Im writing a paper for my college english class on hot rodding. Not so much the cars but rather the people who hot rod and build performance cars. So i figured this would be the best place to post this. The interview is 7 questions and I would greatly appreciate a reply from someone with a good amount of experience around cars, which is really most of you. I will put the questions down in this thread and if you would like to respond i would greatly appreciate it.

Mods, i dont mind if you lock this, or move it but i ask you leave it visible for people too see. My paper is due wensday and all i need is 2 interviews. So if anyone sees this wensday there will be no need to respond and the thread can be beaten and burned alive for all i care

anywho here are the questions. please PM me with the answers. again, thank you all who read for your time and consideration.

1. What is your name and age?

2. How long has hot rodding, by that i mean building performance cars, been a part of your life?

3. What inspired you to hot rod and build up cars?

4. What was the first car that you worked on that was strictly for performance? any stats would be helpful as well.

5. Do you think hot rodding has changed since its humble beginnings with the first model-T?

6. With the media reporting stories of illegal street races and deaths due to racing, how do you think this will affect hot rodding in the future?

7. Overall, with all the new technologies and stricter emmission testings, do you think hot rodding will become a hobby of the past?

 

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thanks to some very quick responses from people on other forums i post at ive gathered enough info...

sorry for wasting the sites bandwith, mods please delete

 

1. Adam M. (email me if you do need my whole name)

2. Involved for 2 years, experienced it for most of my life.

3. I grew up in a family of car guys... my dad had his hot rod '73 Z28, his bro had a Chevy II, another other uncle had a Dodge Challenger.... the list goes on.

4. The first car I worked on was a '52 Ford F1, but that was not really to go faster. The first I worked on for performance was my '83 Z28. Me, my dad, uncle and cousin installed a new 350, and since then, its been an on going project. I just can't keep my hands off it. I have also helped a friend of mine in resto-modding a 1967 Mustang as well.

5. The mechanics of it have changed, because EFI is much more common, greater variety of engine types... but the reasons for doing it are still the same.

6. Stories like that have always given hot rodding a bad rap to those people who are too ignorant to look at the other 99% of hot rodders. I think "r1ce racers" have given hot rodding a much more negative image because it makes us all look like posers to some people.

7. Nope, as long as emitions testing remains reasonable, I don't see it being the Death Knell of hot rodding, especially now because many of the engines that are now used in hot rodding (LS1, LT1, etc) are much, much more 'tree hugger' friendly than the old Ford Flatheads and early Hemis (331-392ci) of the past. There are also brand new crate motors being made by many manufacturers, as well as independent companies that are totally emitions compliant.

 

1) Jo R. 22
2) About 6 years
3) Living in So Cal
4) A 1969 MGB-GT (still have it), rebuilt most of the car, forged pistons, aluminum head, wider wheels (original wire knock off style) new black leather interior, lsd, new paint (high end, red), Sony CD/MP3 deck and infinity kappa speakers, new rubber and everything that showed it's age was replaced/upgraded (using only new Britain Lyand/Periorid British parts (minus a few little things)
5) Yes, the computers involved in modern cars have added a whole new element to hot Roding, but not much of a huge change (heck I'm working on a friends Model T speedster right now, I got some pic of you want lol).
6) It won’t affect it one bit. Personally I like the races; I go more for the scene then the races themselves
7) Nope, those rules don’t apply to ALL cars, and there are always the people who run "outlaw" style.

Let us know how ya’ do on this thing
-SuperchargedRS