POST Your Definition of "Hot Rod" Pic

great pic deserves to be bigger!


Came through pretty clean?

 

Holy Cow, Mr. Moo!... Some of you folks have incredibly "fierce" forms of motor transportation, i.e. "Hot Rods"... And it's interesting to see photos that feature the wide variety of the different forms of four-wheeled fun that y'all subscribe to... I realize that there's often heated debate and controversy among enthusiasts, regarding what truly constitutes a bona fide "Hot Rod"-- Different people have different definitions of what they consider to be a "Hot Rod"... In my opinion, I believe that everything I've seen on these pages certainly defines "Hot Rods" and "Hot Rodding"-- It's so groovy to see the cars that H.A.M.B. members own and cherish... Whether the cars be colorful and charismatic, or leaning more towards the darker & dastardly side of the aesthetic scale, they're all a sheer pleasure to view... Thanks for sharing... "The Doc" (Celebrity Drag Racing Authority & Visionary)...

 

Yes.

 

I love this one. Perfection!

 

I feel slightly different about this post then most folks. I don't think it's really as much about the look the money involved the paint or even aesthetics in the first place. I think it's the feeling it invokes, and most importantly what it does.

Get driven!

 

I'd agree Kojack! And this photo makes me feel like this car needs some bear claws!

It also make me feel dirty!

 

>>>>>,I agree with ALL of the above ,,great pics ,,,at 67 ,,i remember a lot of em when they were new ,,a Hot Rod is a "Frame Of Mind,,,A Life" here's my daily driver traditional hot rod piece a junk ,,
thanks for all the "Memory Pics" guys

 

Proving that I have no one set taste or style. This is on of my favorite roadsters. Funny how they looks great up in the air or pretty low too!

 

My Bro-in laws 29 roadster



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i guess it would be safe to say that'THE HOT ROD IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER"!!!

 

Kojack said what matters most! A true HotRod is DRIVEN!!!!!!! Not put in a trailer and driven around the Fairgrounds. Driven!! Driven to the show, The Auto parts store or to the grocery store But Driven!!! And in my case A little to fast most of the time !!

 

>>>>>,My '27 T has been my daily driver ,,One & only ,,,for the last 5 years ,,,36,000 miles werth ,,rain,,shine or even snow ,,hot or cold ,,even has a GREAT heater ,,soon to have Air Cond hidden under the floor with the comprssser drivin offa da driveshaft ,,

 

Cole Cutler/Brian Dean

 

mine..had just returned from an 1930s themed event last week, hence the old time clothes.

 

They all make my heart go pitty pat!!

 

That is the correct answer.

If you are into hot rods pretty much everything on the last 12 pages should get you going. Not a dud in the box. All real hot rods.
chuck

 

I'll play.

 

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some might consider this a hot rod

 

Rodster, here's my Packard powered 34 Ford, I didn't wanna hijack your Henderson thread.
Not the definition of hot rod at all, but a driven, abused and loved example of one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdDeYhP7kno

 

Here's a pic of the Packford in action: Looks like a hot rod to me!

 

If you go back and look at the cars on the lakes in the late 1930s, all you see in roadsters with bangers and flathead V8s. The pure hot rod is a '29-'32 roadster high boy with banger or V8 power. But cars in the same brain set are hot rods like coupes before '35. If you add fenders you get closer to being a custom, but you can't say no to cars like the California Kid. If it rattles and shakes and scares the piss out of civilians...it might be a hot rod.

 

Now there's a shot that says it all--love that flag!

 

Can't forget the Frank Mack T. Lookers even meaner with the top on. Anybody have pictures?

 

I like the way a 78 year old Hot Rodder lights up when showing those old photos!

 

Interesting that I have already downloaded most of the pics on here of real hot rods (IMO) over the past few years. But NOT the GTO - geeez!

PC bullshit aside, a hot rod is not: a custom car, a muscle car, a street rod, a baby carrage or a funny car. Yeah, they are all cool in their own way. If you want to call your car a hot rod that's okay, but none of those vehicles were at the dry lakes and back road races when this thing was getting started.

This is as close as I can show to my idea of what is an actual Hot Rod...

 

Cool thread
Here are some real hot rods from Sweden