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Several ran quickies that have seen plenty of use on midwest dirt tracks. Sorry. It's pulling up the wrong picture and it won't let me delete it..

Some trucks.
In the left side of this picture just over the hood of that black primered truck sitting on it's boards you can see a primered blue and white fender. That is a rat rod 57 T-Bird. I missed getting a pic of it.

A couple more.

How would you get in this?

Tis one's pretty nice.

Let's try the quickie again.

2 more.

55 gasser.

Last one. 40 Ford gasser.

here's a shot of my 53 Studebaker of mine.It became mine back in the 70's when my dad removed the 305 2x4 400ph motor to put in his 55 Stude vintage racer.I helped him rebuild the car and due to my efforts as a 10-12 yr old I was granted the car.It then recieved a 289 Stude 62 or 63 r-1 motor.1st level factory performance option motor package(cam and carb).I plan on giving it some headers and maybe a 3x2 set-up for looks or maybe a paxton supercharger (R-2 package) (R-3=2x4) and (R-4 was a 2 paxtons 2x4 set-up that really showed out on "The Lake" in Utah under the hood of an Avanti,records still stand I do beleive).Anyway, my cars got the R-1, 3sp column, fins from a 58 Stude Hawk, www tires red rims may go with Spiders later on. Lake sides will go on,and after that I will probably go with the red oxide primer with gloss black flames http://www.picturevillage.com/photo/...55_p270892.jpg

Here's what it's gonna look like after I spray on the primer and flames.http://www.picturevillage.com/photo/...55_p273400.jpg Jus' a li'l somethin' I threw together.

Im like alot of other rodders here as well I dont like the term Rat Rod, but sorry to say it try looking up stuff for a period correct hot rod, then look up Rat Rod. Rat Rod comes up with a ton more finds.

I am building a 1923 Dodge roadster with a 24 Red Ram Hemi in it. I think it will be pretty cool. I by no means have a ton of money - Im in the Army. But its cool to me and thats all that matters. Hell Im only 30 years old. So I have no clue if anyone even used early hemis in old hot rods. But you know what I think it will be kool. I also have a 1950 Pontiac Im building to, and Im keeping the inline 8.

http://home.covad.net/~jmaechtlen/


I stumbled by the Moon shop a few months back when they were having a sale/event/gathering. Lots of rats, some nice customs, assorted.

cheers
Jay

Painted mine this weekend. Does this count as a rat rod? It is flat black, and it has a skull grille. . . .

Originally posted by 72gtojudge
......... It's the lack of creativity (off the shelf unmodified fiberglass bodies, 350 engines, boring paint jobs) that rat rodders don't like,.........................

I dont hink mine is boring or un-creative. I was going to paint it primer black. But then "Everybody" is doing it now.
Kind of like when I was in High School. Everybody was a wanna be hippie. So I decided I was going to go against the grain and cut my hair. I just don't like doing what everybody else does. And now everybody is going primer, so . . . . . .