Pat Minarick Posted January 3, 2016 Author Posted January 3, 2016 Some color for the interior. These are printed on real cloth. Very nice. I want one!
Pat Minarick Posted January 10, 2016 Author Posted January 10, 2016 Playing around with ideas. I like it. Maybe a bigger tire or duals, thats a lot of motor.
otherunicorn Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 I like it. Maybe a bigger tire or duals, thats a lot of motor.I was tossing up whether to use truck wheels/tyres. The other side of the argument is that rat rods are mostly impractical.
ProStreetOnTheStrip Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 Count me in with my "Crazy Chum Bucket" T-bucketOh and also is it ok if this is also in the primer rods CB?
Jantrix Posted April 28, 2016 Posted April 28, 2016 Hey I'd like to give this one a bump and see if we can relight the fires on this one. I've got another rat in the works.
Pat Minarick Posted April 28, 2016 Author Posted April 28, 2016 Thank Rob ,planning on getting back to the 'Cuda soon.
Petetrucker07 Posted May 8, 2016 Posted May 8, 2016 I need to get going on my Pete. I haven't touched in months. I have everything I need for it, except motivation.
Intmd8r Posted May 17, 2016 Posted May 17, 2016 I'm assuming that this community build is still open for new participants? is there a restriction on entries? I have a few ideas
MeatMan Posted May 18, 2016 Posted May 18, 2016 I hope so. I have so many irons in the fire I haven't updated lately but I like the CBP. Maybe you can light a fire Steve.
Pat Minarick Posted May 18, 2016 Author Posted May 18, 2016 I'm assuming that this community build is still open for new participants? is there a restriction on entries? I have a few ideas You can join anytime, your can post old Ratrod builds too.
CFMgarage Posted May 18, 2016 Posted May 18, 2016 I'd like to join in with a Tamiya Mazda Miata...gonna be a Miata chassis, exoskeleton frame, V8...I'll post a pic ASAP of the starting "materials"
Jantrix Posted May 19, 2016 Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) Hey guys, I've got a new idea. I'm gonna drag some kits out tomorrow and see how how everything fits. I think I'm going to combine a couple of builds that I've lost interest in and come up with something new. More soon. Edited May 20, 2016 by Jantrix
otherunicorn Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) Progress is slow, but not stalled. Edited May 20, 2016 by otherunicorn
JTalmage Posted May 20, 2016 Posted May 20, 2016 I'll eventually put something together... but it's not high on the priority list, and I have a ton going on at the moment. Definitely still interested though!
Intmd8r Posted May 25, 2016 Posted May 25, 2016 (edited) For my first entry, I'm going to use a Jimmy Flintstone Chopped Model A body on the Revell '31 Ford Sedan chassis. I'll be addding parts from my pasts box along the way. The engine will be a flathead parts bash. Not sure yet about the final color, flat red maybe...... Edited May 25, 2016 by Intmd8r
Intmd8r Posted May 30, 2016 Posted May 30, 2016 (edited) Got a little more done over the weekend.... Got some body work done. Roof cut open, louvered trunk grafted on, body in primer... Another mock up.... Should be done this week! Just a little more work to be done Edited May 30, 2016 by Intmd8r
Intmd8r Posted May 30, 2016 Posted May 30, 2016 Thanks - having great fun building some 'Rods lately. Lots of opportunities to mix & match parts and be creative. There are no wrong ways to build a Hot Rod.
Ace-Garageguy Posted May 30, 2016 Posted May 30, 2016 (edited) I have a couple of possibles that might get done as rats...but I HATE the term being applied to a well-thought-out, well-constructed car. A "rat" to me is usually rusty junk, poorly engineered, with nasty fabrication and minimal, often unsafe functionality. A well-constructed car, even if it has wild proportions and is intended to be intimidating and anti-social, is STILL a traditional 'rod...to me. (Your opinion may vary) Cars like these were built in the post-war days, LONG before the term "rat rod" became the me-too me-too term it is today. Edited May 30, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy
Intmd8r Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 Here's the latest mock up: Still lots of work to be done....
curt raitz Posted June 2, 2016 Posted June 2, 2016 Just came across this thread...I have a rat rod to join in on the fun. I built this for the NNL West this year, "Rat Rods" was the 2nd theme for the show. I picked the glue-bomb up at Oakie Al's swap meet and model car contest in Merced, CA. The model brought home the "Hottest Hot Rod" award from the Model Car Contest at the Santa Maria Custom Car Show this past weekend
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