Growing up in the 80s, we were into skateboarding, BMX, and punk rock. When my friends and I started driving, we got into mini trucks and "Cal Look Bugs." When clubs like the Lucky Devils, Sacred Karts, Road Zombies, Auto Butchers, and the Shifters hit the scene in the mid-80s, it was like: Oh, I don't need to have paint and upholstery and a perfect body worked car. I can get a model A or T and throw it together, and I've got a hot rod. And that was my first hot rod, a '30 coupe on '32 rails.
My friends and I started getting into early hot rods because all the older guys were throwing away the traditional components. They wanted independent front suspension, air
