Features POLL: Canted quad headlights

If I were to get another '53-'56 Ford pickup, I'd have to put them in..they just look so right to me on those pickups.
As for other cars, depends on the car, its theme/and other mods done to it.
If you're into peoples commenting on your car, build a custom..everyone seems to have an opinion on them.
I'm a fan of customs..as long as they're tastefully done..again another guy with an opinion.

 

Are the wheels and tires in fact post 65? That build of Larry's Hotrod at that time started in 63...it took a while to get it done so perhaps the slots and tires were available in 65...even though his Showtimes yes well into the late 60s and 70s...just curious...It truly is amazing how many times many Hotrods and Customs went under the knife in their meandering journeys...

 

This one has a Oriental "look" about it....

 

The rear tires look like Goodyear blue streaks which came out in '65. Those were race tires and not generally available initially unless you 'knew someone'. They started showing up on rods in '66 but were soon replaced by 'Wide Ovals' but those didn't come out until '67. The 'correct' big-tire look for the pre-'66 era would have been pie-crust cheater slicks. Same for the wheels. Alloy wheels weren't all that common on non-race cars yet, chromed stockers or Astros (either 5-spoke or slotted dish style) were still the prevalent choice, especially for show cars.

 

I recall that car from the 80's in Addison, Il. where it was built by a fellow named Schmitt. Nicely done, too!

 

If you build a car with canted headlights, be prepared to own it forever. You'd better love it because there is no guarantee anyone else will. Some can look tasteful but most just look weird. Sorry, but that is my honest opinion.

That truck above looks tasteful.

 

I like canted quads but, like a lot of stuff that's worth doing, it is very easy to get them horribly wrong.

 

Horribly wrong isn't limited to Canted Quads...everything including the rubber that meets the road can go horribly wrong Hotrod or Custom...

 

That goes for the entire package not just the Headlights...it generally gets tossed around as cutting the ugly off...problem is Ugly is an opinion not necessarily shared by everyone...

 

The intention is to improve on the styling... not to just change something. Beauty is like art and sanity... it's all in the eye of the beholder.

 

lots of people change stuff just so they can say they changed it.

 

Exactly.

 

I don't...I generally buy into what I like and any change will be complimentary and bring positives rather than negatives......I hope......and with aquired Hotrods and Customs that may mean following in the former builders thought process...nothing wrong with that as many times the ole "wouldn't change a thing" gets tossed around here...so any further changes follow an established look...

 

FHP>>>The factory chryslers are cool as hell. >>>
FS2Q>>>I agree on the Chryslers, they nailed it.>>>
Stogy>>>I generally buy into what I like and any change will be complimentary and bring positives>>>

 

Old thread but I am totally amazed about the number of people who don't grasp the concept that "Canted" means slanted or offset at an angle.

Still canted quads are like any other custom modification. They have to blend in and be a cohesive part of the total build or they don't work. Looking at Morarity's Photo in post 136. you see the blue car as one package where everything works in unison with every other part of the car, The other two you see the front ends and then you look to see the car behind the front end. The win goes to the blue car.

 

>>>Still canted quads are like any other custom modification. They have to blend in and be a cohesive part of the total build>>>The win goes to the blue car. >>>

Yeah, agreed. Almost but still not quite as cohesive or good as Virgil's. 8^)

 

Let me add my 100% unbiased agreement to this.

 

1962 Zunder 1500
Sorry @Moriarity

 

UGH!!! So wrong on so many levels!!!

 

But but canted quads…..

 

Yyyeaahhh... I 'spose... Ha ha!

 

>>>UGH!!! So wrong on so many levels!!! >>>

Hmmm. I don;t about that? I think I see some possibilities here.

 

LMAO!!

 

What part of the former Soviet Union did that {pardon the word} Car come from?

 

Well known Volvo from the UK...

 

NO

 

I remember that car well. There used to be a show called the Run to Roslyn which was hosted by Mr. Harper among others and he always had the car there each year.

 

Surely you can’t be serious?