help me find my era... in pics

[day2killa]

I hope it is ok to start another thread about my last thread "the top 10 questions". I figured it would be cleaner this way. The best advice that I read so far is to hone in on an era with pics of what I like, so here they are with a little explination for each. If I use someones picture I am sorry and if you want it removed I completly understand.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h31/oldprobmx/tn_DSCF8753-1.jpg
The simplicity of this car is amazing, love the mix wheels, cragars, very clean and a tall front tire is a must.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h31/oldprobmx/IMG_1082.jpg
Ladder bars look tuff

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h31/oldprobmx/scan0006-7-2.jpg
This wheel set looks killer

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h31/oldprobmx/P5150030.jpg
a subtle name on the side is cool

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h31/oldprobmx/3038842201921_ORIG-2.jpg
The toe tabs in yellow with yellow ladder bars would be neat, USA 1 plate a must.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h31/oldprobmx/100_4461-2.jpg
This car has a few things hood pins, subtle pin stripping and the front wheels are cool

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h31/oldprobmx/4kcarday2007.jpg
This just screams tuff

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h31/oldprobmx/dillonvalenova.jpg
I love this but is it to far?

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h31/oldprobmx/tn_P1010042-1-1.jpg
white headers, accel coil so cool

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h31/oldprobmx/image0005.jpg
cool can and a flex fan, nice

[PxTx]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: day2killa</div><div class="ubbcode-body">http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h31/oldprobmx/grad_tp_SM_par_128.jpg
deep oil pan and gauges on the hood


http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h31/oldprobmx/33501475224_ORIG-3.jpg
would it be wrong to do this with red to match the interior of my car?

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h31/oldprobmx/IMG_NEW.jpg
My original inspiration I hung around my uncles car from 1981-86


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I quoted from the other thread since they seem to be related.

There certainly some 1980's tendencies in your questions. The one thing I was thinking about with all of our comments is your Uncle's Chevelle. That was the real deal that influenced you. If you use that as your template- then you can't go wrong.

[TheNovaMan]

Some 80s tendencies, yes, but it looks to me like most of the pics are earlier. The first five pics I would ballpark as very late 60s or early 70s. The Chevelle with the nice front wheels (probably Centerline Auto Drags) is a little later because of the front wheels and some of the decals in the quarter windows. The Nova with the tires sticking out is probably late 70s or early 80s. However, I was born in 1981, so don't take the above as gospel.

I'm going to suggest to you what I plan to do myself: build your car like it's the early 70s (tunnel ram, cool can, white headers, monstrous coil on the firewall, flex fan if you like, traction bars or ladder bars, etc.), and have two hoods and two sets of wheels and tires. The earlier stuff will be Cragar, slot, Keystone, or similar skinnies up front and steel wheels on the back, and your hood will have either just a hole cut in it for the tunnel ram or a Grump Lump hood scoop. Your later stuff, maybe mid 70s, will be Cragar super Tricks or Centerline Auto Drags on all four corners and your hood can have a later style of scoop, such as a snorkel.

[Hemicolt]

Here's a set of Cal Custom hood pins.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CAL-CUSTOM-VINTA...ies&amp;vxp=mtr (http://www.ebay.com/itm/CAL-CUSTOM-VINTAGE-60s-HOOD-LATCH-KIT-4016-flathead-hot-rat-rod-tri-power-/360411200718?hash=item53ea2e7cce&amp;item=360411200718 &amp;pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&amp;vxp=mtr )

[RichSchmidt]

Late 70's vintage street freak. My car currently

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/racer7391/raceway2.jpg

Mid 80's street freak. My car in 2006

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/racer7391/saturn004.jpg

Mid 90's &quot;fastest street car shootout&quot; wannabe. My car in 1998

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/racer7391/63469668.jpg

[Salvatore]

Pontiac powered?

[RichSchmidt]

My 73 Camaro 307 engine back in summer of junior into senior year of high school (1989)just after I yanked the A/C compressor off so it would go faster. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/racer7391/Car%20pics/11.jpg

I am restoring my 73,but in the meantime I am sorting out the 408 smallblock under the hood of one of my other cars. I dressed it up with the parts from back in the day,and now even have the original fan shroud(not shown). Yes,it makes 400+ hp with that air cleaner on it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/racer7391/powerslaveengine.jpg

Parent's garage in 1989

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/racer7391/Car%20pics/powerslave1.jpg

MY garage 2012

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/racer7391/Car%20pics/powerslave10.jpg


Maybe these pics arent day 2,but they are retro correct for me.

[RichSchmidt]

427 bigblock Chevy,stock GM L-88 cam and heads. pump gas full street car.

