The Appeal of the Hot Rod

For years now the motor head community has been obsessed with old school hot rods. It is not hard to see why while these cars use out dated steering gear boxes and wheel hub bearing units but they do have a certain something.  They have a cool factor that just can’t be ignored, large swooping wheel arches and windows like slits in an old tank.

The appeal goes more than skin deep, the appeal harkens back to something more primitive. There are cars that were never meant to be that fast, when they were new the v8 motors produced a solid 130hp or so. People build these monsters with 500 hp supercharged and turbocharged motors that can blow the doors off an M5.

The other draw on these is the classic nature of the vehicles, the same car your grandfather bought new can be transformed. 70 years ago this car rolled off the lot with the hope and dreams of a young man in it. Now you can build it back into something to dream of with the hope of that same grandparent. To really know what the passion people have for these cars is all about, all one needs do is head down to the local cruise in.