Hotrod or Resto.
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Hotrod or Resto.
Which have you done or which are you planning to do and why. Just thought this would bring up some intresting conversation. I love CARNAGE!!!!
I was just looking around for a truck as my first truck I could drive. And I saw, "1948 F-1 Hotrod"
I was like lets go take a look and sure enough... '48 body, custom wood flat bed, '94 frame, and a '71 302. Just what I was looking for. so ya I am going with the more of the hotrod look, but I am only 14 so I will deffintly do a Resto before I am too old.
That will never happen!!!
I was just looking around for a truck as my first truck I could drive. And I saw, "1948 F-1 Hotrod"
I was like lets go take a look and sure enough... '48 body, custom wood flat bed, '94 frame, and a '71 302. Just what I was looking for. so ya I am going with the more of the hotrod look, but I am only 14 so I will deffintly do a Resto before I am too old. That will never happen!!!
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Well, It's too late to do a resto on that truck since it's been altered so extensively. Many confuse resto with fixing up a hotrod. Resto means restoring to original condition as it left the factory. That truck is what's left of a 48 Ford truck. Only the body. I'd just upgrade what you have to suit your needs.
Barry
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You need to do the hot rod when you are young. It will provide you with a wealth of experience that you can get no other way. As you master skills and move forward with the confidence of youth, you will end up with a cool ride that you did yourself, as well as developing a higher skill level.
I started tearing into cars when I was about 16. You've got a 2 year jump and the FTE to ask all the questions you want. I got out of fooling with cars after my second daughter was born, 35 years ago... and back into rodding when I bought my '54.
There is still time for me to do a restoration... but the rodding is too much fun.
best, himmelberg
I started tearing into cars when I was about 16. You've got a 2 year jump and the FTE to ask all the questions you want. I got out of fooling with cars after my second daughter was born, 35 years ago... and back into rodding when I bought my '54.
There is still time for me to do a restoration... but the rodding is too much fun.
best, himmelberg
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I'm rodding(actually resto-modding) my 48 F1 only because it didn't come with an engine or tranny. All of the original parts that can be saved, as a whole, is worth a restoration. Which is my dilemma with a Mercury Meteor I'm looking at. Love to rod it, but all of it is original and still saveable. I would believe rodding is a better place to start til ya get enough experience and develop an appreciation for a vintage auto, and would like to keep it that way(restore). My 2 cents.
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From: Jane Lew, WV
I've been into rodding since I was able to reach the counter to pay for my Hot Rod Magazine. Done 34 5 window, 36 Ch**y sedan, 59 T-bird, '64 Chevelle, 69 Camaro along with some Harley's (choppers). Helped a friend put together a numbers matching 70 Challenger RT 440 6-Pack. I like the engineering. Doing a 52 F1 that getting an SHO 3.0 V6 with a 5 speed. Like some of the others, I won't chop up a restorable car or truck.
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Amen to keeping the good ones original, there aren't many left.
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I have debated this quite a bit. My truck is a nice CA truck that is mostly there, however enough is missing to make a 100% restoratoin tough and expensive. I will be installing a 239 out of another truck, and since my truck was a 6, that takes away the originatlity.
My farm boy nature wants me to keep the truck somewhat farmish and original, so steel wheels, white walls, and original suspension are my plan. I just can't pick a color.
My farm boy nature wants me to keep the truck somewhat farmish and original, so steel wheels, white walls, and original suspension are my plan. I just can't pick a color.
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I'm a stocker who thinks rods are great, but only when somebody does it to a truck that would have been a difficult or impossible restoration.
A good rod built around the remains of an original cab with aftermarket stuff and a huge motor bolted to it is cool.
However, it tears me up to see a complete original truck get chopped up because there aren't that many left.
A good rod built around the remains of an original cab with aftermarket stuff and a huge motor bolted to it is cool.
However, it tears me up to see a complete original truck get chopped up because there aren't that many left.
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I can't agree with you more F250Rob. A while back, RB's Obsolute destroyed an original Chevy Panel truck that was in great shape for their advertising truck. There are plenty of other bodies around to avoid doing that to a great original.
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If they are in the shape of the 55 I started with then - chop, cut, section, pancake, extend, drop, shrink, smooth to your hearts content. I wouldn't do this to a nice original body though. I would in any case update the driveline for safety and performance reasons.
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Originally Posted by brucewolff
If they are in the shape of the 55 I started with then - chop, cut, section, pancake, extend, drop, shrink, smooth to your hearts content. I wouldn't do this to a nice original body though. I would in any case update the driveline for safety and performance reasons.
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I love seeing an old truck restored, and this is the route I'm taking with my own "53. But, on the other hand, every time someone gets their hands on a nice old old truck and hacks it up into a hot rod, it makes my own truck that much more special. In fact, I have bought several poorly done hot rods just for the parts for my own stock restoration. One can get the butchered remains of a bad hot rod conversion for a lot less money than a beat up stocker.
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I don't know about the law in Mass., but in CA that 94 frame is a problem. The DMV Would consider the truck a 94 and thus require smog equipment. 
If you are going to use a modern frame, then make sure that you won't have a problem when you want to register it in your state. I have seen guys selling trucks built on modern frames and calling them 50, 53, ect because of the body. This can get you into trouble. 
Personally, I like trucks to look stock but run and drive like a modern vehicle. 
Good luck, Jag
If you are going to use a modern frame, then make sure that you won't have a problem when you want to register it in your state. I have seen guys selling trucks built on modern frames and calling them 50, 53, ect because of the body. This can get you into trouble. Personally, I like trucks to look stock but run and drive like a modern vehicle. Good luck, Jag