How a Real Hot Rod Should Look....

Just had to add this one!

A ton of guys may not agree with me, however, here are some personal choices of how a hot rod should look. Personal choice of course always takes precedence, however, many guys can never get it right. They mix up too many eras in one project. You can't call your hot rod a resto-rod and shave the door handles....or you can't call your rod a rat rod and put shiny paint on it(Rat rods are another subject all together). You also hear that hot rods don't have fenders, but what about cycle fenders or bobbed fenders? The other one is that real hot rods don't have valve covers either(Flatheads only).....another misconception.....maybe!....anyway.....again, here are a few older and newer photos of how I think hot rods should look.....notice one big thing.....most have wide whitewalls.

Oh Yeah...THE LAST ONE is a real Rat Rod(my sister took this in rural Thunder Bay.....What a goodie!!...and love the artillery wheels...LOL.

Agree or disagree, it doesn't really matter....do your own thing(but get it right!)

Mixed up? So am I...LOL, thanks for looking and click on pics to enlarge. Dave

Model Eh(that's Canadian for "A")... and Deuce Coupes from Texas...Uh...Correction, Merc says the Rootbeer brown A bone is from Looserana(Louisiana).

I just had to post these photos from King Voodoo's blog site.

You can click here to enjoy the whole scene http://kingvoodoo.blogspot.com/

These are a couple of the most beautiful rods you will see around anywhere, even though they aren't local. Of course The Deuce makes me really miss my own, and the A-Bone makes me kind of wish I had a coupe like my buddy Dennis(the blue one you see waaaayyyy down). This is really tongue-in-cheek, 'cause I really do like my A-Bone seedan. The Radir's look great on the deuce with the wide whites and the steelies look best on the "A"....gotta have wide whites!!

Hey "Merc"...really dig your blog too...even though I'm probably much older than you LOL...our musical and rod interests parallel. By the plates, you and these rods are Texans! Thanks for letting me use your photos...Dave

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