Thread: Rat Rod Rules

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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

It's funny that no other person on this entire forum has to "defend" themselves. Doesn't that tell you something? How can all these other people get along and respect each other, but yet you are singled out?

Time to grow up Gasser T, and accept that maybe you were the source of the problems. I was one of the people who defended you in the beginning, if you remember, but even I gave up when it became apparent you liked the constant tension.

Chill out and you can enjoy this forum as much as the rest of us.

Don

why dont you take the time and read through the ratrod threads , i was the only guy that like ratrods. you no what im not here to start a fight i just thought it was funny that they were making comments about me still and how proud they are of it

actually thinking about the gas tank on front of this too 9just kidding)

Cool truck. Got any more pictures?

Don

Wow gasser T. Now thats what I call a chopped top.

as i recall i dont think the idea itself was critisized, it was the safety factor that was in question, the idea is unique, but not very safe, if youve ever noticed most pittman arms are fairly beefy, and hand brakes is plain suicidal

no amount of rationalizing could ever convince me that wrenches instead of a pitman arm is a good idea!!!!! I wouldn't want to be near it if all he did was drive it on and off the trailer......

I understand they arent safe to have on an everyday driver but for someone who wants to have just a stictly show ratrod then this would be cool for that. As for the hand brake that is just crazy, but I guess theres people that like that. I agree that the hand brake is very suicidal.

So now there are "show only" rat rods???? What do you do, trailer them to shows??


This must be kind of like those showcars in the '60's that had no pistons or guts in the transmissions, roll them off the trailer and push them into place, win your trophy and go home.

Funny how rat rods have evolved from a protest against showcar/trailer queens, and now have become that themselves.

Very confusing.


Don

Originally Posted by choptopratrod

Ok heres the deal Im not saying that I will personally have a show only car. What Im saying is that if your gonna do something stupid like using a wrench for a pitman arm then your car needs to be trailered. I still dont believe in trailerqueens because the cars werent built to ride in trailers. They were built to be driven so drive them. You know mine is still gonna be the protest against show car/trailerqueens. And as far as that goes Dave I take back my appology that I said. Im still gonna put down the trailer queens.

LOL, put down whatever you want, just don't do it until you've built something and would actually have real reasons to do it..... geez, still trying to think of what to build someday, and allready knocking the rest of us.......

In the meantime, I'll just keep hauling mine. This is the new one, should be here in January......

Nice trailer!!
Hey Dave you could always invite one of the rat rodders over to help you polish on yer ride before the show to better understand the trailer or let em help pay for the parts.

In my opinion a trailer is better than sittin in jail for assault when some inconsiderate fool door dings your brand new ,labor intensive ,very exspensive paint job right before the show. Unfortunatly most of the people who knock shiney parts or cars .....{A} can not afford them or .....{B} can not do that caliber of work and have had nothing nice before.

Unfortunatly most of the people who knock shiney parts or cars .....{A} can not afford them or .....{B} can not do that caliber of work and have had nothing nice before.[/QUOTE]

WOW, just WOW... i dont know if thats called for....

Originally Posted by shawnlee28

Nice trailer!!
Hey Dave you could always invite one of the rat rodders over to help you polish on yer ride before the show to better understand the trailer or let em help pay for the parts.

In my opinion a trailer is better than sittin in jail for assault when some inconsiderate fool door dings your brand new ,labor intensive ,very exspensive paint job right before the show. Unfortunatly most of the people who knock shiney parts or cars .....{A} can not afford them or .....{B} can not do that caliber of work and have had nothing nice before.

Thanks, should be a nice one. This one will be 32 footfloor length and triple axles, same exterior and door arrangement, though. Lots of nice storage over the fifth wheel, making some cabinets for it soon as my buddy Bart appropriates the stainless steel..... Probably the last one I will buy, so I'm going to make it a nice one.

Only thing I could add on what you said about people knocking show cars and trailers, better also add to the list those who don't have the ambition or patience to build one.... Otherwise it's fairly accurate IMO,,,

Originally Posted by choptopratrod

I understand they arent safe to have on an everyday driver but for someone who wants to have just a stictly show ratrod then this would be cool for that. As for the hand brake that is just crazy, but I guess theres people that like that. I agree that the hand brake is very suicidal.

The problem I have with the "show only" concept is that someone uninformed may look at it, think it's kewl, and go home and put it on his own driver...... As for a show only rat, I thought the idea of rats was to throw something together with parts on hand and drive it???? Not long ago I was being pounded for hauling a Hot Rod in my trailer, now it seems to be acceptable for a rat rod to be show only?????

Anyway, whether it is show only or some fool actually thinks a wrench will make a good pitman arm, I don't care if it's on a low bucks rat or a $200,000 concept car, IT'S A BAD IDEA, and conveys an inaccurate image of what works and what doesn't to the uninformed......

Originally Posted by choptopratrod

I understand they arent safe to have on an everyday driver but for someone who wants to have just a stictly show ratrod then this would be cool for that. As for the hand brake that is just crazy, but I guess theres people that like that. I agree that the hand brake is very suicidal.

but the fact is, that car was not show only, it was driven, and it was sold on ebay as being road legal. when the cobbled wrench pitman arm fails, sombody will die or get seriously injured, that is a problem. specially when that fault makes all hotrodders look bad, weather it be sombody with a 100K show car, or the guy with the Rat rod ( not ment in a bad way ), there all going to look bad from it.

The first question you should ask yourself when putting ANY questionable part on yours or somebodies elses car is "Is this safe?".

Safety is rule #1.

I can see how using a wrench for a pitman arm would be unique and cool, but if its some crappy $3 chinese wrench, id reconsider installing it as one of the most vital parts of your car.