How would you be able to tell??!?



Ugly is ugly...my only question would be "why?". When I look at all the ruined parts, it makes me wanna cry.

R

 

Pretty slick ? Oh you must be talking about the mud .Love those coffee can exhaust stack covers .YIKES !!!!

 

cool. I like the look

 

Its unique! Nice part of this truck is you don't have to worry about ruining the paint. Would definitely get peoples attention. I could also practice being a more proficient welder...

 

Sense they don't belong to members here, Ill say it....if thats all I had to drive, I'd just walk!!!! Rod

 

Now there you go. A Ford in a Ford.

 

Two questions. (1) Was anyone killed in that wreck?
(2) Considering that price...Was he a'drinkin?
later, Mike

 

Sorry - I gotta call it.

It's crap. It's a waste of good metal. This Rat-Rod nonsense is clueless. In the '50s you made due with what was available and sometimes that wasn't too pretty. Today, the object is too make it look as "Beverly Hillbillies" as possible.

Do it if it suits you - it's crap to me....

 

I just someones version of a Plain Olde HOT ROD!

 

Well......That kind of build seems to be a new trend nowadays.....kinda like the Jed Clampet in Beverly Hills kind of thing.

I have to have the nice paint on mine....oh, and parts under the paint too.
later, Ed

 

Amen, brutha!

 

Amen. It's one thing to do all you can with what you have; my truck has some rust, dents and dings, because it works on the farm everyday. It's another thing entirely to take what could be a really nice truck and intentionally butcher it.

 

I have got to say that you guys are sounding like my dad,rest his sole. I don,t think there is anything wrong with what the guy is trying to do in this build. I bet he can brag that he "did it all himself".

Here is to the builder.

 

I've known a lot guys who have "did it all himself", still didn't mean it wasn't a pile of worthless, poorly built junk. I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder but ugly is ugly.

 

Rat rodding seems to be a lifestyle, and not just a car style. I really like some of the rat rod rigs, but like everything some folks just don't seem to "get it". I have to agree that just throwing a bunch of mismatched parts at an old car body with unsafe and poorly built mechanicals seems wrong. I don't think back in the early days of hot rodding the majority set out to under build the car, they just did what money and skills allowed and were always trying to improve it. As always we say, "It's his car he can do what he wants with it." And that is true, but it dosen't mean the majority will embrace it. Some of you who have checked out my gallery will know I'm building "Bones". This thing isn't going to please everyone, I'm sure, but we are trying to build it safe, and with an eye towards style. We'll see how it turns out.