whyholdback said:
But they're obsolete, irrelevant, ugly, and out of the financial reach of a teen mowing lawns all summer. They're also not disposable and crash-safe like '80s ponycars. Last and worst, there're not enough rust-free examples to go around. You can't rule out the best cars just because you're so old that your first Christmas was THE first Christmas.
Garrell, No you are not caught in the middle, you just started the thread, most of the people here have a good idea what Hot Rods are and who car people are. In some cases you will get someone to post that doesn't have a clue about what we are about. Here we have such a case. I have forgot more about Hot Rods, than he will ever know.
I don't know what Jon had in mind when he started the site, but it is named Hot Rodders Bulletin Board, I also don't know what he called a Hot Rod. But a Hot Rod is a car built before 1949, cars after that were customs, then muscle cars up to the early 70's. To me everything else is a DD. JMO.
In my first post I didn't say anything about any cars newer than 64, so he pops off with they are obsolete. Well you tell WR, centerline, Matt37, Dave57210, New Interiors, Bad Rat, Dave w, and all the others that have 48 or older cars, they are obsolete, and I'm very sorry if I didn't put you down, there are many more on here. That's not to say we don't like or have other cars that are newer, but that's what we drive and like.
One reason, they are the Hot Rods, but they have body lines that are stamped on the car, not a hunk of chrome. we can build them the way we like, and not have a cookie cutter car.
So If you don't like the old cars I'm good with that, But you will never get to know what it is to ride in a car that started this hobby. I could say a lot about your truck but I won't. I don't have to like it and I don't have to worry about seeing it at the shows I go to. Maybe when you grow up you might get to understand what these old obsolete cars meant to this country.
Garrell I'm sorry to steal your thread it was going good until we got someone that doesn't under stand us, but maybe he will grow up, lets hope so, the car hobby needs everyone it can get.
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Bob
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