rat rod
yeah i was watching the american hot rod marathon yesterday. any boyd coddington questions ? let me stop you right there. yes, he dyes his beard.
"They are throw-back hot rods to the ones made in the late 40s to mid 50s. They can be painted primer but the best ones are not painted, the rustier the body the better, and vintage bullet holes and rust holes are the best of all worlds. A piece of galvanized steel screwed to the top with sheet metal screws is preferred if it is a coupe. There is NO interior, including floorboards and the only upholstery allowed is a Mexican blanket. 8-ball or skull shift nob is required. Wiring harness with twisted and taped connections hanging below the dash is a must. There MUST be some rusty bailing wire holding something on the body.
Suspension is totally rusty and joints must be built up with vintage cracked, hard grease. Must have a banjo rear end, STOCK I-beam front end (Mor-Drop heated and lowered axle is fine, after-market billet piece is definitely a NO-NO) and transverse springs. Also suspension must be modified for much lower stance and must have some globby, poorly done very rusty welds on critical components. Engines must have original faded factory paint and vintage oil runs. Flatheads, Chevy 6s, 50s Olds, Pontiac, Buick, Caddy, Lincolns, and even hemis are the proper engine choices. All aluminum like valve covers and intake manifolds must be oxidized and pitted. Tires MUST be old whitewalls, pie-crust slicks on the rear.
The appearance must be of a piece of trash death trap holding a monster engine. Go fast, all else is secondary!
At rod runs they always park in a group in a far corner of the show."
43 bids and the twenty thousand dollar reserve has finally been met and theres three hours to go. yee haw this rat rod is finding a new home. i love this car!
sold!
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- bill 11-27-2004 6:49 am
yeah i was watching the american hot rod marathon yesterday. any boyd coddington questions ? let me stop you right there. yes, he dyes his beard.
- bill 11-27-2004 9:41 pm [add a comment]
"They are throw-back hot rods to the ones made in the late 40s to mid 50s. They can be painted primer but the best ones are not painted, the rustier the body the better, and vintage bullet holes and rust holes are the best of all worlds. A piece of galvanized steel screwed to the top with sheet metal screws is preferred if it is a coupe. There is NO interior, including floorboards and the only upholstery allowed is a Mexican blanket. 8-ball or skull shift nob is required. Wiring harness with twisted and taped connections hanging below the dash is a must. There MUST be some rusty bailing wire holding something on the body.
Suspension is totally rusty and joints must be built up with vintage cracked, hard grease. Must have a banjo rear end, STOCK I-beam front end (Mor-Drop heated and lowered axle is fine, after-market billet piece is definitely a NO-NO) and transverse springs. Also suspension must be modified for much lower stance and must have some globby, poorly done very rusty welds on critical components. Engines must have original faded factory paint and vintage oil runs. Flatheads, Chevy 6s, 50s Olds, Pontiac, Buick, Caddy, Lincolns, and even hemis are the proper engine choices. All aluminum like valve covers and intake manifolds must be oxidized and pitted. Tires MUST be old whitewalls, pie-crust slicks on the rear.
The appearance must be of a piece of trash death trap holding a monster engine. Go fast, all else is secondary!
At rod runs they always park in a group in a far corner of the show."
- bill 11-29-2004 2:44 am [add a comment]
43 bids and the twenty thousand dollar reserve has finally been met and theres three hours to go. yee haw this rat rod is finding a new home. i love this car!
- bill 12-03-2004 8:14 pm [add a comment]
sold!
- bill 12-05-2004 2:54 am [add a comment]