Hot Rods are better...

[Nash]

(ducking into this thread for a sec to ask a stupid question then out.... and since you're car people....)

Thars supposed to be a new car made by Toyota... Kinda boxy looking... and the idea is that you can basically make the thing to order, picking the paint, interior, lostsa stuff else.

I couldn't find it on the Toyota website... so maybe it isn't Toyota that makes it? Anyone know?

[SFRT - Frenchy]

Looking this one drooling ... go figure

450HP ain't squat nowadays, any other maker is hatching one.

[lazs2]

maveric... yep..  started to realize how sophisticated things were getting with my 90 mustang...  here was a car that would run low 14's stock with a five speed and still do 140 mph and idle all day in traffic with the air conditioner on and... you could hear the stereo.

It changed the way I felt about Hot Rods.

Plus.. it's easier... 450 HP is nothing,,, you can order 450 to 1500 hp delivered in a crate turnkey.   6 speeds and huge disck brakes and truck bar setups and Corvette suspensions...  lotta cool stuff out there..

Or... you can go retro and have just as much fun in a car that rattles and shakes and makes cool noises and is in primer.  

I like both styles.

lazs

[anton]

Nash, Im pretty sure your lookin for Scion, They mak a square box, a round box, & just released a average looking passenger car. I'm not a fan of them but apparently the attraction is just what you mentioned, customizing from the dealer or factory. Its my understanding you can pick evrything from engine mods to interior customizations for pick-up from show-room floor. I have heard that the passenger car model has some pretty serious upgrades & is rumored to be faster than comparibley  aftermarket equiped Civic.


I used to have a 76 silverado shortbed lowrider with many mods, but then I put 22"polished aluminum shoes w/ Pirelli Scorp Zero laces on it. Back to stock heght without touching suspension at all:D .
Nice to approach driveways normal again. Lot more looks now when I slow down enuff for people to see.

Anton

[Nash]

Originally posted by anton
Nash, Im pretty sure your lookin for Scion

That's it - Thanks!

[FUNKED1]

Coolest Hot Rod EVAR

[lazs2]

funked yep, it is one of many "coolest Hot Rods"...  I like that viper powered 68 charger and the 54 vette with all modern vette running gear and some of primered out rat rods and...oh hell.... a bunch of em..

not fond of the billet and plastic pretend old cars tho.

lazs

[J_A_B]

That Roadmaster is beautiful.  Where can you buy tires that have actual whitewalls like that?   And what do they cost?    And can you get them in "normal" sizes for a mondern car?  


I like whitewalls.   And chrome too but that's a lot harder to add to a car than a new set of tires.


J_A_B

[FUNKED1]

They made their own whitewalls.  The black part inside the white part is actually part of the wheel, painted black.

[Leslie]

When my '69 Delta 88 is no longer driveable, I'm gonna hold on to the engine, a .455 Rocket V8.  That would make a good hot rod engine.  Not in the crate motor class though.  Will probably keep it as a replacement engine for the 98, or maybe even another Delta 88.  My dream car is the Delta 88 convertible, though convertibles aren't the most durable or practicle.  They sure look good.  

However, a 1973 Olds 98 would be cool with one of those crate engines in it.  That is a big car.  More low rider category than hot rod.  I'd keep it stock on the outside and original interior.  Only difference would be the engine.  

 



Les

[narsus]

Hey mini

if you could get me a bit more info on the 66 chevelle that would be great.

[JB73]

anyone see that show last night on Hot Rod week, talking about having $350,000 into a car, and some car that had 1200Hp

talk about high tech tuning, and that vette the tuner drove.

seemed pretty cool to watch

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by lazs2
funked yep, it is one of many "coolest Hot Rods"...  I like that viper powered 68 charger and the 54 vette with all modern vette running gear and some of primered out rat rods and...oh hell.... a bunch of em..

not fond of the billet and plastic pretend old cars tho.

lazs

You're not out of the ordinary, Lazs.  About 25% of Americans are distrustful of change, any change from technology, to Gov't, to automobiles, regardless if the facts prove that todays Hot Rod is superior to yesteryears.  In 2040, there will be another "Lazs" saying how the 2004 hot rods were superior to the 2040 models.

[Mini D]

Originally posted by narsus
Hey mini

if you could get me a bit more info on the 66 chevelle that would be great.

e-mail me at david.staines@intel.com and I can give you a contact name and number.  I just spoke with Mike to confirm some things:

74k original miles (Dunno why I remembered 34k)
1 owner
All original and fully loaded
283 in it now
Never driven in the rain.

The owner (his father-in-law) died in 2001 and he has been trying to sell this for his mother-in-law.  The car has won first in several car shows, but does need new paint since the current paint is 40 years old and thin from waxing.  It still looks incredible though.

[lazs2]

Huh?   Didn't I just say that I liked all the new tech?   I like both but I like the new cam profiles and metulurgy that allows blown crate motors with 1200 streetable HP.   I like the fact that I can build a car in the garage that will blow the doors off your BMW in every aspect.   6 speeds and willwood or bauer brakes bulletproof parts.

I like both the new and the old.... I think you are confusing the fact that I don't want a factory car with not likeing modern tech..  Or maybe it was the "billet and plasic" comment?  No... I think billet is useless jewelry and I don't want a plastic copy of something old.

Unlike yourself... I would like a little more input than choosing the paint color.

lazs