Bob Holton

I must have been bhind the door whan this term came about. What the heck is a rat rod? a small fast car for rats to drive? or something.

Siraniko

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you have likely traveled into the fourth-dimensional space known as the Twilight Zone.

Whizbang

i thought that was

WAL-MART

Whizbang

honestly i sorta know but i cant really describe it. maybe because i just woke up...did you try the shotgun style of searching that is google?

Feds

A rat rod is a 30's-40's style rod that is, esentially, not finished. Primered or mis-matched panels, rust maybe, welds not ground down. Most importantly: NO BILLET!!!!!!! Just a throw-it-together-and-drive-it style car.

See what Jalopnik has to say...

http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/custom-...rod-033828.php

Zyrano

Yup, the other part of it is a culture, if you attend a rat rod event, a lot of the people are going to be dress in like a 50s? fashion (all of this is way before my time, I'm only 24), but most of it are really rough hot rods, rust and all, to replicate a car guys period when car guys were not rich and all they wanted was to get together something that runs.

Alvin

smnc

Rat rods are mongrel Hot Rods built out of spare parts and designed to drive fast, with no compromises fdor looks or comfort.

MakoVai

Sometime BBC are called rat rods as well. I've had peeps call this a rat rod.

82streetracer

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Honestly, I think a lot of first gen sevens could be considered "rat-rods"

I would consider my car a rat rod, except that I have a billet alluminum FPR and BOV, so im out.

rxtasy3

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hmmmm, sounds like mine

clean85owner

Photo illustration time:

Metallic_rock

rat rod = OLD style car with big engine and primered outside. That's it.

797

the guys who had rat rods had one thing in mind, and that was to go fast. They were the guys who made drag racing what it is today, and they didnt have much money to spend

skrewloose78

yeah pick up a copy of a ol skool rodz magazine. http://www.olskoolrodz.com/

its a very cool grassroots based culture.

smnc

A bit pretty fo a Rat Rod, no?