[Tommy]

I'm thinking someone was a Bonafide &quot;Maiden&quot; fan..... I had that cassette too <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif


Tommy <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif

[Hemicolt]

I miss the 80's also. I remember so many cars running around with something air brushed on the back.
You saw a little bit of everything in the parking lot we hung out in. Everything from 69 Camaros with tunnel rams and blowers to Toyota 4WDs with 44&quot; tires.

[RichSchmidt]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tommy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm thinking someone was a Bonafide &quot;Maiden&quot; fan..... I had that cassette too <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif


Tommy <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif </div></div>


Guilty as charged. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif There were tons of jacked up and loud 2nd gen Camaros in Bayonne NJ back in the late 80's,and every one had a cool heavy metal song name on the back. It was how we rolled. I still find it funny how the high prices of restored musclecars is attributed to those who wanted them back in the day but couldnt afford them,now have the means to compete over buying them. I dont think I could ever imagine paying 6 figures for a 1989 Iroc or 5.0 stang,but I have plenty of resourc$e$ these days buy would much rather have my 73 Camaro all jacked up and loud over a 1989 performance car. I guess thats because even back then I felt my car was superior to the new performance rides,so I never pined for them.

POWERSLAVE in 1991. Fat tires and air shocks!!!


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/racer7391/Car%20pics/powerslave98.jpg

[RichSchmidt]

My best friend at the time owned &quot;Wheels of Fire&quot;. Another retro hot rod. Louvers,stickers,slots,and a pop riveted on L-88 scoop.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/racer7391/wheelsoffire.jpg

I would probably call my car and his as &quot;day99&quot; restorations. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

[Hemicolt]

Nothing wrong with &quot;Day99&quot;.....One day those cars and Pro Street will be hip again. Might as well get ahead of the curve.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichSchmidt</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My best friend at the time owned &quot;Wheels of Fire&quot;. Another retro hot rod. Louvers,stickers,slots,and a pop riveted on L-88 scoop.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/racer7391/wheelsoffire.jpg

I would probably call my car and his as &quot;day99&quot; restorations. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif</div></div>

[RichSchmidt]

Hey,whaddaya sayin pal,since when aint they hip? Yew gotta problem wit my car? <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

[Hemicolt]

Lol.....
What I mean is Rat Rods were the &quot;trend&quot;..they have tapered off and then Gassers were/are in. Now the late 60's - 70's Day 2 cars are on the rise. All you have to do is look at what Dave Freiburger has been doing at Hot Rod to see this trend getting ramped up.
So if history repeats itself, the 80's stuff will be a &quot;hot trend&quot; again one day.
But trends are for the bandwagon bunch and I hope that most of the guys and gals on here are in it despite what's in or out. That seperates the true hot rodder from the bandwagon bunch.
I like seeing Pro Street and 80's influenced cars yesterday, today and tommorrow.
Build what's in your heart, not what everybody else says is cool at the time.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichSchmidt</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hey,whaddaya sayin pal,since when aint they hip? Yew gotta problem wit my car? <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif </div></div>

[six-corners]

Dude you hit the nail on the head. I have been saying for a few years that the &quot;street machine' look will be coming back (I HATE the term &quot;day two&quot;. I know what they mean by it, but it is a stupid term). I have always been into the &quot;look&quot; (see some of my previous posts) and really cannot stand the numbers matching cars.

I was born in 71...on the North Side of Chicago. Actually a few blocks away from Nickey Chevrolet. Unfortunately by the time I was old enough to know what Nickey was, it was gone. I do remember the High Performance shop though (I remember the chrome wheels in the window). But I guess my point is, I remember all kinds of cars running around Chicago. And the ones that stood out were jacked up, had chrome wheels, were loud beasts. Every now and then I would see a car jacked up all the way around with a straight axle. I did not know much about cars then, but I knew I liked them. And when I got older, I knew more and what I really liked. And it was that bad ass Street Machine look. It was that look that really got me into cars, and it is the look that will always be my favorite.

[Plowman]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: six-corners</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Dude you hit the nail on the head. I have been saying for a few years that the &quot;street machine' look will be coming back (I HATE the term &quot;day two&quot;. I know what they mean by it, but it is a stupid term). I have always been into the &quot;look&quot; (see some of my previous posts) and really cannot stand the numbers matching cars.

I was born in 71...on the North Side of Chicago. Actually a few blocks away from Nickey Chevrolet. Unfortunately by the time I was old enough to know what Nickey was, it was gone. I do remember the High Performance shop though (I remember the chrome wheels in the window). But I guess my point is, I remember all kinds of cars running around Chicago. And the ones that stood out were jacked up, had chrome wheels, were loud beasts. Every now and then I would see a car jacked up all the way around with a straight axle. I did not know much about cars then, but I knew I liked them. And when I got older, I knew more and what I really liked. And it was that bad ass Street Machine look. It was that look that really got me into cars, and it is the look that will always be my favorite. A nail head.

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