Your taste in poke is subjective, but they are all known as swangas and elbows.

“Whatever you imagine to be real, is real.”.

Examples include the Cord 810/812, the Auburn Speedster and several designs by French Carrossiers, notably Figoni et Falaschi. Yeah but then the terrorists will show up and attack.

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Yukons, Tahoes, Suburbans, Expeditions, Escalades, and Navigators.

[3] The Langenscheidt German–English dictionary defines Pontonkarrosserie as "all-enveloping bodywork, straight-through side styling, slab-sided styling."[4]. Kitted out power popping trunks, slathered in custom vinyl and personalized phrases in neon/mirrors.

), Your vote: None I remember the Top Gear where Clarkson had these spikes crudely fitted these to a Fiat coupe of some kind.

That’s easy to say, much harder to guarantee.

  (To vote, click the pepper. Every generalization about SLABs applies to anyone building a custom, race or show car. Do those “pokes” have any structural function? Elbows are when the hub and spoke of your wheels “poke” out of your body just like your arm’s elbow when perched atop the door sill. The cars look great even if it is not my thing. With years of experience in the industry and the inspiration to begin a business enterprise run by vintage car collectors is how. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. A piece of crack cocaine that usually weighs about a gram or more that is typically sold for further distribution. 30 spoke rims made for the 1983 and 1984 cadillac eldarado by the Cragar Wheel company. The elbows are just ornamental; remove them and they look like any other wheel. Reupholstered interiors, taking advantage of the latest trimmings on the market. And the Impala is a sort of deer, correct? Some of those extreme hubs could clearly go into the next lane…so yeah…least I hope so? 's custom-made pokes make Tim's 84s … on Sep 18 2005.

These wheels are hideous.

[23], The Volkswagen Beetle carried articulated running boards and fenders, but the subsequent Volkswagen Type 3 became known for its ponton styling; in the Netherlands the Volkswagen Type 3 (1961–1974) 2-door notchback sedan was referred to as the Ponton. To link to this term in a web page or blog, insert the following.

I’m pretty sure they aren’t legal in a lot of places, but Texas isn’t one of them. If you look at pictures 5 and 7 you can see interior cast “spokes” that carry the load/torque from the axle to the tires. Makes sense, but Swangas? Any Blaxploitation movie gets you up to speed on Pimp Rides, but the Houston SLAB scene uses them as a springboard to something new. While the interior is “gaudy”, with phrases (interesting), it seems to be their own subculture.

2. [8] The economical car was produced from 1924 to 1928. That said, I’m very glad that this is happening. He dispensed with running boards and integrated the fenders in the body to save on weight. Houston slab culture dates all the way back to the late 80's and early 90's-when the original Ghetto Boys released Car Freak. In 1935, Vittorio Jano, working with the brothers Gino and Oscar Jankovitz, created a one-off mid-engine prototype on an Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 chassis,[10] which Jano had shipped to Fiume in 1934.

It may be a case of only the most outrageous gaining the attention and forming the stereotypes, and if so, that’s a shame for the real artists/craftsman, because their work is buried under a pile of crap. Glass raining down on Houston streets from busted skyscraper windows from the 2,000W sound systems, but at least Hobby and Bush airports don’t appear to be missing wheels for 747s and the like! slab stands for Slow Low And Bangin'. How they were: with real names, impressive proportions and maybe even SLAB hugging overhangs, too.

Before joining with Swishahouse, Lil Keke was a member of the esteemed Screwed Up Click in the 90's with DJ Screw. I’ll admit to being PC-less. You hardly ever see those things. The parade was actually pretty entertaining , although it created the only major traffic jam I’ve seen in the area since I moved here 6 years ago . Regular cars CAN be that colorful – all you have to do is get yours painted. Lucifer, you’re right on the money. The term derives from the French and German word ponton, meaning 'pontoon'.

Oversized brand logos, like the tailgate emblem from an Escalade.

Candy Paint, just like any vintage rodder. Like having more people owning guns creates a sizeable enough power bloc to preserve my second amendment rights, and having more people listen to offensive music/comedy creates a power bloc big enough to protect the first amendment, having more people customize their cars creates a power bloc protecting my interests as a gearhead, as well as creates a healthier aftermarket economy. [13] Rounded, flowing forms, with unbroken horizontal lines between the fenders—the style had identified as "the so-called Ponton Side Design" became "the new fashion in Europe". The trend emerged as pontoon-like bodywork began to enclose the full width and uninterrupted length of a car, incorporating previously distinct running boards and articulated fenders.

Some suggest that SLAB is an acronym for Slow-Loud-And-Bangin’ but that definition seemingly came later.

They are no different than other car nuts.

