Thread: question about a 30's rat rod

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I think the idea is ........ if you walked into a room full of strangers and the first words out of your mouth were negative toward the room full of strangers, how do you suppose the room full of strangers would accept you.

It doesn't take that much effort to make a point in a respectful way. If someone pops their cork and gets all bent out of shape, I tend to dismiss their comments from that point on. Some people just like to argue for the sake of arguing. They wouldn't admit the sky is blue on a clear day in the country. Why waste my time at that point.
Just treat people the way you would like them to treat you and you'll be surprised how pleasant they become. It's human nature.
Before you hit the send button, read your post as though it was being directed back at you.
If it looks fine I bet you won't get any negative feedback.........unless of course somebody out there has an "Attitude".

hey batouttahell these guys are just here and posting to keep people from getting hurt and making the entire group of us look bad. because it only takes one person to mess up to make a stereo type and shut rodding events down for everybody.

Originally Posted by bigpun

hey batouttahell these guys are just here and posting to keep people from getting hurt and making the entire group of us look bad. because it only takes one person to mess up to make a stereo type and shut rodding events down for everybody.

Hey bigpun, wanna clean up and edit your post for language?

Thanks,

Don

yeah sorry about that.

Thanks, big guy.

Don

Nicely put pro, ive been trying to help keep good spirits up here, on the rat side of things, but every time i turn around people get defensive, i would like to keep these rat threads going, but if it keeps up i say shut em down , there more trouble than its worth

Sorry, I obviously don't belong here. I am going to go and start a Rat Rod forum. After searching the web, I have foud there is not really much out there. I don't see any one in here having any fun except the rat hater's.
Mr. 3 post

Originally Posted by BatOuttaHell

Sorry, I obviously don't belong here. I am going to go and start a Rat Rod forum. After searching the web, I have foud there is not really much out there. I don't see any one in here having any fun except the rat hater's.
Mr. 3 post

Make the car safe, make it drivable and have fun. that's all EVERYBODY here has been saying. not nocking rat rods.

theres nothing wrong with safe but its usally the comments with smiley faces thats the trouble , were just kidding , but who cares because theres a van full of kidds your gonna kill because your a rat rod guy not a guy with a nice shiney car because there perfectly safe and they couldnt kill any body. being mature can work both ways , ask i wont say it

Originally Posted by DennyW

OK, so you don't like my smilie faces. Not a problem. They are for showing expression as far as I know, and that's what I use them for. I try to stay happy. If you want to take them as any other way, feel free to do so. I tried to square things away with you before. What someone else does, it's not me. (no smilie face).

i wasnt directing it too you , i have no beef with any body here any more , your post just happened to above what i said. anyway this is the same crap as before . cant people just explain the car has to be safe without the sarcassing some people dont understand why there being attacked and they take it personal IMO

Originally Posted by BatOuttaHell

Sorry, I obviously don't belong here. I am going to go and start a Rat Rod forum. After searching the web, I have foud there is not really much out there. I don't see any one in here having any fun except the rat hater's.
Mr. 3 post

Bat: I mean this post to be totally positive, and I hope you take it that way.

Here is the problem. In of itself, there is nothing wrong with a rat rod or a rat rodder. I, and a lot of other guys on here have said how much we can appreciate the creativity and refreshing styles some of them exhibit. HOTRODPAINT did a thread awhile back, where he came right out and said what he liked about rat rods, and he requested that that thread remain positive and not deteriorate into a bashing of them. And for the most part, it didn't, and many very nice comments were made supporting them.

The cars I grew up with in the '50's actually looked a lot like what rat rodders are trying to recreate today. Maybe in some places like California the hot rods were all chromed and shiny, but not in my neighborhood. We primered them with Sears vacuum cleaners (every vacuum in the '50's came with several attachments, and one of them was a spray gun !!) We cut coils to get them low, we swapped in engines with cobbled up motor mounts, and did the best we knew how, but the cars were still pretty crude, for the most part.

So we don't have a problem with rat rods per se, but we simply have to have a problem with ANY car that is put on the road in an unsafe condition. We can't change that, and we won't change that. To think any other way is irresponsible and reckless. So, if you choose to come on this forum and support cars that are on the edge styling-wise, but still constructed so that they can be operated on the streets safely, then there is no reason for you to leave. But, if you adopt the attitude of SOME rat rodders (not all, but some) that you don't give a d*** about what anyone else thinks, and you are going to do whatever you want, then yes, you will have a problem getting along with the others on here.

We love to gain members, and are not an exclusive club. We welcome anyone, male or female, who loves cars and wants to learn and teach others. We are not out to exclude anyone from membership here, but this is like any other group of people, some will fit in and some will not. That is just a fact of life. I, for one, hope you stay and contribute.

Don

Ok I'm going to try to explain why I no longer enter or even attend cars shows for that matter. A year or so ago when I lived up in the Dakota one of my cars at that time was a 32' coupe that was still in primer. Everything on it was for the most part top notch but because it was not all nice and shiny and still had a little body work left to be done, it was put down and called a pile of c@*p by certain people. A few months later I entered the same car only this time it was all straight and shiny. Nothing else different just some shiny paint. The very same guy who was putting this car down just a month earlier was now damn near crawling up my a$$ telling me how much he liked it.
It's these guys who look down their noses at anything that doesn't fit thier little narrow view of what a car should look like that has completely turned me away from sharing anything I have built or will build. From my experence I have never had a rat rodder give me an attitude. It has only come from the so called street rodders with their $100k billet barges. It almost makes me ashamed that I have a nice car. Guess that's why I favor my primered, unsafe because it's not shiney, car or truck.
Just my .02, take or leave it.