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Post by thumb on Oct 9, 2011 11:42:54 GMT -5
I would think that for sure the racer would be since it was back in the day but not sure about building a Box Stock car with a custom paint job and some detailing in the engine bay.
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Post by robtrat on Oct 9, 2011 13:49:41 GMT -5
So Tim, Kustomize it a little, ya know- nosed, decked, caps, grill bar. won't take much to make a mild street kustom with one of these bombs, I think you'll know when it's not stock any more.
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Post by thumb on Oct 9, 2011 15:00:33 GMT -5
I'd hate to try and customize this jewel especially since I would have no idea on what to do since I've never customized anything before. I'll have to think on that for awhile and see if anything comes to mind that I'd think I'd be able to do. In the meantime, I'll start working on some parts that wouldn't matter.
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Post by chromecop on Oct 9, 2011 15:20:05 GMT -5
No actual "bodywork" needed on the Hudson, if You ask me. Just a tad of lowering to the suspension and put on a set of nice chromed lakepipes along with some Fiesta 3-bar hubcaps and ....voila !
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Post by RodBurNeR on Oct 9, 2011 15:32:08 GMT -5
Tim, everyone.....If you build the Hudson as an old race car I have no problem with it....even if it's built as a "period" stock car. (nothing newer than a 50's stock car version)
Just painting it a different color....isn't enough though. If you want to change the color....like Darryl says , changing the hubcaps, lowering it add some lake pipes or something .....that would be ok.
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Post by thumb on Oct 9, 2011 17:33:51 GMT -5
Ok, I could make some changes like wheels/hubcaps and adding lake pipes. BTW, what are lake pipes?  |
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Post by RodBurNeR on Oct 9, 2011 17:39:29 GMT -5
Ok, I could make some changes like wheels/hubcaps and adding lake pipes. BTW, what are lake pipes? It's the pipe that runs along the rocker panels. Usually it's ornamental, but it can be functional with full exhaust running out the rear as well....the sides in some cases are only opened up for "sound".  |
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Post by zenrat on Oct 9, 2011 19:43:38 GMT -5
IMO it takes more than paint, lowering & rims to make a kustom.
Add a nose, deck & shave and with this you'll be OK by me.
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Post by thumb on Oct 9, 2011 20:43:59 GMT -5
So that's what you call them...I just called them side exhaust and if they came out towards the front, cut-offs.
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Post by Duane on Oct 10, 2011 13:30:36 GMT -5
Tim...i think you're onto something Son !!!!!
go for it !!!!!
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Post by thumb on Oct 10, 2011 15:10:52 GMT -5
OK, I have an idea on what to do to make it a custom TRaKable but before I start, I want to make sure it will be allowed. As long as I use parts or custom make parts that are 1953 or older on the build, that is allowed, right?
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Post by zenrat on Oct 11, 2011 16:24:33 GMT -5
IMO it takes more than paint, lowering & rims to make a kustom. Add a nose, deck & shave and with this you'll be OK by me. This is wrong.  I've just been looking at pics of a mild custom Olds which is just paint, rims & lowering and is spot on. So I think it depends on the paint & the car. |
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Post by RodBurNeR on Oct 11, 2011 16:41:30 GMT -5
OK, I have an idea on what to do to make it a custom TRaKable but before I start, I want to make sure it will be allowed. As long as I use parts or custom make parts that are 1953 or older on the build, that is allowed, right? Well you can do that. If you think back to 1953, the Hudson was brand new. I don't think anyone...if many people at all would have a kustomized one in the brand new year. Take it to say 1954 or later and add parts that fit post 1953. I am sure some things stayed "cool" for a long time, but in general I think many kustoms were "updated" with newer parts. I am pretty sure that's how it was, but I wasn't there. |
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Post by thumb on Oct 11, 2011 19:24:28 GMT -5
Man, I'm getting confused. Now I know why everyone has a different opinion.
I thought that being TRaKable was building a car that was true to scale and nothing newer than the car year itself. From what you're saying Rodburner is that I could put parts on the car from say a 1965 car to customize it..right? Of course I wouldn't do that but just checking. I could use wheels like Cragars, fins from a 1961 Caddy, a 327 engine and so on?
Not trying to change anything here, just trying to understand what's acceptable especially a 'Custom' build.
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Post by Koolkat on Oct 11, 2011 22:14:55 GMT -5
If it was nothing newer than the car year itself, then 32 Fords would be limited to pre 33 engines, which is not accurate. Essentially, TRAKable is what was 'traditional' in the pre-70 era, with the exception of muscle cars/street machines and many so-called 'show rods' (the cartoonish ones).
As an example, a 71 Camaro 'custom' street machine would violate all the rules, where a custom 65 Chevy with custom paint/wheels and lake pipes and lowered suspension would not. You're a little younger than I am, so it's mostly what you saw in the magazines and on the street or strip when you were a kid. I'm oversimplifying it though.
The only real opinions that matter are Bob's and the moderators on TRAK. But that doesn't mean we regular guys don't have influence to convince them. Sometimes guys try to push the envelope to get the 'rules' defined to the gnat's behind, and that's usually not practical nor desireable.
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