Tag Archives: Hot Rod

The Outhouse Hot Rod

Posted on November 27, 2015 by oldcarjunkie

A rather curious hot rod made its debut on eBay Motors this week. One part funny car chassis mixed with one part out house. Is it crappy or inspired? Ebay Motors Auction – November 2015

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V8 powered Toyota Corona Coupe

Posted on July 5, 2012 by oldcarjunkie

Check out this V8 powered Toyota Corona Coupe. Not merely any V8 either but an all aluminum Lexus 1UZ V8 hooked to a manual gearbox.

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Model A oddity

Posted on June 9, 2011 by oldcarjunkie

Now here is a different take on a Ford Model A hot rod. Most A based hot rods follow the same well beaten path but this one is certainly going it’s own way. Looking at the first photo it almost … Continue reading →

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Best Pacer Ever?

Posted on April 16, 2011 by oldcarjunkie

Could this be the best Pacer ever? Its a 1976 Pacer X with a father/daughter build with classic Mopar colour scheme and a modern fuel injected Jeep inline six engine stroked to 4.5L teamed with a GM overdrive automatic. They … Continue reading →

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1951 Nash on a Datsun Z platform

Posted on March 21, 2011 by oldcarjunkie

Now here is something different – a 1951 Nash combined with a 1981 Datsun 280ZX. No real details in the ad but one has to wonder how it was done. Datsun bits transferred to the Nash or did he merge … Continue reading →

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Custom Volvo P1800

Posted on March 18, 2011 by oldcarjunkie

Back in 2009 a designer by the name of Vox came up with an interesting 3D rendering of a modernized, hot rodded Volvo P1800. There where a few rumblings of limited production but as far as I know nothing came … Continue reading →

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Bath Tub Hot Rod and Goggomobil on eBay

Posted on March 4, 2011 by oldcarjunkie

Now this is different – a hot rod style car with a bath tub as the main body piece. One of the few cars where you’d be sitting slightly behind the rear axle as the driver. Now if they could … Continue reading →

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Wild dual engine custom

Posted on February 10, 2011 by oldcarjunkie

Another wild build for today – this time a dual engined hot rod style custom. Utilizing not one but two small block Chevrolet V8 engines and registered as a 1969 IH Scout of all things. The roof and windshield is … Continue reading →

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Hot Rod magazine does a late second generation Camaro

Posted on January 5, 2011 by oldcarjunkie

When I owned my 1978 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 I heard all the mullet and white trash jokes but I really enjoyed mine. It helped that it was in mint condition with a 4spd manual gearbox as well but the urethane … Continue reading →

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Virtual hot rodding in Blender 3D

Posted on December 21, 2010 by oldcarjunkie

Virtual hot rodding in Blender 3D, This was a very quick and dirty conversion using mostly bits from existing models. I started off with my GAZ AA truck (license built copy of the Ford AA). then chopped the roof, deleted … Continue reading →

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