Fashionably Fabulous--A FADS Catalog (In Progress)

[Greg Myers]

[Chuck Most]

Interior bits and T-Buckets. Once again, Mr. Myers delivers!

[Chuck Most]

Rob brought up mini trucks, and of course the guys with rat-rod tenedencies have gotten hold of a few mini-trucks as well.

[Chuck Most]

One of my favorite recent development, what's being called the 'truckster' (though the name is disputed on closed-cab trucks, I've heard them reffered to as 'cabsters'). Basically, it's a hot rod built around a late '30's-up truck cab.

[Chuck Most]

And how aboot the 'Rig Rod'?

[Greg Myers]

Cartoon cars

[Greg Myers]

Warbird cars?Army rods ?

[Greg Myers]

Going to a car show a long long time ago, my wife ask me if I ever thought about whether or not my young son ( about 8 or 9 back then) really enjoyed going with me. Of course I had him in the car and down the road we went. I started thinking about what she said and I ask him: "Son, do you enjoy going to these car shows with me ?" ' Yeah.". That was too easy. I ask him again, only with a little twist on the question. "So what kind of cars do you like?" He paused a second, looked up at me and said: "The ones with the fire on the side" At that point I knew I had him. Edited September 22, 2011 by Greg Myers

[Bernard Kron]

"Retro" Cartoon Cars - Production versions, foreign style:

Nissan S-Cargo:

Nissan Figaro

VW "new Beetle"

Scion XB

Fiat 500

[Lownslow]

i heard those figaros are in high demand up north

[Greg Myers]

Chuck, that last van did me in. Wow, great food for the imagination.

Folks, remember you can also post pictures of models, if any fit these categories . . . Thank you for keeping this thread rolling . . .

I think it ended here. Doesn't get more hot roddy than this Blown midengined V-8 powered VW Van.

Edited September 22, 2011 by Greg Myers

[Chuck Most]

It continues in Japan, where 'Dajiban' Dodge Ram Vans are being built... and even raced in autocross type events!

http://omgpancakes.w.../01/12/dajiban/

And I've got a Hasegawa VW bus that might end up looking pretty close to that sweet machine in the above post. Maybe I'll do a Dajiban style VW?

Edited September 22, 2011 by Chuck Most

[Chuck Most]

Oh.... how about 'Neo Classic' cars?

[Greg Myers]

It continues in Japan, where 'Dajiban' Dodge Ram Vans are being built... and even raced in autocross type events!

http://omgpancakes.w.../01/12/dajiban/

And I've got a Hasegawa VW bus that might end up looking pretty close to that sweet machine in the above post. Maybe I'll do a Dajiban style VW?

Yes it does. Wild.

[Harry P.]

Oh.... how about 'Neo Classic' cars?

That first one actually looks pretty good!

[Greg Myers]

Oh.... how about 'Neo Classic' cars?

Does this fit ?

[Chuck Most]

Indeed it does. In fact, I think the Excalibur (a Studebaker product, believe it or not) was the first neo classic.

[diymirage]

someone has their donks all back wards this is what the scene is really about. high end wheels,candy paint,custom interiors,big engines,and stereos.

the rice burner of the scene is lifts and lambo doors with a stupid theme ignorant people associate this with the current

kdonk trend

this is a real donk.

keep in mind they saved cars people wouldve just thrown out and saved muscle cars from dying in garages

these cars were "saved" in very much the same way as good doctor Frankenstein "saved" the bodieparts he scavenged to build his creature...they would have been better of if they stayed burried

[Dr. Cranky]

Some great contributions . . . keep 'em coming.

[Junkman]

Huge SUVs.

It’s debatable whether the huge SUV craze that lasted through the 1990s and much of the first decade of the new millenium represents a fad, a market phenomenon or a national character flaw. Whatever it was, it reached its gas-guzzling peak from 2003 to 2005, when buyers had a choice of huge trucks — the Excursion, H2, Suburban, etc. — offering fuel economy between 8 and 14 mpg. Of course, these things were needed. People had eight children to bring to soccer practice, hundreds of pounds of groceries to pick up at Costco and an enormous boat to tow at all times. At some point in 2008, however, lifestyles must have changed, because when gas reached $4 a gallon, people couldn’t get rid of these vehicles fast enough, and the entire U.S. auto industry seems to have collapsed as a result.

As fuel-economy standards get more stringent, it’s possible that these dinosaurs will become truly extinct in the coming years, but their impact on the oil reserves may last for centuries. What's worse is that they effectively killed off the station wagons, which only very slowly recover from the blast.

[aarondupont]

Hey Cranky: I was born in 1950. The first fads I remember in the late 50's were continental kits, fender skirts (bubble, long & short), fox tails on antennas, dual antennas on rear fenders (slanted backwards), single antenna in center of trunk lid (of course slanted back), Spinner hub caps, fill chromed moons, wide whites, louvered hoods & glass pack mufflers. In the 60's when I started driving, long rear shackles to raise rear end, raised front springs with screw in blocks or spreader clamps, mag wheels (especially Cragars & Keystones), headers, straight pipes, the tassel from your graduation hanging from your rear view mirror along with the garter from the girl you took to the prom. Thats enough for now. I'll pick up with the 70's and 80's later. I grew up in a suburb of Cleveland Ohio. Aaron Dupont

[Junkman]

Talking cars.

I think it all started with this one:

The Renault Encore, or rather it's French cousin, the Renault 11.

This led to yet another automotive fad - digital dashboards:

Not even thoroughbred sportscars escaped this fad (or fate?). My 1990 ZR-1 had one.

[Chuck Most]

Worse than the SUV fad (to me anyway) are all these crew cab trucks with four-foot-long beds. What's the point? You clearly are more worried about passenger carrying capability than cargo space... so buy a sedan! This only applies to the short/short bed crew cabs, crew cabs with regular 'short' beds and long beds actually make sense to me.

[Greg Myers]

Hey Cranky: I was born in 1950. The first fads I remember in the late 50's were continental kits, fender skirts (bubble, long & short), fox tails on antennas, dual antennas on rear fenders (slanted backwards), single antenna in center of trunk lid (of course slanted back), Spinner hub caps, fill chromed moons, wide whites, louvered hoods & glass pack mufflers. In the 60's when I started driving, long rear shackles to raise rear end, raised front springs with screw in blocks or spreader clamps, mag wheels (especially Cragars & Keystones), headers, straight pipes, the tassel from your graduation hanging from your rear view mirror along with the garter from the girl you took to the prom. Thats enough for now. I'll pick up with the 70's and 80's later. I grew up in a suburb of Cleveland Ohio. Aaron Dupont

I remember all that, being born in 1947. I think that's why we built those early kits using "ALL' of the decals and custom parts supplied in a kit.

Edited September 23, 2011 by Greg Myers

[Jairus]

I don't have any pictures.... but the "Mono-chromatic" fad came about mid 80's. That was the time when someone would paint EVERYTHING on the outside of the car the same color including wiper arms, bumpers, grill and anything normally chrome. Didn't matter if the part moved or held still... the guys would paint it body color.

I personally loved it, but that fad only lasted a few years.... or until the paint started chipping off the wiper arms. Whichever came first.