True 40s. Hot rod

[71chevy]

Does any body have pic of some model a like the would look like in the 40s

[62pan]

There is this thread on the HAMB. 1940's period correct hot rods - THE H.A.M.B.

[zzlegend]

I always look at that site to see if any one adds more. Great bunch of pictures.

[gz]

Here's one. Your basic gow job or first generation hotrod. 1928 roadster.

[71chevy]

Would like some interior shot what did they do on that

[gz]

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Interior is nothing special, just old vinyl like an original Model A. They did not do bomber seats and a lot of the other treatments that people do today and claim to be "traditional".

[Step-down]

gz your a bad boy ......LOL

[Tom Wesenberg]

Frame sag, look at the hood bottom gap in the first picture.

[hefty lefty]

99 percent of these "traditional hot rods" are not traditional at all in terms of what actually was done back then. Most hot rods were very regional, people in a certain area usually did similar things. And the pictures we see in the old hot rod books and magazines and from Hollywood films are always of the cars the magazine publishers and the writers wanted shown, not what was typical.

People used scrounged paint and materials a lot, and workmanship varied wildly. But never was anything made to look beat up, aged, or salvaged from odd places (e.g., bomber seats, riveted panels, aircraft or locomotive gauges) on purpose. People wanted it to look as nice as they could with the time, materials and skills they had.

People built hot rods because they had more time and energy and skills (or wanted to learn the skills on the way) than money. They used what they could afford for mechanicals. There were professional mechanics and machinists and upholsterers that catered to the hot rod trade, but no Chip Fooses or Boyd Coddingtons.

Look at some of the photos of the old dry lakes and early drag race and hot rod meets. No tattoos or tackle. Women, if present not dressed provocatively or in goth attire. Men dressed to work but neat usually.

If you could take photos of the modern "old school rod" gatherings back in time to these people and show them to them they would be baffled and probably a little upset.

[Ross/Kzoo]

hefty left, you're right! Those times did not exist as portrayed by the Rat Rods" and Glam girls that we see today. At least not here in Michigan and from those pictures not in California either.

[Rowdy]

If you are looking to build one and have not procured any parts yet, I may be parting with the parts I have gathered for one.

Rod

[hefty lefty]

Originally Posted by Ross/Kzoo

hefty left, you're right! Those times did not exist as portrayed by the Rat Rods" and Glam girls that we see today. At least not here in Michigan and from those pictures not in California either.

Not anywhere in the Midwest, that's for sure.

California hot rodding is the best documented because that's where all the media was done. The East Coast had hot rods but the media there were not very interested in them. It was seen as a declasse' activity. It was infra dig.

Still, no Bettie Page, no goth, mostly parts common to the junkyards of the day. The show cars had candies, flakes and pearls but you rarely saw that on the street, and even then it was mostly well into the 1960s.

[Rex_A_Lott]

Originally Posted by gz

Here's one. Your basic gow job or first generation hotrod. 1928 roadster.

I like this one, thanks for posting it!

[gz]

Glad you like it, here are some other photos....

[1931 flamingo]

Nice hood ornament................................
Paul in CT

[53F100Jeffie]

Looks like she is mounting the hood.

[skryla]

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[dumb person]

Originally Posted by hefty lefty

If you could take photos of the modern "old school rod" gatherings back in time to these people and show them to them they would be baffled and probably a little upset.

My thoughts too, almost exactly.

[Craig Lewis]

Originally Posted by gz

Glad you like it, here are some other photos....

She looks like something from the rugby team.
One crushed hood & a well lubed hinge

[Rowdy]

I had one of those once, great hood ornament that gets lots of attention. Unfortunately it was stolen, likely it was someone elses before I stole it in the first place. Easy come, Easy go. Rod