I think this might be the winner! Ebay item # 4532254368
$6K reserve not met??? He needs to pass around whatever he's smoking...

 

I don't think that it's a bad looking truck. I do agree that it's not proabably even worth $6k, but if I had money to blow out of my **s, I'd buy it.

Ilya

 

its got its own twist of "cool" to it....it would be nice if it wasnt so "holy" or "lacy" in certain spots, but it would be kinda neat to cruise around and torque people off with it

 

Cool exhaust, don't paint it, just blow the carbon down the side. Well I have to say that one truly meets the term Ratty Rod. I wouldn't know where to begin on a butchered project like that.

Rod

 

is this guy nuts? I payed $700 for my 60 f100, $300 for my 65 C10 with a 350 stroked to 383.. I have never paid more the $1000 for any truck or car I have had or have.. I cant see why someone would pay so much for a rust bucket when with a little looking one can find a truck or cars oneself could rodded out the way one wants...

 

One mans trash, another mans treasure.

 

I finally waited long enough for the picture to load. Generally like the look of the truck but its condition puts the Rat in Rat Rod.

 

Well, I really like it. There is more rust than I would like but I think it looks pretty cool. I've never been into or had enough cash to build the high end show trucks. I will say though, 6K? yeah, what is he smokin?

 

I like Rat rods, like the one Jesse James just built on Monster garage, but that one should never be allowed on the highway, it's just plain unsafe. If they were going to put the effort into building it, they really could have found a much better body to start with.

Or maybe they were trying to make a statement by building the rattiest rod possible.

 

Ax -

Or maybe they just did it so crappy because that's what they could do in the time they gave themself. But, I agree with you. Rat rods are cool. But unsafe is only that and not cool at all.

 

yea, it doesnt look good enough to die in...

 

You know, I looked at the "truck" when AX first started this thread and thought "My God, what a decrepit old pile of junk". That looks like what I would come up with if I tried to do a hot rod (and seriously, I have no taste whatsoever).

I'm trying to magine what it would look like if someone took the time to restore it to the best condition possible, while keeping all the "hot rod" components, including the mailbox, wooden seat, and wooden seat back. Since I truly have no taste and very little imagination, I can't form a good picture in my mind. Would it really be as hideous as it looks now, just shined up? Would it be worth $6k even restored?

If it were Big Daddy Don Garlits' first hot rod or something similar, I could see some historical or nostalgic value. As is, it seems like just another bunch of bits and pieces stuck together and then rusted out.

From the guy with no imagination in Ohio ...

 

the valve covers were cool but he sold em dang it!

 

Earl, I am going to look at that thing again. It seems like we are looking at different over priced rides..

 

Mike,

If you think I'm being too harsh, remember, I have very little imagination.

If you think I'm giving it too much credit, remember, I have no taste.

Got it covered either way.

I gotta admit I'm a detail man, like most engineers I think. Some of us are short on artistic flair and creativity, except in our specific fields. Guilty as charged.