Just to be clear, I have no problem with rat rods - as long as someone else owns them. I have no real interest in them, would never build or own one, and they are not on my stopping list at a car show. Nostalgia or retro-rods are another issue. I like them, and wouldn't mind building one.

I really don't care who builds or owns a rat rod. Discuss 'em, build 'em, drive 'em . . . have fun. Everyone has something that flips their bic. Just don't tell me that was the way they were built "back in the day." By in large, that's just wrong. The percentage of rat rods in the hot rod population is probably a hundred times higher now than it was "back in the day."