Thread: hot rod history ?

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The first Rat Rod I ever remember seeing was back around 1987... Used to be a guy who had a 46/48 Ford Coupe who used to attend almost every GoodGuys and NSRA event. Drove the car to each event and drove it around the fairgrounds the entire weekend. The car was slammed with steelies and everything else was aged and rusted, but the car had tons of attitude. I think most refered to it as a "Beater"... Building a "Beater" became the "in thing" to do in the late 80's and early to mid 90's and was considered a way to stick it to the "Show Car" Crowd, don't rmember it being so contriversial though! I always like the idea of a rod with attitude that you could drive and not worry about door dings and scraping over every bump. I also remember that was around the time calling your ride a "Show Car" started to become shamefull.

Don't know if that helps the thread, but that it how I remember it...

Dave