Rat Rod
 

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2010...-best-rat.aspx
pretty cool, that last Bimmer is a kid that I goto school with, its a old skool project that looks goodhttp://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagam...f1072473_o.jpg

The euro and ricers look like shit rods to me. They just dont have the look.

im not a fan of the euro or rice rods, but i like his

Looks like ass, and the rear camber is fucked hard.

That totally stood out for me too.
The things some people do to their vehicles in the name of "style". :rolleyes:

Looks like a movie prop... One of the cars Godzilla stepped on.

other than the camber, and the shitty bodywork right above it, i kinda like it. front half of the car, lines & stance looks sweet, back half looks really sedan like, boring.

it's cool looking.. not something i would do but i like the pictures..

I think camber is f'ed cause it's bagged and sitting on frame. I bet he air's it up to his "driving" height and it's fine.

But I like it...

great link as well

Love that brat

Some of those things on that link are super badass...

Not my cup of tea but still a little cool and badazz in it's own sort of way.

I have a difficult time seeing rice as rat rod...

very cool link though!

True and I failed to mention that above...not my idea of a rat rod at all.

More like a Bavarian Lead Sled. :lol:

Check the link...

Great link.

There are some seriously cool cars on there.

I don't think being Japanese (or German) excludes a car from being a Rat Rod. I do think being less than 25 years old does though.

I love the KDF Mangler.

http://assets.speedhunters.com/Image...DFRod-7413.jpg

Half of those aren't what I think of when I think Rat Rod. A junked up car sitting in an alley in Jamaca does not make a Rat Rod.

This is a rat rod.... custom, chopped, dropped, over the top.

http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagam...light/rat2.jpg


Is this a third gen Mazda RX-7??? :lol:

http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagam...tcar1010/1.jpg

So rat rod now means any old POS with colored cables and a sticker on the back glass. Got it.

I think Porkchop's definition is a good baseline.

I love cars with patina, especially old hot rods, but if they have more rust than metal or would not pass a safety inspection...its just a hunk of shit to me and does not deserve to be noticed. Rat rods started as cars that were all together, but the interior was ratty or the paint was not done/matched. the fuckin greaser/hillbillies took the idea and just went overboard with it, not cool to drive a rusted out, no floorboard havin, drum braked piece of shit with a backyard top chop and call it a "Specialty Hot Rod".

Much rather have a nice sleeper


Speaking of rats, I just found a nice fat one under the hood of a car I was jumping :Eek:

As a lover of old things, I hear this term "patina" all the time.
I find that it roughly translates to "needs a proper cleaning" :lol:

As long as it doesn't have a miasma

Or spider shaped marks on the seatback?

Aged copper that looks like an old penny for lines, mag wheels that have the look like they lived their life on the salt flats and paint that has been cooked in the sun and worn off from years of use or work...not dirty...aged and worn.

I know, man, I'm just making light of it because it's so overused in certain circles. :wink:

This is rat

http://assets.speedhunters.com/Image...k/IMG_0275.jpg

This......well this is just bad-ass and doesn't NEED paint to be so

http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagam...JCCS/one10.jpg

Or not.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/...b99af7eb_b.jpg

We all comment on things we know nothing about but it's gotten amazing in this thread...


ATTENTION OLD MEN;

A dropped car will give the appearance of bad camber when resting on it's frame. The camber will correct itself when the vehicle is raised to "drive height". Quite often an operator of said vehicle will drop the vehicle while it is in motion to create sparks to "wow" onlookers. Typically, they attach plates onto the body for these drag shots.
:lol:

Next you old geezers will complain that there's been a suspension malfunction in this vehicle;

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

Or that the frame is bent on this one;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9xlxE386BM

Speaking as an old fart myself...
 

Nah, clearly there's nothing wrong mechanically.

It's just gay.

:lmao:

:dthumb:
We agree on that. :lol:

That shit has been retarded for decades.
Maybe at one point in the 80's when Cheech and Chong was still relevant, lowriders\hydraulics might have been cool.

Dave's not here.

The "nothing wrong" is all relative I guess. I find "wrong" to = dumb in this case.

As in, "there's something dumb with those cars"

These "drag " cars are stupid popular down here in tn and I will admit when ur down town and one drops and sends a shower of sparks it looks cool for .5 seconds

After that just plain dumb

Nah I think it's straigh up entertaining... especially when I'm not the one paying for the repairs.

I myself would love to bag my car... Park it in the lot... and pssssssss sittin on frame.

they plate the hell out of the bottom of the frame

litterally they weld a huge plate, drag it till its gone then weld another, the frome itself never hits the road

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjgX3...ayer_embedded#!

I love vehicles that are lowered until they look "Right"...but I would rather see mud being flung off than sparks.

I thought that looked pretty AWESOME but of course, I haven't pre-filled my AARP card yet. Some of you guys honestly HATE ANYTHING "trendy". Clothes, bike mods, Harleys, car mods, Gixxers, hair streaks, Ed Hardy, TV shows, music, etc... You would all be Goth but unfortunately, that's cool now too.:lol: If more than three people do something, you all hate it!:wink:

Nerds should upgrade to titanium plates... throws white sparks and last longer... 100x more cool.

your font is too progressive for me.

tone it down, asshole.





kids these days...

redflip

Simmer down, crotchity old fart!:lol

Whatever, you all know it's true...

Whatever, the truth hurts don't it?:lol:

Why couldn't they just have exploded.

Could at least one of them have something other than a truck?!?

A somin from the 30's, a 70's corvette, and a truck bed?

My guess is the front end and the bed are from the same truck.

Either way, that's about the fucking ugliest peice of shit I've ever seen... I'd TOTALLY rock an old ratted out 'vette, but they fucking ruined that shit in a big way.

Me too.....something about a "bumper car" (typically I HATE the 69-72's any other way) all primered out with black primer and some mish-mosh crap here and there, but with nice wheels and a kickass motor just really appeals to me

What an abortion.

The wheels on the back of that POS looked sweet... very 'General Lee'... never was a fan of those stockers...