Farina-designed 1947 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 SC, 1961–1974 Volkswagen Type 3, sometimes called "ponton" in the Netherlands, 1937 Cord 812 with the earlier type of pontoon fender, The Origins of Streamline Design in Cars – AutoEvolution, "Cisitalia. The episode “King Ramses’ Curse” starts with two feline thieves as they are being pursued by the police at night after they stole a slab from the tomb of King Ramses.

Except there’s nothing like Houston SLAB culture.

They will hurt someone really bad on a bicycle. But the wheels make SLABs so eye-catching: references percolating through Houston’s music, Houston’s culture.

Just a bunch of guys who like to pimp their rides. I’m more worried about the 90 year old guy across the street with a Volvo brick and glaucoma than some 70s iron with pokes.

Find out what is the full meaning of SLAB on Abbreviations.com! Sooo wonder how often those wheels bump into someone’s car and ruin shit lol.

That said, those wheels need to be outlawed IMHO. Tankinbeans It’s based on the Impala emblem.

Ponton or pontoon styling refers to a 1930s–1960s car design genre. A little old school, copied from earlier up the page…Tops Drop by Fat Pat, an early-ish Houston rapper.

Now if I could only find some “purple stuff” for my styrofoam cup, here…. Not the first to comment on it, but these people killers called “elbows” wouldn’t have the slightest chance of being road legal in Europe.

mainly used in the south for any car that is fully customized (ie. Popular Science magazine described the new "pontoon" Nashes as "the most obvious departure from previous designs.

the word is – not how mean it is.). Slab definition is - a thick plate or slice (as of stone, wood, or bread): such as. I like the Mustang at $40K much better than a regular cab pickup.

Didn’t see any G-bodies in the pix, though I’m sure that they are! Stay current with Texan Wire Wheels happenings + special offers. Semi-relatedly: What’s the name of the thing where they take a Japanese car, usually a Honda, and put tiny wheels with insane negative camber on it? It resists the fall of the bridge due to heavy wind load. You should go boating and offroading with Troy and I some time. The project evokes a strong sense of pride- not only in slab culture, but in the city of Houston itself.

The possibility of being sideswiped chariot-style by those wheels is really the only thing about these cars that I don’t appreciate.

Here’s why: This trend is getting more people to work on and modify their own rides.

Slab with arches or (Arch slab) are adopted at a place where there is a need for redirecting wind load and if there is a long curve in direction of slab these slabs are adopted. Get instant explanation for any acronym or abbreviation that hits you anywhere on the web.

All that money so misspent. [14], One of the earliest completely new styled cars that were introduced after World War II in the United States were the 1949 Nash models. It's November, so we're playing 'All I Want for... Lizzo gets 'flyyyyy' in effort to get the vote out, Beloved Grisham lawyer is back in top fiction spot. I try to give a wave or a thumbs up when I can, and my son thinks they’re cool too.

Google has been penalizing this site in its search rankings for years. You wouldn’t get away with that in Pennsylvania for one. Save the really big ones for car shows. Or how about parallel parking with a decent curb height, do they make curb feelers that long?

It has its own culture – the Slab Culture, which was born in Houston back in the ’80s and has quickly spread through the nation. Shelby Stewart is bringing her love for Houston to Chron.com. Definitely some SLAB action in here. Paul Wall & Lil Keke, Slab Talk.

Thx. I’m pretty sure this guy wants to rape us”, “Make no mistake, Kyle. The elbows remind me of something from MadMax (albeit a touch more flashy) which would tear up someone’s tires that you’re trying to wipe out.

I doubt there’s any structural function, I would bet that they’re simply hubcaps. Usually it is an underside of a horizontal slab (roof, canopy, sunshade, loft) and stairs (landing or flight).

[22], A General Motors document refers to the 1953 Olympia Rekord as "the first Opel with a full-width, or ponton, body shell".

I cannot vouch for the safety of this maneuver, but no one else was within 10 miles and the one spectator – me – slowed down and observed from a distance. Web.

This is not what I prefer to own as a “specialty” car (or collector car, however you want to define them), but man, I sure respect the effort in creating these salutes to another era. Katy resident Carzavier Mosley shows off his traditional slab made from a 1984 Cadillac El Dorado. Definitions include: to wear pants low to the ground where one has to grab pants to get them up; same a, Slow loud and banging.

So I’m guessing they go at or near the show and come off afterwards. But, if it doesn’t have those “swangas”, it’s NOT a slab.

The k value used for floor slab design reflects the response of the sub-grade under temporary (elastic) conditions and small deflections, usually 0.05 inches or less. In the Soviet Union the GAZ-M20 Pobeda came into production in 1946, about one month after the first 1946 Kaiser rolled off the production line, and in Britain the Standard Vanguard went on sale the following year.

In 1937, Pinin Farina designed a flowing ponton-style body for the Lancia Aprilia berlinetta aerodynamica coupé,[11] and also the open body on the 1940 Lancia Aprilia Cabriolet.