How would we define the ages of rodding

Lets say
1/ the primitives right back to Henrys 999
2/ the gowjobs speedsters area
3/pre war the recognition of rodding
4/postwar the golden age up to the late 50s
5/the 60s and 70s show car period
6/the billit period wheels and just about every thing else turned out of alloy
7/ the manufactured rod as it becomes harder to build your own and pro builders take over

There are and will be cars that cross periods(we still build speedsters)
anyone care to comment on this.

 

Drink some more Speights and all will become clear.

 

uh,, I think this tech week has proven the last one to be totally wrong. If thats your understanding of how things are now you havent been paying much attention.

We are here to keep the grass roots build alive and kicking, even those of us that do it professionally are here to offer advice and give up secrets so that the home builder doesnt get lost in the shuffle.

Its the hobbyest builders that keep and maintain the soul of this addiction that we carry. Thats where this deal started and with the resources available here it will make it easier to get others involved in the hobby.

Of course I could be full of shit too.

 

I think you miss the point as i point out some of us still build cars but in a time scale this appears to be whats happened i like the pre war post war period and try to build to that time.

 

#7 throws me... it got harder to build our own?

 

Age class 1: Young and foolish, build them to go FAST, lots of noise, with little thought of safety.
Age class 2: A little older, too much noise fro the wife and kids, gas price is a consideration, gone is the hot cam and multiple carbs. Paint and interior for the car.
Age class 3: Older still. I must have been crazy to ride around in that thing the way it was. More money now, rebuild with the latest and greatest suspension and chrome and stainless gadgets, high dollar paint and interior. Damm high gas prices and retirement income don't mix well.

 

I'd change the date on #4 to 1965, and assume you were talking about Street Driven vehicles not race cars.

 

You probably are but fortunately there is a never ending supply because I agree with you making me full of it also.


I am having a hard time grasping when hot rods became harder to build, we still do the same things that everyone before us did and I don't really think that they were any more intelligent or skilled.

I would really think that putting a name on an era would be tough, the magazines have tried to call the '50s the golden age of hot rodding but if you really pay attention they weren't doing anything that hadn't already been done. Things cross over I don't think that there is any real definition to eras in rodding.

 

Fun !!

Klaz

 

5/the 60s and 70s show car period

2 distinct periods going on in that time frame.

early 60's were still part of the 50's period, and the late 70's was the beginning of the sucky 80's. 65 to 77 may have been a "period" as far as what was going on.

I see you are from New Zealand... you guys have a completely different set of things going on than we did. I remember at the big liquor store that sold all the magazines in my neighborhood carried some magazines from overseas. seems I remember all sorts of wierd stuff going on in the 70's and 80's from overseas car guys.

 

Whats after the magnificent seven? Break it down further into years, months, days? We have traditional and deletable here. Not quite as defined as your time periods.

 

I'm just glad it doesn't say Hot Rodding was invented in California in the late 30's... that bugs the hell out of me, my great grandfather modified his 1913 T in 1914 to make it faster, external oil lines for better lubrication, extra cooling, a foot gas pedal... and he was in southern Ontario Canada... and there were many before him and all over the place too!

 

It's this kind of thread that makes me want to set myself on fire.
It's like trying to define pornography

 

That deserves a seperate thread.

 

AH no 7 here in NZ all cars built have to be certified this means all welds by certified welders rules on this rules on that all in the name of safety, not all together a bad thing but it reaches the stage where you can do less and less yourself it forces the price up but also the standard i can understand it but it is limiting youngsters learning the skills.

 

You may well be right.

 

Its pretty similar. If it makes your dick hard its porn or an amazing hot rod.

 

I think this tech week has proven the last one to be totally wrong

 

Or very old having qualified as a welder tyre fitter and any other trade needed for certification.

 

I think someone once said in reference to the Kennedy assassination that the 50s ended in 1963. I kind of apply that to cars too.
Paul