Im gonna ramble a little, im feeling philosophical today ,and i started thinking about this whole rat rod issue, and started wondering has in the history of hot rodding ,has any other fad evoked as much contoversy and anger as this one? Ive been reading some threads on a few dfferent forums ,and its got me wondering about all this, and ive came to some realizations, and questions, ive realized that nobody can come up with a common definition on where it started or what it really is/ what makes a rat rod, yet somehow a movement has surfaced that nobody seems to be able to explain, not even the rat rodders, ive also realized that my explaination that i posted was apparently wrong, cause i have not been able to find another with the same veiw on how it started, and with no basis for a movement or scene how can it really exsist, or cause so much trouble, has the introduction of other styles or fads ever had this affect on the hot rod world? did the rod comunity freak in the late 70`s when all the pastel streetrods surfaced in the 80`s, or in the 90`s when the billet movement started? Im not trying to stir up trouble, so please do not turn this thread into an argument, if it deos go that way please pull it from the forum, i just want to hear theories and memories of the things you guys have gathered along the way, and how this scene might have came about, i want no critisism or saying others are wrong, i just want a little philosophic disscution


thanks, john