This guy's build gives me some ideas

[threefortytwo]

Yeah, I guess it needs to be on 24's and be painted like a Skittle to excite certain people.

Stevo

Holy fuck, what's up your ass?

Note to self: Disagree with Stevo and get racial stereotyped.

[stevo]

Holy fuck, what's up your ass?

Note to self: Disagree with Stevo and get racial stereotyped.

Wow, nice attempt at trying to spin what I said into something racist instead of about a current automotive trend running rampant...

As far as the rat-rod stuff, pretty sure (or at least I'd hope) that the build isn't near finished and that it will more refined when completed. I like the chopped top and the front wheels extended forward. Classic highboy 'Tudor' styling queues applied to something different, and not the same ol' cookie cutter bullshit that has been done thousands of times.

And yeah Forrest, it needs more Cummins.

Stevo

[threefortytwo]

Wow, nice attempt at trying to spin what I said into something racist instead of about a current automotive trend running rampant...

Stevo

Mmm, okay...

threefortytwo-o

[mustang_revival]

Very creative

[Racewerx]

I like it! It's always refreshing to see something different. Besides Jeeps are just fuckin cool.(even postal in this case)

[slowyellow]

I think that could look pretty cool. You could put a hell of an engine in there too.

[War Machine]

hahahahha

[90GT50]

Everytime I look at this thread I feel like taking a shit.

[Snatch Napkin]

It definitely looks like it can be cool turnout.

[Strychnine]

If you're going to go through the trouble of building a suicide front end why leave it two feet off the ground? Might as well Z the shit out of the rear also and go for broke.


This is all just based on that pic though. Even on early Ford coupes I'm not a big fan of suicide setups. A drop axle mounted behind the frame horns look 10x better, IMO, but that's a lot of work on something like this.

[stevo]

Everytime I look at this thread I feel like taking a shit.

There, feel better?

If you're going to go through the trouble of building a suicide front end why leave it two feet off the ground? Might as well Z the shit out of the rear also and go for broke.


This is all just based on that pic though. Even on early Ford coupes I'm not a big fan of suicide setups. A drop axle mounted behind the frame horns look 10x better, IMO, but that's a lot of work on something like this.

I agree with you there. Looking through his facebook build, he has already changed the front end once.

I have been kicking around the idea of the quarter elliptic leaf spring front end, but with a twist. I'd like to run a dual-quarter elliptic front, meaning a pair of quarter springs on each side and NOT running hairpins, with the spring ends mounted above and below the axle tube and no spring shackles. Picture the usual setup like below, but no hairpins and another set of quarter-elliptical below the ones shown. If places right above/below the frame rails it would appear to be extensions of the frame rail.

Now, this setup would not handle very well, and would make adding shocks a nightmare or ugly as hell, but it would look cool in my opinion.



Stevo

[CRASH]

Now, this setup would not handle very well, and would make adding shocks a nightmare or ugly as hell, but it would look cool in my opinion.



Stevo

Maybe it's just me, but I don't want to drive something that "looks cool, but doesn't handle very well".

I just think that there's too much "one-up-manship" going on these days. That's cool for the evolution of hotrodding, but sacrificing safety or handling to look cool just screams stupidity to me.

These are just my opinions though. I'm not picking on your opinions, Stevo.

-Aaron

[90GT50]

Fuck yeah, I love first gen neons, LOL.

[32vfromhell]

Maybe it's just me, but I don't want to drive something that "looks cool, but doesn't handle very well".

I just think that there's too much "one-up-manship" going on these days. That's cool for the evolution of hotrodding, but sacrificing safety or handling to look cool just screams stupidity to me.

These are just my opinions though. I'm not picking on your opinions, Stevo.

-Aaron

Because hot rodding now is all about fashion when it was born out of a desire to go fast on the cheap.

[stevo]

Maybe it's just me, but I don't want to drive something that "looks cool, but doesn't handle very well".

I just think that there's too much "one-up-manship" going on these days. That's cool for the evolution of hotrodding, but sacrificing safety or handling to look cool just screams stupidity to me.

These are just my opinions though. I'm not picking on your opinions, Stevo.

-Aaron

Hey it's cool. But if everyone was too worried about the handling and safety of vehicles, you wouldn't see anyone driving tri-5 Chevys, 70's muscle cars, air-cooled VWs, older convertibles,etc.


Stevo