Tiki and vintage Hot Rod / Custom Car culture - General Tiki

BB Bruddah Bear Member Los Angeles Basin, Westside Joined: Apr 07, 2011 Posts: 629	BB Bruddah Bear Posted posted on Mon, May 23, 2011 6:53 PM On 2011-05-23 16:24, bigbrotiki wrote: ...and it seems the soldiers had had a good sense of humor, too: This is just the kind of equipment modification that Hot Rodders would have dug :) Case in point... The "SoCal Tank" Modified ex-military auxiliary fuel belly tank. I'd also have to say that it wasn't just ex-military guys hot rodding. Young guys have been buying older model cars and building "hopped-up jalopies" since at least the 1930s, and I have found a number of old newspaper photos in the LA Public Library photo collection from the 50s of teenagers busted for drag racing and stunting on public streets and highways. It wasn't just a military vets game. Bear [ Edited by: Brudda Bear 2011-05-23 18:54 ]

On 2011-05-23 16:24, bigbrotiki wrote:
...and it seems the soldiers had had a good sense of humor, too:

This is just the kind of equipment modification that Hot Rodders would have dug :)

Case in point...

The "SoCal Tank"

Modified ex-military auxiliary fuel belly tank.

I'd also have to say that it wasn't just ex-military guys hot rodding. Young guys have been buying older model cars and building "hopped-up jalopies" since at least the 1930s, and I have found a number of old newspaper photos in the LA Public Library photo collection from the 50s of teenagers busted for drag racing and stunting on public streets and highways. It wasn't just a military vets game.

Bear

[ Edited by: Brudda Bear 2011-05-23 18:54 ]

Post #590395 by Bruddah Bear on Mon, May 23, 2011 6:53 PM