I find it ridiculous that hot rods cost more in 2017 than the

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>>17606072
>copy

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>>17610013
That's what they were doing.

>>17610581
hehe, you dont know what a hotrod is

>>17610954
A poor kids wannabe sports car of the 50's that is often reinterpreted by boomers.

>>17611270
>A poor kids wannabe sports car
no

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>>17611270
ay carumba

>>17611301
>>17611305
Yes.

"The term hot rod became popular in the 1940s. But the first examples—called gow jobs or soup-ups—were built during the Depression by young enthusiasts, usually with little or no money, who were eager to tinker with what then was still a novel piece of machinery."

>>17611325
>young enthusiasts
>little to no money
>novel piece of machinery
times have changed old man
anyways nice thread

The original bodies are approaching a century old so of course they're expensive. Reproduction bodies are trade marked by the original brand so they get a cut for doing nothing. Then since you don't know anything about cars you have to pay someone to put it together and paint it. And Because it's a one off unique car, not mass produced it's more expensive than your shitbox.

>>17611325
Rice boxes are the new hot rods.

>>17611377
Why is it more expensive than the genuine sports cars of the 40's and 50's that young people actually wanted but couldn't afford though?

>>17611498
Because modern hot rods outperform anything from the 50's

>>17611498
Because it turns out hotrods are even cooler than the cars they originally wanted.