the car was built. If you are going to build a car that will stand the test of time you usually stay pretty close to the original hot rod blueprint. Move very far away from that and you end up with a car that those in the know can tell within a year or two of when it was built just by how it was done and what was used on it. I can dig out hundreds of photos of rods from the 70's and 80's that would cause a lot of younger guys to go into laughing fits wondering "what the hell were those guys thinking even though the cars were the hot lick at the time.