[flame] hot rod |
HOT ROD points us in the direction of a motor that is motified – tuned up – souped up. Gaining fame during the prohibition era, when the appearance of a stock automobile was laced with a tuned up attitude to master the "liquor runs" in grandeur and leave the hog-patrols way behind in the dust. The HOT ROD SCENE has over the years arrived with a package of aesthetic and technical concepts. Their automobiles are motified all over – customized for the purpose of show, for competition in a drag or dirt track race, or to simply go down the lane in the hope to be noticed among motorists. [TerryL´s School of Costumizing] SPECTACULAR ROD lay claim to similar motives as the art sector; grandeur in draftsmenship, aesthetic perfection, inspiration and it´s precise realisation. With brute dialectics the Hot Rod Scene has embarked into the accomplishments of an entire century of automobile manufacturing – all of it´s past plus the future as well. I won´t attempt to interpret these exercises in dialectics but rather sit back and enjoy what I see and what rolls by. • English version by J. Schützenhöfer • [core] |
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