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tehres a debate on turbosport at the moment ( www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=105293 ) as to what is 'oldskool' it seems no one can really come up with a decision. how would you describe 'oldskool'? i reckon its somply something you don't see everyday that has been modified from standard. but that might be too vague ;D
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Just the old way of doing things or an old type of car. old skool somewhere in between (quite old skool imo) maybe this is too New/ new skool new
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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Maybe theres more to it anything in the spelling? Old Sqool? ;D
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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guy
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SeventyNine, that would make a chaved up nova oldskool??
I say old skool is a state of mind (in the sense of car modifying) not really an age of car. trying to keep the close to original but also improved. Imho
Guy
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Mk1 Escort slowly rusting into nothing! But safely stored in a dry garage. Mk2 Golf, Low n' Loud
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I don't like trying to label things as such, but what I've done with my Husky is to lightly uprate it to cope with modern traffic but still keep it in an early 70's style. The only thing on there that couldn't have been done in the early 70's is the XR2 seats. Everything else, twin carbs, twin lights, etc. is all old stuff... does that make it old skool?
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Gotta say i'm not keen on labels either. old skool can suggest its the old and right thing, or of course sometimes the opposite.
'retro' seems to have softer boundaries which is good, but even this kicks up the occasuional stir/discussion.
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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define - 'oldskool'BenzBoy
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SeventyNine, that would make a chaved up nova oldskool?? If it was done in an early-nineties style, e.g.: black tinted rear lenses, lowered and a period bodykit, rather than Lexus lights, fairy-lights on the washer jets etc, then yeah I reckon it could be "oldskool". To me it refers to a way of doing things that was fashionable / popular in the past.
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Seth
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I think old school basically means covering old ground, doing what has been done before or certainly in that style. But now its cooler in some ways as you don't see that type of car around very often anymore as you suggested.
When I got into the whole car thing the boy racers all drove about in Mk2 escorts with four spoke revolutions etc. Definitly not cool then as far as I was concerend. Common bolt on goodies etc etc. like much of the max scene now. But now for a young guy to choose to drive something like that IS cool as its a throwback.
A nova could be old school but not if its chavved to keep up to date with modern/current trends. Would have to use 80's wheels for example.
All my opinion of course!
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My Escy wears this sticker: Because I think its "old school" It seems to mean different things to different sectors of the car community- Ford boys seem to draw the line at the mk2 escort, mk1 fiesta, cortina and capri etc, and VW kids have their models that can be considered "old school" and those that cant etc etc.
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My personal definition of 'old skool'
Old Skool - Modifications to a vehicle relevant to the era when the make/model of vehicle was in current production. i.e 70's car/70's styling, 80's car/80's styling. A 'rolling road' should apply, similar to the old 'tax exempt' status before it was capped at 1973. 20 years should suffice.
Of course, 'old skool' themes can be applied to more modern vehicles, but that's more old skool 'style'
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I've been "Ol' School" for as long as I can remember. In the 70's i was deeply into the 1920's-30's Black music scene with a collection of '78's ,I was mad on the blues jeans look of my uncles a generation or two before me and when everyone else was into flared jeans ,i was searching for "stovepipe denims". But the cars i have had really show the point i was making ( and still do) I was running a '39 Ford Coupe in the early '70's with a full House Flathead ,when everyone else was bending over backwards to get a Camaro etc .I was the ONLY guy in the whole city who was still activley hot rodding a Flathead. In fact although plenty of others were driving them ,no one else actually took time to bother building a hot one like mine,it was easier to drop in a Chev. Sure,I may not have had the "fastest car in the valley",but I was having the most fun. The late 70's early 80's were when the billet look came on strong,and i like one or two thers got stuck in some sort of 50's time warp.Towards the end of the 80's i noticed a lot of people starting to get into what I knew as the Ol'Skool style,which I thought was KQQL..By the end of the nineties it was all a bit Old hat as it was very main stream and totally boring. I had sort of moved on and gotten involved with these mercs.,including this...formerly my Salt lake racer. it no longer has the red hot Hemi but a M180 Mercede benz engine from 1964. So For me,Old School ,is more like a lifestyle where i Really don't give a monkeys left nut about the latest ipod,mobile phoneMP3 what ever or Turbopowered whatchamacallit ,but what is important ,is that i build up a car for as little as possible cash for the most amount of fun,and Just because it looks a bit 50's,that's not intentional,the "look" comes about because even if you do a precise workman like job of any part it still looks 50's because the cost of the paint ,wheels etc is so low that that is what you end up with. It's easy to achieve a certain look with red painted wheels,a set of whitewalls and chopped coils.....but it's not really "old School" until you spent a bit of time twirling a ratchet fitting some ancient bit of speedgear you just bought off eBay and actually improving the performance of your ride. Anything else is Just Posing.
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Many years ago I changed my driving style to cope with rising fuel prices; I have now reached the stage where I am contemplating keeping my eyes shut in order to lower wind resistance.
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To me it refers to a way of doing things that was fashionable / popular in the past. I think that sums it up best IMO. I take your point jettadeluxe, but sometimes there is 'lag' between age of cars being modified and period when mod's being carried out. Ford Pop's in the 70's, that kind of thing. Just an inevitable thing where the base material becomes cheap enough for most people to modify.
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Is my Golf 'old skool'? Most of the mods are period 70's or could have been done then, low suspension, twin carbs, LW/MW stereo (!). Perhaps the wheels are too modern? The rust is authentic though! What do you think?
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'Oldskool' is a term used to describe the school which I used to attend many years ago. You might find the phrase used thusly; "that's my oldskool. I hated it!"
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old skool (noun) - a trend to revive a previous trend.
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To me it refers to a way of doing things that was fashionable / popular in the past. I'll go with that, sums it up nicely. Currently wearing this with pride: At least I think it qualifies as old skool, fibreglass widened wings, Wolfrace Slots etc
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Last Edit: Jun 8, 2006 14:34:04 GMT by Dan 1641
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Saru
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For what it's worth, my simple definition is:
if it came carb'd, then it's oldskool.
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1974 Saab 99 EMSI bought a new car. It's 35 years old. My friends said I was mad. We'll see.
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zep
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That can't always hold true though. The 1996 Ford Laser came out with a 1.5 carby engine. And that's definately NOT old school. This debate has gone on and on and on in my forums (appropriately named oldschool.co.nz) and no one can ever agree. Some people like to use the Autosalon rules, must be pre 1985 (we usually say that if it was first manufactured before '85 and they didn't change the shape). Some people prefer the same rule but a cut off of 1980. I tend to agree with someone back up there, each manufacturer has its own cut off point. Maybe it's when they stopped making RWD small cars (toyota, etc) or got fuel injection, or maybe the car just started to look terrible. Or has to have some sort of chrome bumpers? Who knows... i definately think it depends on manufacturer. Check out this thread, there is heaps of mundane argument on this topic to inspire thought It even got so annoying we stickied it!! www.oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4159Cheers!
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Saru
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Who am I to argue with the admin from oldschool.nz? Of course, Merc Gullwings are fuel injected, as are some early Corvettes, etc, etc. In short, like pr0n, oldschool is hard to define, but I'm sure we all know it when we see it.
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1974 Saab 99 EMSI bought a new car. It's 35 years old. My friends said I was mad. We'll see.
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I knew this thread would get a response from Leon ahahahaha.. This question is the bane of the oldschool.co.nz forum's existence. Well, it and blatant spam dribble. My answer is probably in one or every thread linked to on the oldschool.co.nz link posted by zep.
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