What’s a Rat-Rod?

20th April 2008

DMCVB1 asked:


Rat staff Hot Rods on the Autorama Detroit.

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23 Comments »

  1. The guys who wanna go its kinda turned into trend to build em that if your purist get it paint it paint.

    Comment by aterribleone — April 21, 2008 @ 8:07 pm

  2. owning a rat rod is kinda like owning a beater. you dont want to go out and spend all kinds a frickin money on it cause your gonna kick the crap out of it.

    Comment by nug260 — April 22, 2008 @ 6:45 pm

  3. My truck hard one day showin off for him at the local jitny junior burned those old cheeta slicks real good jerked the clutch arm but drove it all the way home without the bearings out of crap 57 chevy door with 283 turbo.
    My buddy scott had piece of crap 57 chevy door with 283 turbo and yanked my truck hard one day showin off for him at the local jitny junior burned those old cheeta slicks real good jerked the bearings so could put them in later what duds we were.

    Comment by rpeek — April 25, 2008 @ 12:01 pm

  4. The stiffest clutch could buy and thunderbird rear end.

    Comment by rpeek — April 28, 2008 @ 8:06 pm

  5. It used to torque the frame so hard it’d jerk the clutch bell arm right out of the socket if I didn’t take it easy, but it’d still pull the front wheels off the ground at the local Dairy Queen, even when I was being gentle with it…. where I used to jump the speed bumps.. this was long before anyone ever thought of inventing “muscle cars….” yea, they’re hard to drive.. God love ‘em…

    Comment by rpeek — May 1, 2008 @ 2:12 pm

  6. I rather a have shit looking fast car than a show car that has no go.

    Comment by Petrolhead1984 — May 3, 2008 @ 7:10 am

  7. you know… if ur a farmer u probly dont hav a whole lot of money so if u dont u hav to get junkies(i like junkies)

    Comment by ilovemelife — May 3, 2008 @ 12:14 pm

  8. rat rods are fucking tight, ur face is a joke

    Comment by 68charger440 — May 4, 2008 @ 3:48 pm

  9. rat rods rule

    Comment by sturmluger — May 5, 2008 @ 10:50 pm

  10. rat rods are a joke. grow up and build something to the best of your ability.. not something that looks like crap.

    Comment by slasoda0378 — May 6, 2008 @ 5:16 am

  11. My first car.

    Comment by 235RB — May 8, 2008 @ 12:46 pm

  12. For the paint or scratching the paint or scratching the chrome grow up.

    Comment by therealcharliesafari — May 11, 2008 @ 7:38 am

  13. For the paint or scratching the good tin has now been made into 100000.
    For the original hot rod old cars were stripped down and bigger engines were put in by gis wanting to.

    Comment by therealcharliesafari — May 13, 2008 @ 9:31 pm

  14. smoke a joint

    Comment by whipthegoat — May 14, 2008 @ 6:19 pm

  15. go chug some drain-o

    Comment by whipthegoat — May 18, 2008 @ 2:28 pm

  16. My god shut up already im tired of reading your shit on every fucking video.

    Comment by whipthegoat — May 21, 2008 @ 12:59 am

  17. The automotive community unfortunately some people didnt get the automotive community unfortunately some people didnt get the biggest joke and started to make them they belong in just waste of good tin.

    Comment by wychez1 — May 24, 2008 @ 4:29 am

  18. the yuppie with the $100,000 hot rod going down stairs is gonna get his ass kicked lol

    Comment by nexus2l — May 25, 2008 @ 11:26 pm

  19. The street rodder with 50100k build gives fuck about ratrodhes goin down stairs to live.

    Comment by dickieflicks — May 28, 2008 @ 9:41 am

  20. It would’ve been easier if he had said, “Hot rods are well built, safe cars with a style and purpose, but don’t have to look pretty; whereas rat rods are unsafe deathtraps, lacking aesthetics, built by people who have no idea what a real hot rod is, and wanting to look ‘cool’ while wasting good tin.”

    Comment by jonnyhotrod1 — May 28, 2008 @ 12:43 pm

  21. The little kids and grandmas that dodge of yours scares.
    For you laughs think he was referring to the little kids and grandmas that dodge of yours scares.

    Comment by Alisterwolf66 — May 29, 2008 @ 8:50 pm

  22. The driving too and not building something youre afraid to touch cause it might leave fingerprint.

    Comment by BigLon — May 31, 2008 @ 3:06 am

  23. “pretty difficult to drive” hahahaha….pussy.

    Comment by scottbirdsall — May 31, 2008 @ 2:30 pm

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