Thread: Ideas on rat work and anyone seen this rat on Overhauling overtime?

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Did you mean the roadster that your link shows when you click on it???? If so, hardly a rat rod with the chrome axle, super nice suspension and pretty paint. A very nice car. If that is the trend in rat rods, I sure do like the direction rat rods are heading!!!!!

Paul
That car belongs to one of our club members here in Long Beach Ca.
Rod and Custom did a 2 part artical on the build 1st part was in the Nov. issue

MM64

www.rgkustoms.com

Saw that episode of Overhaulin... Possibly my personal favorite... Chip Foose and Rat Rod don't even belong in the same sentence!!!

Welcome to CHR...

Dave Brisco

Hi Paul, Welcome to the forum. No, you aren't doing anything wrong other than using the wrong terminlogy to describe what you want to build. We have discussed this problem before on here. The words "rat rod" are starting to replace the correct term which is "hot rod." A rat rod is one of the usually rusty, poorly constructed cars that the builders somehow feel represent what grass root hot rods are. Most hot rodders see the term as offensive, especially when someone refers to your car that way.

The rod you are referring to is a Chip Foose hot rod, and is undoubtedly very high dollar........Chip doesn't work for peanuts.

So, just start referring to these cars as hot rods, and you will be in the right ballpark. Just thought you should know.


Don