Any hotrod owners on here.

[Steve and Denise]

Your all MAD I tell you MAD!

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Could fill this page up with photos
Did a 3 week trip around California taking in local car shows and museums.
Had a cracking time and will go back again

 

[Snowbird]

If you zoom into the photo of my old MK1 Ram you will see a huge 150 gallon alloy fuel tank fitted behind the cab. This was connected to the original fuel tank and gave impressive distances between fuel stops. The reason behind this was that the truck was running constantly between the UK and the Mediterranean with emergency breakdown boat parts that had to be there regardless of cost. When some multi millionaire has his yacht broken down awaiting parts he has little care how much it costs to get those parts to him.

 

[Steve and Denise]

Love the photos guys.
Not a hot rod but I had a 1987 Land Rover 90 that started as a 2.5td 7 seat station wagon and ended up a two seated vehicle only suitable to carry the engine.
6.5ltr twin turbo v8. Twin radiators, four fans, Multiple intercoolers. Twin shocked. Steering of a super tanker. Looked very standard apart from there being a few extra air intakes in the side and a radiator where the tailgate should be. Surprised many a box racer in his gti. Would easily skin my old girls 996 c4s off the line to 60 or 70 at which point aerodynamics and gearing had a part to play. Had to wear a full face helmet to prevent braining oneself on the internal roll cage. An absolute blast to hammer across the fields at 100. Between 5&6mpg, 10gallon tank. Made the 54 mile daily commute interesting ! A lot of coasting.
I will try to find a photo.
Not a hot rod (again) but after that I also had a 2006 Fireblade that ended up with nitrous after a UDI (unidentifiable drinking incident). Luckily having a stroke at 32 was a spot of luck and saved my life with that one!
And now I have a Bailey and dream of an Iveco. How the mighty have fallen.

Years ago I put a nitros kit on my 1100 gsxr used the horn switch to to trigger it only used it once it almost killed me on the A19 a pal of mine at the time said pussy he would show me how to use it I broke what was left of the bike and sold it for parts, he was fortunate he was only in hospital 3 months

 

[Manic]

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[ambulancekidd]

Once upon a while ago in 19hundred & frozen to death I was heavily involved in serious custom vehicles.
Sadly I've never liked American vehicles, but wow do I admire the work which goes into any special build or restoration & this one is a beauty.
It'd be quite something to see it belting down Pendine Sands, enjoy.

 

[Mikey RV]

Could fill this page up with photos
Did a 3 week trip around California taking in local car shows and museums.
Had a cracking time and will go back again
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Did you go out to Pomona swap meet. It’s huge, you will never see it all but what a day.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Did you go out to Pomona swap meet. It’s huge, you will never see it all but what a day.

No never went to that
When we went my wife had to have term time holidays now she doesn’t so hopefully look at that when we return.

Did local evening meets and a few weekend shows plus the Peterson museum.
Probably best one was the Surf City Garage it is a blokes personal collection in an industrial unit but full of muscle cars and trucks plus bikes,

 

[Coolcats]

Have just taken delivery of my new toy ready for Christmas. Its built on the same running gear as the first car I ever owned, a Ford V8 Pilot from 1950. A flathead V8 Ford engine originally built in 1939 for the military. It was first converted to a hotrod in the 70s and was well documented and known as the Swamprat. It had 2 flathead V8s as power and appeared in several magazines back in the day.
It unfortunately languished in a garage for many years until the garage fell down on it, my mate dug it out and got it to his garage with the intention of rebuilding it. As soon as I saw it I told him to put my name on it and would buy it once complete. I think he thought I was joking, but I never joke over a deal.
Anyway 2 years down the line and its now on the road awaiting some good weather and the Pendine sand vintage hotrod races.
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Well done you, that is an amazing looking Hotrod and the stuff of Petrol head dreams.

 

[Coolcats]

Not a Hot Rod but 850HP, was a beast but only about 9mpg if I drove it enthusiastically
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My track/ road car will do around 22 mpg when driven ‘normally’ 18 mpg if I’m going for a spirited drive and 8 mpg when it’s at its limits (on track) waste fuel just gets dumped in to the exhaust on overrun causing popping banging and spitting flames it is going to be dull when hot rods big trucks and fast ice cars are no longer about and the world is full of dull electric automated vehicles.

