1936 Ford 5 Window Old School

[123abc]

Originally Posted by HardKnox

not sure how old you guys are and if you have ever driven a old school rod verses new school me myself i build these cars for a living....new school anyday ive repaired more old school rods with the striaght axles then any new rod ....try doing 65 or 80 in old school hit a bump see if it doesnt change lanes on ya lol....any way just my two cents not starting a argument at all just my point of view...car looking good btw ill be watching this thread....

I'll be honest and say I'm 16, and I have yet to get my drivers permit. But, my uncle has a 34 chevy 5 window coupe with a soon to be 383 mopar and 4 gear A833. He built it all himself, custom frame everything. It has IFS, but a chrysler 8 3/4 rear. Really, it doesn't ride that great either. Solid axle hotrods just have a look and feel to them which Zach said, can not be explained.

Also.....Hotrods are built for speed......not comfort.

EDIT: Here's an update. Got the firewall done, and I added a row of pollis to the front fenders:



Here's the vehicle I'm kind of going after in terms of looks:

[123abc]

I got some of the front done. For some reason it looks a little off proportionantly. Input?

[Turboracer]

Just needs to be angled in a bit :wink:

[Zachary]

yes, that grille needs to be angled quite much...

[123abc]

Did a bunch of small changed, and looks 110% better.

Here's the pic that made me start on the 36:

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I think that the grille should be a little sharper in the front? Hard to see from this angle tho...

[Zachary]

Originally Posted by A.Loponen

I think that the grille should be a little sharper in the front? Hard to see from this angle tho...

yes, it should be more sharp, and more angled too as it shows on the print i posted before.

[123abc]

Originally Posted by Zachary

yes, it should be more sharp, and more angled too as it shows on the print i posted before.

Hmmm......this grill is really being a biatch. lol I'm thinking of just doing textures for the grill, what do you guys think?

[Turboracer]

Ah, that looks MUCH better. Eh, you could do transparency for the grill, it would work just as well seeing as you're using just a row of polies for it anyway. Great work as always abc.

[123abc]

Thanx

Did up a Halibrand quick change rear end:

[123abc]

401 Buick Nailhead progress:

[123abc]

Did up the headers and got the engine sitting where I want it.

[Turboracer]

Sweet man, looking great

[123abc]

Finally someone posts something. :roll:

Updates:





New grill texture:



Wireframe:

[Zachary]

those injector things are bit too thin lookin, that they would be more realistic if they were thicker.

[Shorty]

i hate hot rods... although modeling is ok

[code32]

Originally Posted by Shorty

i hate hot rods...

Well, me too, but im starting to like these wich are quite stock looking, whats the name for these now again? Just looks so sleek.

Nice modeling, lovely detail, keep it up!

Though that old rod that was on Zach's avatar was scary cuz it was so big and accelerated so fast.

[123abc]

whats the name for these now again?

Ratrods.


Fast, purpose built machines out of the poor mans back yard. The REAL hotrod.

[Zachary]

Originally Posted by code32

Though that old rod that was on Zach's avatar was scary cuz it was so big and accelerated so fast.

fast & big?!?... thats small car ('30 Ford) with quite low power flathead V8. :lol:


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heres some nice video clip. (lots of Rat/Nostalgia Rods & Kustoms)
The Shifters show 2003 (8:46 min/40.4Mb)
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[HardKnox]

looking good....