I know from other treads this subject causes a stir but just had to share. Having had to join the N.F. L. (no fun life) most of my vices needed to be discarded. The one thing I can enjoy is a cup of coffee. Now driving my hot rod is hard enough with two hands much less just one and holding a hot cup of java. So my only solution was to get a cup holder. The big issue, what I saw out there was horrid. While at the Frog Follies (Great Pre 49 only event in Evansville, IN last weekend of August) swap meet last year it came to me: a crunched up old valve cover and a junk center cap from some nondescript chrome wheel. All of this fun for $2.00 so the project met my financial goals as well. Barring all of the details I was able to improve my metal bumping to remove d the dings and dents, start to learn a bit about upholstery by wrapping the "cup holder' in some old vinyl I had. As well as general problem solving of how to make something out of a couple of unrelated items. So I give you my cup holder, picture attached. One last thing to perhaps mollify the hard core, old school guys, two things: it is easily removable as it is simply held by a tail into the seat back crease and it sports a vintage Stewart Warner koozie. But no Starbucks for me. Let the brow beating begin!
Could use a two cup version in case you get a passenger - I like the idea, it's one thing my o/t truck is missing.
German cars (BMW esp.) always stated that "German cars have no cup holders, they are meant to be driven." (that meant 'with both hands') NOW, in Sunny California, since the first of the year, you can get stabbed with a big fat ticket for eating or drinking (anything!) while driving. I just fitted my F100 with a cup holder...for my water. (no comments, the Scotch I drink at home!) But I do have this chrome flask...
A new breed Cal Custom might be the answer...it has that finned, polished surface like the '50s restaurants had...Change the seating to red stools...
I built my own. It was originally designed to support my leg on long trips but evolved into a small console and glove box with a cup holder.
I have never put a cup holder in my hot rods, probably never will. That said, yes, I do miss having one. Driving late models with all the amenities does tend to spoil ya. I actually think the Cal Custom idea is a good one so maybe never say never!
I like coffee too, made this out of a pulley, doesn't tip. I had to open up the I.D. No more Java crotch!
Very cool idea! Well done as the Brits are want to say Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
You'll have to ask one of us old-sters what it's like to drive with an iced soft drink in a paper cup or in a cold bottle between your legs in the summer. If you parent's car didn't have power steering, that was about the only place to keep one while driving (especially at low speeds scooping around town) and any condensation usually left you looking like you wet your pants when you got out. Especially cool on your way to pickup a date - not. Hot coffee wasn't any fun either. But if you were on a date, she could hold the drink while you drove. Like sharing a malt, that was nice, and cozy since you probably didn't have a car with a seat belt installed, anyway. Young N dumb, we was. Gary
My universal cup holder is multi-purpose. As Gary eluded - thousands of guys and gals drive hot rods & customs and start their day with a cup of Joe,personally I have poured coffee in the floor on too many occasions,,holding a cup of liquid heat between my legs while shifting gears is not my idea of fun anymore. BTW,,coffee is traditional! HRP
My reasoning was I had a 12 mile drive to work and I stopped and got coffee en-route,I didn't have time to stand around and shot the breeze so it was drink it on the run for me. HRP
Funny that when watch very old car movies that no one drinks from anything, except maybe a flask or beer bottle that is thrown out the window. Guess not having the many types of tall mugs that are available now made the difference. Sent from my SM-G930V using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Like a cell phone, I consider it a distraction. I learned that from experience. I guess the real solution would be to get up early enough to enjoy a cup before hitting the road. However, some good examples have been shown and IMO the roll of duct tape gets the win. Mainly because upon arrival at the destination and removing the cup, no one is the wiser of your selfish and careless driving habit.
I cut and oil filter open, welded it to a 3 bolt collector flange and then mounted it to my kick panel. Works very well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I used the duct tape one in my '29 roadster.....doubled to hold the windshield open when wedged between that and the cowl. Also, in a heavy rainstorm I used some to seal the windshield around the edges & cowl !
I stole this idea. It's a 65 Impala tailight a guy had incorporated into the trans hump for a KILLER cup holder. I found one on ebay and bought it. It's gonna have a light in it, of course!
No coffee, brain no workee....must have coffe all day long.....especially while driving. Cup holder a must. I even have a cup holder on my "German" motorcycle. If you look close you'll see it. (Ignore the bad attitude squad) No eating or drinking at all while driving in CA ? Wow, I lived there for ten years and couldn't have LIVED without it. Hours in traffic jams even in the 90's. F that. I suppose Gary Busey will be the spokesman for "eating-while-driving" lobby in CA, and careen off a cliff on the PCH with a Fat Burger in his mouth.
Obviously, a lot of you don't drive far enough to have coffee to kick start your day or water to rehydrate. There are certain things about the HAMB experience that are lost on the youth.
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