Best explanation yet.

It is the same as owning a convertible, if it hasn't got one nasty V8 in front of it, you would be just as well to strap a mat to your back with "WELCOME FOR BUSINESS" on it!

i like the "look" of hotrods and the practicallity of a turbo motor and i dont like my hobbys to be expensive to run and maintain or be a motor that was designed when noah was building the arc

hotroding is about thinking outside the box and not following the mainstream,if im spending that much money on a car i want to drive the wheels off the thing

Worrying about an engine that was designed decades ago when the actual hot rods are just as old or older doesn't make much sense. To me, a hot rod that looks good and goes well but sounds like a goose f@rt would ruin the whole deal for me as it would for hot rodders in general.

don't know, it must be a Sydney thing, thats where the rod came from.

Stop taking out 392 hemis while your at it, save em for real cars !

You bought it sunshine! Deal with it.

Personally, I think these 30s and 40s fords should have flat -head v8s in them. Putting a 'modern' ford v8 into an old ford isn't really that much better than putting in a chev. It's still unoriginal and not factory. I guess a lot of people see an engine as just a power plant. It's a shame really you don't see many of these vehicles restored to factory or near factory condition. Candy paint is not my cup of tea, nor are chrome weels and radial tyres on one of these cars. Give me whitewall bias ply tyres, period correct paint, steel wheels, and a flat head v8. I've never heard a v8 that sounded better than a flat-head.

For those that want modern power and stereos and automatic transmissions and in a classic body, I say who cares what engine they put in it. If a chevy engine is cheaper and easier, then go for it.

I really don't think he gives a f**k hey.

I don't really agree with it, but then it is their car and they can do what they want with it. How is this any different to customs that are made and use different parts yet are still referred to as a 'Ford Custom'. I remember one car being referred to this that used Mercedes (I think) headlights as well as other bits from a variety of cars.

I dont get why anyone is even bringing up the argument of cost.
The typical hotrod that I'm guessing is being referred to would be well over $100k, probably more likely heading up to $150k.
How much of that is going to made up by the engine, and how much of an increase is there really going to be even if the Ford engine is dearer? 1k? 2k? 5k? Is it really that much in the scheme of things?

No excuses. Ford - "Powered by Ford"

What does powered by ford mean any way? A ford block? Any ford? Can it be an aftermarket ford block which is ford in architecture only? Would it be better to put a ford kent engine in than a mouse motor? What about aftermarket parts? Don't a lot of aftermarket cranks have chev journals for chev rods? Once you start customising to the extent of most 'hot-rods' then you're really moving away from the original idea anyway. What about putting Jaguar read-ends in? Is that not allowed either? The argument that it should be powered by ford is just a philosophical one.

Yes and Rene Descartes, one of the most famous philosphers in our history would definitely have been a closet Ford fan and told anyone that wanted to put a chev engine in a Ford hotrod that they were a complete & utterly traitorous spanker. ( Had he actually lived long enough to see the internal combustion engine )