As long as it's not something that is going to hurt someone else, who really cares what it looks like. If it's something that makes the builder happy then good for them. If you don't like it, then buy it to save all those precious parts!!

Now building something that is unsafe/dangerous, etc. I agree that just stupid.

 

this both are called rat rods.to mt the first one is the devils puke.
the second one is still respectable

 

No,hanging out with people like us makes you a bad person!

 

WHY, WHY, WHY,.......If a front was needed so badly for this crap machine, there is a whole bunch of chevy plastic sitting over there in the garage. It is a lot easier and less time consuming to whack away at that than butcher original steel. Now, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

I like the Dodge! I really like how they used a leaf spring for a front bumper

 

sorry this is the devils puke:
http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/20...neGearhead.jpg

 

Yeesh! Puke pancake at that. I kinda expect the road warrior to show up with the keys to that one.

 

That is what is called a shock rod. Just done in a **** poor way just to shock people without regard to being able to drive it. What a collosal waste of time. That is pure garbage. The shame of it is the concept could have been cool if done correctly.....It is crap like that which gives rodding a bad name. Unforntunately the magazines and stuff latch on to these abortions and use them to sell magazines and ignore something of less shock value but built exceedingly well.

Nobody understands budget better than I but this crap was not built by a real hot rodder/trucker, it was built by an "artist" who obviously had no clue.

jim

 

i think that the vehicles used on ''mad max'' were better built than this

 

As long as their not my nuts. Pummel away

 

It is amazing to me to read all this stuff. Some people think that is has to be like original to be good, some people put another brand engine in their ride, some replace suspension, steering, brakes and what ever, some people leave it the way it was found by them, all of this is fine. Alot of you who posted are assuming that the current owner destroyed original sheet metal, maybe he did, maybe he didn't. Who are any of us to say somebody does or doesn't have any skills just because they have something we do not appreciate it. As long as it is safe I don't care.

For every one of us who has any type of older truck/car that we enjoy there is somebody driving past us in there Lincoln or Cadillac 'truck' that thinks our truck is an old gas guzzling unsafe POS, and 99% of the time they are wrong.

What I am saying is don't be so fast to judge. I don't like every vehicle I see, and I will say things about something I do not like to people that I am with but I would never go on a public forum and blast you or you truck.

 

As far as I remember it's still a free country, we're just posting our opinions, and we all have the right to our own opinion. That's what a discussion forum is all about. Or until someone comes along with federal regulations to control them.

 

The thing with personal viewpoints is that most people won't be dissuaded by another person expressing their opinion.I know I'm right! LOL! I do dislike the tendency to go so far to the other end of the spectrum in attempting to not offend Anyone..You'll always offend Someone,50% of the world will likely hold an opposing opinion.One example of this,in the extreme,is nearly every child now receiving an award in the classroom, in the name of self-esteem.That demeans the achievements of those who worked hardest.Political correctness,I'm no fan of,especially on this forum.

 

Trucks with other brand motors get bashed here,but then again, This is a ford forum.I'm the owner of one of those trucks and the only thing i can do about the bashing is bit*c.Everybody has a right to their opinion about me and my truck and i can respect that.
it makes me mad that some people have the advantage of having a well equipped shop and the ability to make a great hot rod but instead they do a vehicle with the only intention to scare''women and kids''.

 

Everyone's got an opinion, mine's right behind me down below, lol.

I see the ol' Dodge posted, another favorite style of truck of mine. I've got tabs on a panel right now. Just waiting for the cash.

But here's the skinny.... Anyone can do what they want with what they've got, I don't have to like it, but when folks start destroying good metal or haul in vintage tin to the scrapper before attempting to salvage it for restorers, hot rodders, etc.... then I get miffed. I for one wouldn't build a rat rod, know a few that have, but anything I have that's shoddy for parts, gets dished out as just that.... parts. IE: I'd rather sell the grill to someone who needs it instead of making an unsafe frame and slapping it on there upside down, sideways, or whatever.