Hot Rods I get famous again! Well, my car does anyway...

Although your vehicle is not my type, to much passion pit for me but when you pay a shop to do work, you are paying for their skills and equipment use, then their work belongs to you, you paid for it after all. I think that it was wrong for a shop to do that, unless they asked for your permission first.

 

Congratulations.

 

But weren’t you and your car in HRM right after you finished it? Guess there’s nobody left from those years. I remember being quite impressed with your work.

 

Jesus Suffer'n F*&K. LOL, I left money on the table, didn't I?

 

How long a section would you like? I'll have to get another full 02 tank...

 

Frieberger is busy doing stupid stuff for the brain-dead "Roadkill" fans. It's a different crowd.

 

So just because I’m a sucker for punishment, if all they used was the body, didn’t they build the new version then? I also will never understand trashing people because they like different styles than me. I like the new version more, looks like a nice car.


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Jacob started with Hot Rod in 2017, so he hasn't been there too long....not surprising he would not know the history of the car...the original article was in 2010

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/hrdp-1004-1936-ford-tudor/

 

I didn’t “trash” the build, so let’s get that straight. In fact, I said since it was such an extensive re-build, I guest is their build. I MAY have inferred whoever had it done wasn’t thinking clearly though...


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I think you were honest and fair, though to be honest and fair, I don't like the new version at all. I hope someone with big pockets does.

 

Sorry Brian that was a general statement not directed at you personally. You did say they were taking credit for it... there is a tendency around here for the mob to jump on something that isn’t their style, kinda like the roadkill fans being brain dead....


Really none of it matters you built a cool car and in my opinion it’s still a nice car

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That idiot bugs me. Gotta listen to him at the drivers meeting every year at Speedweek. The new version of your car sucks. And they are on crack with a 130K price tag

 

So? He owes it to the readers to research his stories. Look at Joey Ukrop here and in TRJ. Started as a teen and has grown in his writing and passion for research.

 

Money can't buy taste, cool or character.

 

It's almost like the world is changing, right before our eyes.

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@flynbrian48
Sometimes these things bother me enough to send the guilty party an email
I’ve probably got too much time on my hands so maybe it’s to fight cabin fever

I got a reply back from Brandon:


Good morning,

Thank you for sending this very nice email informing us about the misunderstanding surrounding the 1936 Humpback Roadster. I have included a few pictures of the work we did on the car that includes re engineering the chassis and suspension, completely changing the front sheet metal and grille, swapping drive trains since the car would never run cool with the radiator in the back and rebuilding the interior. We also fabricated replacement doors, quarter panels, rockers and tail pan to replace the rusty, dented and damaged originals that were part of the initial build.

He also asked:
Also, can you resend a working link to the build thread on the HAMB? We would love to fairly state our case in the court of public opinion.

He then sent me a bunch of pictures of the work they did to the car and then a link to the for sale listing in case I wanted to buy it.

Never once did he acknowledge that they hadn’t in fact “ built “ the car.

 

Sounds like a prick

 

@Blue One, if the "builder" wants to air things out in the "court of public opinion" (Doesn't he know there's a "search" function here?), I'll be the first guy to present evidence that, current build cost not withstanding, it was a MUCH better $7500 car than it is a $131,000 car. It certainly had limitations, (idling in traffic if the ambient temps were over 90 being the main one), the chassis was sketchy, although I got used to it once I discovered that keeping my right foot planted, and watching where I was going over the passenger door, rather than trying to keep the forward view through the windshield, and trying to keep it between opposite ditches by steering...

 

He comes off as one of the snooty type of people who build really perfect and expensive cars for snooty and really rich people.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that mind you

At least he could admit that he started with an already built car and didn’t start with a blank canvas.

You have the distinction of being the one who created it and then they “ improved? ” it.
$131,000 is nuts.

 

On a side note, the biggest issue I have with the new build is the engine. I love me an LS motor(have one in my DD) but in a rod like this it should have been down played. For 130 grand they should have fabbed a custom cover for the engine or at the very least went with some fake old school valve covers. Something to cover the coil packs. Okay, I'm done.

 

I want to see those wire wheels after the required TV BURNOUT with that LS power.

 

Brian your sense of humor and self deprecation is refreshing! What a jerkoff, court of public opinion, please. The HAMB knows!

 

Its almost like if you stood out in the alley behind their shop long enough you could have retrieved the while body, drivetrain, chassis, body and interior fron the original car before it went into the dumpster. Then youve got the original car back for free! In kit form.
The original car is a real hot rod.
The way I look at it is sometimes people think they want a hard core hot rod. They wanna talk the talk so they buy a hot rod but its TOO raw for them. What they really want is a street rod.

Also I'm just gonna say it. Dimple die interior panels and fabricator rods are the new billet and street rods. There.

 

Buwhahahahahahahah!

 

Jim Forbes (aka Squirrel) wrote earlier today " It's almost like the world is changing, right before our eyes." HA HA! LOL! I'm sure he sprained his tongue sticking it in his cheek - - - and the world has changed since his post this morning! One reason, there's an unprecedented number of very big checkbooks out there, without any real experience to back them up. JMO

 

Well to me they completely removed the soul from the car.
They took it from a really cool hot rod that yes, did have some drivability issues and could use a bit of refinement here and there to just another high dollar street rod that is reaching a bit to grasp some of the momentary street rod have to have fad items.

I don't fault the new chassis but I would have kept the outward appearance pretty much the way it was with upgraded body and paint work. It really needs the fenders that were on it and it needs color on it rather than black.

 

Agreed, on all counts. The fenders worked (visually, at least). Without a top, it looks like a giant bathtub. It's like 4WD height, the fenders were just an inch lower than the hood top before. There's no accounting for taste, they say...

 

SOUL, and STANCE, once removed you have nothing.

Bob

 

This saddens me greatly. Brian - I found your car inspiring and have several pictures of it saved on my computer in a folder somewhere. Apparently, I haven't been on here enough to realize it was for sale, or even sold.... which saddens me again because I would have loved to have it in the garage as it was (even knowing I would have to fix some stuff that you have pointed out).

I'll also admit that I don't hate the car that it is now..... but I don't exactly love it either. That's OK in my book - it takes all kinds of people to make the world go around and if everyone wanted the exact same thing it would be boring as hell. It would have been nice for you to get some credit - but perhaps they thought they were doing you a favor by not mentioning you since they basically said they scrapped almost all of it and started over. I'm not trying to defend anyone, but I could see how someone might think that.