Hell to the fucking yes.

Start a club? That is the single most common attitude I’ve seen in car communities, with every little sub group having their own idea what “pure” is.

So you don’t read replies in full & (based on other replies) have no idea what the basic definition of a hot rod is. I can see attempting to respond to you is a waste of time. Goodbye.

Really? Really? Your username is that of one of the most famous gonzo hot-rodders and you think hot rods are for respectful grampas? Learn some hot rod history for gods sake. Ed “Big Daddy” Roth created Rat Fink, as well as tons of other insane characters to make money while building wild hot rods & choppers.

Excellent.

Awesome truck! Please tell me you’re putting that bumper/grille guard back on the truck.

Worst? This van license plate.

When I bought my GS500, a PO had drilled three big holes in the muffler to make it louder. End result was it sounded like a bike with holes in the muffler. So I capped the end with a metal plug, drilled out only the center and welded that too. Not perfect, but much better. And I don’t sound like an ass leaving for…

A couple tried to buy my mom’s house with a fake bank check. The put $20K in cash down, went through the home inspection, negotiations, etc. and when the closing came showed up with a bank check(no big surprise), but when the lawyer went to deposit it, discovered it was a fake. They ended up arrested and found guilty.

Weight-sensing seat-belt reminder buzzers. A friend’s ‘72 Cadillac had this in the front seat. If there was any weight on either side of the seat, a buzzer would sound constantly until the belt was buckled. Often what happened was she would get in & throw her bag in the passenger seat, buckle up and head out. Then…

The little side lights in the bumper that turned on and illuminated to the side & front when you put on the turn signal. My old Taurus(not pictured) had these and they were great, gave you some extra illumination for where you were going before you turned far enough to the headlights to point that way.

So this thing is about the size of an original mini(that was 10’Lx4.6’Wx4.4’H). I would gleefully take one in a more normal 2 or 4 seat version with a tiny gas motor for bombing around town in.

The Bond jump car and one of the stunt show cars were on display at the Big-E in MA back in 2009 and I was able to snag these shots.

Yep, the ‘59 Buicks are permanently pissed off.

Autocross everything!

Ha! That reminds me of back in ‘96 when my father was shopping for a company truck. He is legally blind(the truck was going to be driven by his employees), so I was ferrying him to various dealerships. W were at the Mazda dealership looking under the hood of a B-series pickup while the salesman went on and on about…

Does this mean they might actually make the Bulli?

Yep. When you choose an action, you choose the potential outcomes of that action. Don't like that, don't choose the action.

The Chrysler M6(sold as the Presto-Matic, Fluidmatic, Tip-Toe Shift, Gyro-Matic, and Gyro-Torque) from the late 40s/ early 50s. It was a 2-speed manual back up with an auto-shifting 1:1 overdrive , with a fluid coupling to the engine.

That's the problem with modern cars, the engine compartment is so cramped there isn't room for your luggage anymore. Why in my '64 pickup I can get a full 3-piece rolling luggage set and garment bag, but my Scion will barely take a small overnight bag.