My ex wife was a james dean nut, if there was a product ,we had it, every book ever writen we had and i read ,thats why i stated the fact he was not as cool as people think, the thing that always has annoyed is his link to hot rodding, he was a nerdy,preppy kid, as far as i can recall he cared less about cars than anything, he didnt get into racing until right before got ran over, imo thats what he gets for buying a bad ass little roadster that he could not yet handle, and as far as rat rods go ,just because your starting out, doesnt give you a right to build a unsafe car, dont get me wrong i love the so called rat rods, hell i drive one, but i also know my limitations, thats why i havnt built a car with a straight axle yet , im not completely sure how the whole thing works, it looks pretty simple but like you guys have pointed out in numurous posts, its the small things uneducated people do wrong, plus you have all the copy cats trying to cash in on a popular trend, making shitty cars and giving the true believers a bad rep