Won 1st place in Rat Rod Class

Originally posted by duallylayinbodyinTX



look my dad has been building cars since the 50s knew the barris brothers knew most of the big builders in the 50 and 60 my dad hate on me 4 calling them ratt rods but to todays rods they r ratts i dont have 100,000 in my 51 chevy but its a rod like back in the day the shirt i have the is made by KiK is i was old school before the bandwagon rolled by and i feel that it very true i was into pinstriping when i was 4 i had a greaser hair cut till i was 10 buck tail and all still think of myself as a greaser at heart if its not a ratt rod what is it todays "street rods and hot rods " have sso much money in them so why would u call ur old skool custom r ratt a street rod today alot of steet rods r tralier queens ok i had to get that shit off my chest ive been around more real rods and customs then alot of people that post in these fourms and i see nothing wrong if sumbody wants to call there 54chevy r there 49 ford r there 32 r 34 ford a ratt

REAL CARS dont shine

The terms street rod and hot rod have as much to do with money invested as gassers and taildraggers. Its not the money that went into something that makes it a street rod or a hot rod, its what the final product looks like.

I would also have to say that the term rat rod really needs to go away. 95% of the time people use it to describe well-built traditional cars that are patinaed. I myself believe that a rat rod describes so-called "death rods" that are poorly designed and built and would simply crumple at any speed of an impact.

blah, blah, blah, blah, blah... either way, the black truck shouldve won...sorry bro...

Im right there with J.R' s grandpa. I still race up at El Mirage and have been up there for the last 22 yrs. The rat rod turm is a new turm and most of the roders that I talk to dont like the term much. These are the guys that where around and racing up there before WWII, and still today.

^^^^^^^^^Clean ass truck^^^^^^^^^

Seth knows what's up!!!! you said everything that i was, haha. all the trendy people say "rat rod" but the die hard enthusiasts still call them hot rods and that is exactly what they are. you can tell who is a real fan of hot rods versus the people on the bandwagon just by the shit that they build.

in the beginning of hot rodding, the guys built with the budget they had and what they could find, which some of them looked like shit pretty much, and that's what a lot of people are doing these days.

heres my dads 32 ford 5 window built on a 55 chevy chassis the newest part is a 67 impala rear end but the car has been driven from beaumont to the other side of houston and back every year and to other shows but this was built back in the early 70s but its has parts from a 40 ford truck hood, but we have redid alot of it because rats ate up all the wiring but hes not scared to climb off in it and head out because it was built to drive and not to worry about bein keyed or what not but he took 2nd place at a rat rod show but he was beat by a all glass coupe that was built out of a kit

your competition got hosed

are those the panther juice?
not to many rat rods running those
cool truck though love the shifter

IT'S A BAD ASS CHEVY, EVEN WITH THE SHINY WHEELS, POST MORE PICTURES AFTER YOU SLAM THE HELL OUT OF IT.

theres nothing rat rod about it, its a barn beater with nice wheels, but you certainly dont have dubs on a rat rod, theres no chop top suicide doors or even massive shifter