Pro-touring is dead

[wellis77]

Pardon my naiveness, but what in the world is "tasteless resto", besides an awful name for a style of car? What defines it, or what doesn't?

[redfire69]

Now I remember why I let my subscription to hotless rod run out. The only time I picked it up off the news stand in the last three years was when Razor was on the cover....

[MarkM66]

Him considering it dead, means at one point it must of been "alive."

I wonder when that was?






I've never liked rat rods. Really, I just don't like them at car shows.

To try to compare it, wouldn't that be like taking an old, worn out, half dead donky to a horse show?

[wblanton]

We all decide what lives and dies not the media.

[John Wright]

PT dead?...bah!

[mc84_zz4]

The same thing can be said for most cruise spots around the country. The difference is that these old 70's and 80's hot rod tasteless resto cars never changed. They are the same cars from back then. For the most part, the only new cars are our cars. Nobody has the heart to tell all these guys stuck in the 70's and 80's cars, that they have been out of style for decades. So to say tasteless resto is back...is more like...it's tasteless and the bad taste never went away. That doesn't make it a new fad. It just makes it dated. Thanks for yesterday's news David Frieburger.

Excellent point.

Another little piece of evidence to the contrary of his statement, just peek at what SEMA has been bringing us year after year, what the trends are, and what product lines are gaining more momentum every year.

Way to be out of touch!, Frieburger.

[derekf]

Hot Rod is dead.

[JEFFTATE]

Pro -Touring is a good name for a multi-purpose street performance car.
20 years from now , "pro-touring" may not be what people call the build style.
But , it will always be around..

Long live Pro-Touring !!!

[Chevrolaine]

what pisses me off it the whole RAT-ROD rage...how menny times have i seen a perfectly restorable 20's-30's car get hacked up perposley just to get the RAT-ROD look for a quick buck... SO SO SO SAD

Huh? Isn't that what PT is all about only with newer (60's=70's) cars?

[Vegas69]

What a moron.....

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

did you know the traditional hotrod guys HATE it when their cars are called RATRODs?....

...just fyi.

[dadto2jays]

There are several car styles or fads that I dont really care for and definetly the rat-rod is one that I cant even begin to understand. As far as pro-touring any car show or cruise I go to here in south florida I might see maybe one or two real pro-touring vehicle but it is definetly not the most popular style around here. you are bound to find more of a resto mod or original restored vehicle. I for one really like the pro-touring vehicles that alot of you guys have. I dont think is dead by any means.

[cmanf]

I was in my basement going thru some things found a pile of my old HRM's looked at a few and busted out laughing remembering whey I stopped getting them 20 years ago.

On the next trend thing guess im stuck in the middle with my car.
Has the suspension and power just idk if im ever gonna put the time and cash into looks when i can just beat on it and not worry about scratches and road rash. That will change tho once cash isnt in short demand eventually.

[Jarcaines]

Not to get all philosophical about it, but nothing is "dead" anymore.

The post-modern era we live in has started to strip away the ideas of "in" and "out" trends, or what is "cool" or "uncool". It is all relative now. Pro-Street can be just as "cool" as pro-touring or rat rods, or imports, or cars that run on french fry oil, it all depends what you and your crowed enjoy.

Build cars you like, who cares about trends.

And if you can't at least appreciate that other people might like something different then you just as much as we like our pro-touring cars, then you are taking the whole thing way too seriously.

[Ron L]

Sweet, I knew I kept those Gabriel air shocks in the garage for a reason. Time to shop for some sidepipes.

You know what else is in? Old people telling everyone that the "new" stuff is dead and the only way to be approved is to be like the old guys. Oh wait, that happens at every generation gap. Case in point: Frieburger. Grow a gut, ponytail that receding hairline, get a Harley like the rest of them and leave us alone.

[ponchopwr70]

I don't get the dis-like of pro-touring cars. I will never drive a restored muscle car after the way my car drives. We have technology now why not use it, some people are just scared of change and growth. O and I let my hot-rod subscription run out, all my issues are sitting next to car crap. What a waste of room and money.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

Case in point: Frieburger. Grow a gut, ponytail that receding hairline, get a Harley like the rest of them and leave us alone.

He already has a gut... i think even may be close to a mullet in his possession also.. not sure about a receding hairline.. he likes to hide it under a pro-touring.com cap.


lol!

[Tony_SS]

I don't get the dis-like of pro-touring cars.

I really don't understand the hating of any cars. rat-rods, low riders, imports, 'tasteless-resto' or whatever. Some of them might be butt ugly or have very limited function, but most of them have at least something that's interesting in their build or style.

[Rhino]

With all this said, I saw a recently built '68 Camaro at the KC goodguys with crazy gold paint and huge flake. I felt a little of a throw back vibe to it. Other than the paint, it was a PT-like build.
I do have to admit, he pulled it off well. It's not my style, but kudos to the builder.

[406 Q-ship]

I say this and I was doing the "pro-touring" thing before it had a name or a following, Frieburg has been trying to kill for awhile now, he likes pro street, drag cars, and 70/80's style cars (have you seen his super bee?). He tried to get FX style straight axle drags cars back into vogue for awhile too and you can see how far that went, I like to see the straight axle cars but would never in a million years build one (I like stopping and turning too much). I remember back when I used to get asked...why would you put 16" Corvette sized wheels on a 1st gen Camaro/Chevelle when everyone knows they are for drag racing, so I have been tolerating morons for a lot of years (Oh God it is more like decades). Why are we worried about the predictions of a man who builds mopars with hose clamped transmission mounts and pro street super bees that fit into 1985?