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[Bobby-gg]

Could fill this page up with photos
Did a 3 week trip around California taking in local car shows and museums.
Had a cracking time and will go back again
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Many, many years ago I was on a school exchange holiday to Minnesota, and it just so happened that when I was there the NSRA Street nationals were on
Spent one day there, wall to wall rods under beautiful blue skies and I've got boxes of photographs from the day, unfortunately, it was the period of pastels, heartbeat graphics and cnc wheels and not many traditional rods, although did get to watch my first old school pinstriper perform his art and I've since convinced myself it was Von Dutch himself!

 

[mitzimad]

My grandfather ran haulage using ex-mod fordston 7v's, he and his cousin used to go the the sale's in one car, and buy 7 wagons between them, they then would load them up so that the front driver drove one wagon, with a second loaded on the back, towing an a-framed pair behind him, the second driver similar but the towed wagon had the car on the back.

Once home they'd keep the best one's and covert them into tippers, and sell the spare ones on - I've got photos somewhere of the spare one's for sale at his yard

similar story my old man used to buy ex army humber radio vans and my uncle who was a carpenter used to build shooting brake bodies for the princely sum of three guineas to put on them

 

[Parsloe]

We have a little race prep business but have diversified into hot rods after ours won some prizes. Here are two we completed recently, the Chevy is perfect under the rust! We have two Chevy pickups in the workshop now, one for an engine swap to V8 and conversion to right hand drive and the other for a new chassis, suspension, wiring etc plus, of course, a V8.

 

[Snowbird]

My track/ road car will do around 22 mpg when driven ‘normally’ 18 mpg if I’m going for a spirited drive and 8 mpg when it’s at its limits (on track) waste fuel just gets dumped in to the exhaust on overrun causing popping banging and spitting flames it is going to be dull when hot rods big trucks and fast ice cars are no longer about and the world is full of dull electric automated vehicles.

Dont worry, its not going to happen.

 

[gus-lopez]

The engine mountings were part of the water pumps as I found out when changing a pump.

They were/are on the MK1 Fiat ducato/talento

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[Snowbird]

Few realise just how much work goes into these things, but when you consider everything must first have to be stripped down to the last nut and bolt and in this case the chassis shot blasted and powder coated. Then the body tub cut in half and a piece let in to give it more width. Everything then put back together and mocked up to see if it fits. Then stripped down again and each individual part stripped, painted and rebuilt. After this the pickup body fabricated from flat steel plate. Everything rewired in 12 volt as the original was 6 volt. Some things we take for granted like moving the three on the tree gearstick down to a floorchange. Finding parts to rebuild an 80 year old engine, gearbox and rear axle is a nightmare alone. Then you have to start and paint the thing and in this case masking each layer of paint. After all this, then start to reupholster the interior making instrument clusters etc. Even finding crossply tyres today is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Anyone building hotrods today does not do it for money when you stop to think just how much skill and work goes into the things and I know that it was no use offering money for this thing, I only got it because I had some old stuff the builder wanted as badly as I wanted the hotrod.

 

[Mikey RV]

Northants tyres for cross plys. That’s where I got my whitewall crossplys. But they ain’t cheap.

 

[Silver-Fox]

Ahh the good old days of customs and hot rods

I started off back in 73 with a two door HB Viva.
Changed the wheels and a few other bits.
The interior was treated to a full long length fur conversation.

Yes I know “different”

Then bought my Consul Capri.
Engine was in the boot, gearbox at the blokes sons house.

Needed a bit of welding but overall in good condition.

I shaved the handles, removed tank and fitted one in the boot.
Fitted a jag handbrake, replaced the glass with very dark Perspex.
Had to heat shape the rear window over my mums cooker

Lowered her, fitted rack and pinion etc etc etc.

wish I still had her

Had a Secound gen Camero later on in the early 80’s
Wish I still had that as well