"Rat Rods" invading the M-ways?

[High-Test]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8EiGpozQ7A

They must be going 90 easy...

I thought it was cool enough for its own thread.

 

[ND4SPD]

That rocked man! Love rat rods! That was a Model A right?

 

[High-Test]

Part of me wants to say it's a '32, part says A. I'm leaning more towards A.

Light car, powered by a hopped up lincoln V12.

The other car that was "racing" the A is a '38 ford I believe.

 

[Steeda]

ratrod = secks!

 

[HKS T51R]

rat rods are SICC!!11!!eleven!!

 

[High-Test]

rat rods are SICC!!11!!eleven!!

Qu'est-ce qu'il y a avec vous?

Parles anglais, s'il vous plâit.


(Peut quelqu'un me dire qu'il a dit?)

 

[CDailey]

Awesome ratrod. 👍

 

[Gen.]

Qu'est-ce qu'il y a avec vous?

Parles anglais, s'il vous plâit.


(Peut quelqu'un me dire qu'il a dit?)

Most hypocritical post ever.

He meant "THAT WAS SICK!!!11!eleven"

 

[stumpydino]

sweeeeeet noticed that place had some more cool rod vids on there too including some ol dirt drivin or how bout some flamethrowin sure you'll love em High-Test

 

[Jim Prower]

going that fast...on tires like that? skareeee....

but cool to watch.

 

[GM]

Nice Rod 👍, I love those sorts of cars

 

[Duke]

That thing was channeled more deeply than anything I've ever seen.

 

[mwoodski]

How can people like rat rods, they are the ugliest peices of s*** ever created.

 

[MarinaDiamandis]

I agree, they are ugly. The only time i like them is when they have an engine producing big numbers.

 

[CDailey]

How can people like rat rods, they are the ugliest peices of s*** ever created.

Why do people like drifting? It's the dumbest "sport" ever created.



Ever heard of personal opinion?

disclaimer: I'm not starting a flame war. I'm making an example.

 

[Dave A]

How is that even road legal, the fully exposed wheels alone prevent it from being road legal here, can you imagine running someone over in that thing. Cool car, ugly as hell but somehow I think that not liking them because of that is missing the point.

 

[stumpydino]

rat rods arent made to look pretty, the idea is to whack a huge engine and an old ford body together and drive the hell out of it they dont thrive to look like someone else, plaster their car in brand names or spend a fortune on ICE btw its easy enough to get lil fenders for road work

 

[High-Test]

How can people like rat rods, they are the ugliest peices of s*** ever created.

So narrow minded, I assume you're a Kansas Conservative?

Disclaimer: The following is not an attempt to start a flame war.


Say Kazama wrecked his car before he got famous. Do you think he really cared about how pretty it looked? Odds are he was more interested in being able to have fun in it than make it look pretty. I might not like most of the fast and the Furious cars, but I do appreciate the amount of work that went into them. There's a huge amount of work in each of those cars, no matter how ratty they look. Ever seen how a top is chopped? Not only do they have to brace every side from the interior, but they also have to get their math right down to a tee. then they cut very carefully, and then align the roof and weld it back on. Plus, That car was most likely made from lots of random parts. I'll venture to say that the Lincoln V12 had to have custom engine mounts made. Not to mention the frame built and aligned, the axle and suspension installed, and the body channeled over the frame.

Call it a pile if you want, you're entitled to that. But don't discredit the amount of work that went into it.

(And believe it or not, I also appreciate the amount of work someone did on the cars in the questionable mods thread. They're ugly, but at least they aren't trying to make cars extinct. As long as there are gearheads to unite, we'll still have our beloved cars. No matter what they run off of.)

Stumpy: Nice link!

 

[mwoodski]

Oh, I admiot a lot of work was put in to them, I don't doubt that. I hate Fast and Furious cars with a passion, so don't think thats the reason, haha, It's just, why not put a nice colour on it, if you already have everything else?

Cheers,
Matt.

 

[High-Test]

Oh, I admiot a lot of work was put in to them, I don't doubt that. I hate Fast and Furious cars with a passion, so don't think thats the reason, haha, It's just, why not put a nice colour on it, if you already have everything else?

Cheers,
Matt.

Ahh.. I see.. I can see that. They spent a year plus building it, why not take a weekend to put it in paint? Sounds kinda dumb now that I think of it.

-Chris

 

[3-Wheel Drive]

Cool car, though it could use a new coat of paint.

 

[Dorifto]

No.

 

[ND4SPD]

No.

Ha ha exactly what I was thinking!

 

[Cano]

Because color and brightness and shinny stuff would make it a street rod, not a hot rod, and street rods are for sissys =P

Great car, I love it doesnt have a V8... and the guts of the owner, yeah.

 

[ozyran]

Man, I'd like to get behind the wheel of that thing. It must be able to hit some pretty impressive top speeds, I imagine.
As for the lack of paint or anything else, I think that's the point to it. You build it up, make it fast, and then leave it looking like it's less than capable. That way, when you're out cruising on a Saturday night, you can embarrass the guy who thinks his Civic is hot, or that his NOS'd 5.0 is king, or that his 383-powered Road Toad can dust anything. Maybe it gets laughed at because it looks like a heap of welded scrap, but it's always what's inside that counts.