Thread: Rat Rod Rules

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Alright guys i thought we all agreed to disagree on this subject, we already know how this topic always turns out, its a no win situation for all parties involved, so lets get back to the tech stuff and stop with the rat/trailer wars, and just for the record, even when im rich i still would not drive a boyd car, i will however buy a mint duesenburg and chop, channel and section it, boy i can see the cringing already

A couple of things and I will shut -up.
#1 It takes absolutly no money to do a good job.
#2 It takes absolutly no money to block sand for hours on end to make the ride laser straight.
What it does take is hard work and lots of time and lots of patience and comitment to make it look nice.I have way less than 3 grand in this ride and will drive it some to shake it down before the hours of block sanding begin to make it look nice.With eveything done and looking nice I hope to be at about 4000 - 4500 max ! Here is how I will drive it to shake it down{see pic}.Click on the camera next to my name and look at my pics,all it takes is hard work ,like all other things in life.
I could have driven it when I bought it if I wanted rusty crusty and thats allright too,.{Whatever you like is ok with me}..but I would not knock anyones elses ride if mine was crusty and primered ,its just not right.Nobody here knocks anyone else for a primered or ruff bodied ride or small engine.The only thing anyone has issues with is SAFETY .Whether its a 100,000 dollar ride or a 1000 dollar ride is beside the point,unsafe is unsafe period,you just do not see alot of 30,000 dollar cars that are unsafe, soo it looks like everyone is down on rats because these safety issues show up more here than on most rides.

Do like you want and have fun whether its a show car or a rat, just do not put someone down for styling you may not care for and they will not put you down for your taste,they may not like it ,but thats a opinion and thats ok delivered in the proper way.When you post here to let the world see what your doing and most people say its unsafe you need to come to reality that it is probably true and not the best thing to do,I am sure my old car that I had to beat the tie rod ends back on if I turned too quickly was unsafe,you could not tell me anything when I was young,but...when I bounced off the telephone pole from the tie rod end coming off it put a large goose egg on my ego, I started to stop and listen to what the majority said and found they were right.I will not listen to the majoity on the music I like and the clothes I like and my take on life.But when 100 people tell you its unsafe you really need to look at what you are doing and ask yourself ,is it unsafe and why would all these people tell me it was unsafe if it was not?

This hobby is not about conformity its all about personal exspression in ones work and style and rats are just another style you may or may not like along with show cars /dragsters/prostreet/low rider/donk and about a 100 different variations of that theme.From my rusty hulk to Chip fooses million dollar cars they are just personal exspressions of that persons vision and may or may not be liked by others.

Do you guys remember in school/military when someone would mess up it affected everyone .When a safety issue arises whether it be on chip fooses car or a rat and the part fails and lets the car get out of controll goes in the other lane and injures a celebrity or politician or someone rich and they make a stink about it ,we will all have to be restricted or penalized in some way to make everyone happy if the media gets hold of it and causes a stink.You may think you are way back in the stix or nobody is going to be in danger from it but you and thats just not the case anymore in a world with the internet and sattelites and global media.I will give an example,farmers kid in middle town nowhere improperly modifies ride and kills Monica Lewinski in fatal crash.Before you can blink even the little arab huddled down in his hut in iraq just heard it thru aljezzera tv along with every other country in the world in 24 hours or less.

Do what you like ,how you like ,but...do it safe and return to do it again if its fun!!!!!