Why would anyone do this to a new car?

[bobthehobbyguy]

This has to be the dumbest idea I've seen. Why in the world would you trash a new car just so they could call it a rat rod?

 

http://www.hotrod.com/news/brand-new-150000-camaro-rat-rod/

[StevenGuthmiller]

$150,000.00!?

Not in this lifetime!

 

Steve

[1972coronet]

I am more-than over the whole Rat Rod plague ! People --mostly hipster sheep-- will take any-thing to its reductio ad absurdium and then some . Any vehicle that's purposely been "patina'ed" and/or been gifted with a flat or satin black "paint job" is nothing more than a pile of _________ in my mind .

If those more-dollars-than-brains cretins wanted a new(er) Camaro to look like a piece of junk , then why didn't they actually yank one from the junk yard and go to town on it ??? Attention whores !

Edited January 11, 2016 by 1972coronet
misspellings ...

[1930fordpickup]

A Camaro guy enough said. 

Edited January 11, 2016 by 1930fordpickup

[slusher]

His money but I just don't agree with choice...

[kenb]

I surely don't see $150,000 there. I don't mind an old primered car or a little bit of patina as they call it. But this car isn't a rat rod. He just ruined a new car in my opinion.  Ken

[disabled modeler]

I like some of the rat rods but....this is just a waste.

[Cpt Tuttle]

To me, this doesn't matter at all, GM is cranking out loads of new Camaros everyday and all that's needed to replace a "wasted" one is money.

Maybe not my taste but then I'm not the one that will be driving it.

To me, it is more of a waste to take some vintage tin that has survived well into our ages and make it look like junk on purpouse.

(Cars with real patina is nothing that I have anything against though.)

[ChrisBcritter]

Clicked on the link and found out it came from Jalopnik; clicked on that and saw David Bowie had just died. Talk about going from sad to really sad...

[louie]

I am more-than over the whole Rat Rod plague ! People --mostly hipster sheep-- will take any-thing to its reductio ad absurdium and then some . Any vehicle that's purposely been "patina'ed" and/or been gifted with a flat or satin black "paint job" is nothing more than a pile of _________ in my mind .

If those more-dollars-than-brains cretins wanted a new(er) Camaro to look like a piece of junk , then why didn't they actually yank one from the junk yard and go to town on it ??? Attention whores !

you took the words right out of my mouth. But the sad part of this is another someone with more money than brains will come along and buy it. Everything has a price even that pile.

Thanks.       Jeff 

[OneTrickPony]

Brain damage?

[espo]

This is what happens when you have more dollars than sense. A real shame.

[Slomoslam]

I thought the whole idea of a rat rod was to be "low-buck", you use what's at your disposal and make it work. When did $150,000 become low buck?

[FordRodnKustom]

I'm thinking a lot of that 150k went into the engine and mechanicals. The car was built for the 2010 Power Tour.

"Starting with a GM Performance Parts block bored and stroked to 485 cubic inches, the gang ordered up special heads, exhaust and cams, topped with a Bell supercharger that makes the unit good for at least 1,000 hp. " (from Jalopnik).

The distressed "look" is just paint work... nothing a good respray can't fix.

[Harry P.]

There's no accounting for taste. As long as they're spending their own money and not mine, I say more power to 'em.

[Badluck 13]

A Camaro guy enough said. 

 Jussssss what I was thinkin'...........

[Quick GMC]

I'm thinking a lot of that 150k went into the engine and mechanicals. The car was built for the 2010 Power Tour.

"Starting with a GM Performance Parts block bored and stroked to 485 cubic inches, the gang ordered up special heads, exhaust and cams, topped with a Bell supercharger that makes the unit good for at least 1,000 hp. " (from Jalopnik).

The distressed "look" is just paint work... nothing a good respray can't fix.

They salted the metal to ensure rust started and they kicked dents in the car

[Sixties Sam]

The article said they wanted to make something no one would expect. Mission accomplished! But it seems stupid to me.

Sam

[Mr mopar]

I see more and more of this being done to new cars ,I personally don't like it . What gets me is guy's taking a new Challenger and painting flat black or BMW 's that way too , what a waste.

Edited January 11, 2016 by Mr mopar

[Danno]

Mo Rons.

[pharoah]

What-no wide whitewalls and spiky things?

[Erik Smith]

"Why would anyone do this to a new car?"

So people post about it and ask "why would anyone do this to a new car".  A shiny 2010 Camaro is boring. Nobody would really care. This car gets attention, which is what the owner and builder want. 

[Roadrunner]

I surely don't see $150,000 there. I don't mind an old primered car or a little bit of patina as they call it. But this car isn't a rat rod. He just ruined a new car in my opinion.  Ken

I couldn't agree more.

[Quick GMC]

I surely don't see $150,000 there. I don't mind an old primered car or a little bit of patina as they call it. But this car isn't a rat rod. He just ruined a new car in my opinion.  Ken

I'm assuming that includes the cost of a car. That engine could easily be $50k or more, the car $50k+. I think you're right, I don't see $150k there. 

"because nobody had the balls to do it".

I think maybe be cause nobody had the mental deficiency to do it, is more accurate. 

[ProStreetOnTheStrip]

I think its awesome, plus he put his own money, and his own time. I would do the same with a new Challenger (hellcat too, even), or a new gt350 'stang... its all just Personal Preference.