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01-12-2010 07:15 PM #1
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Rat Rodding
Just a little some thing I thought I would share.
Back in the day you did what was needed to get your car running. I am not that old (44) but I remember having to rig up my leakly exhaust with a soup can and band clamps to get by. That is old school rat rodding!!!
Tool box essentials: duck tape, a pair of screwdrivers, pliers, crescent wrench and a hammer and we are all set for emergency repairs!
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01-13-2010 09:50 AM #2
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RJ,
So right. My first "Rod" was a 35 ford 4 door with a souped up flat head (in 1961). I cobbed it up with what I had and my tool box was as you described.
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01-13-2010 03:37 PM #3
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Im older than you so my tool kit had bailing wire (duct tape had not been invented yet) but the rest of the tools were as yours were.
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01-13-2010 04:22 PM #4
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there is a difference between getting by how you can and taking something whole and un building. it. as long as they are safe, then I think they are a lefitimit rod but some of them are basically for shock value and not really drivable
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01-14-2010 10:23 AM #5
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Duct tape is like the Force it has a light side , a dark side, and holds the universe together.All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
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01-15-2010 02:43 PM #6
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The more modern version of your bailing wire was the good old metal coat hanger
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01-15-2010 07:19 PM #7
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And if I ever meet the guy who invented Vice Grips I am going to buy that man a drink!
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01-16-2010 08:52 PM #8
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No, No, No. The metal coat hanger was for welding up your exhaust pipe, or the pinhole in the valve cover that seemed to leak whenever it wanted to.
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