"Rat Rod" Truck Pics

[cayoterun]

Really like all these pics.
The unpainted rusty hodge-podge of parts trucks were what we called "Hotrods" in the '50s. If we had one of those, we were in hog-heaven.
All the old flatheads and 6-bangers bring back lots of memories.
Again, thanks,
Cayoterun

[cayoterun]

First Truck! 1928 Model A. Paid $50.00 for it in 1955, 15 yrs. old. Boy, was I proud. Only kid in neighborhood with wheels down in N/W Ark.

Cayoterun

[Joey~AP]

Im gettin the itch!

[robmrtnbb5]

nice ride cayote i was 14 when i got my first car that run that was back in 59 it was a 49 chevy bought it for $99 bucks that was moweing alot of yards back then much like this one i bough a few mounths ago

[robmrtnbb5]

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[63 & 64 Bowties]

that's a neat old Dodge your dad's got there bouncytruck. Slant 6 and all.

[robmrtnbb5]

oooops got on with shiny paint

[PanelDeland]

Here's a link to a couple I sent J to post the other night.The truck was pretty cool and so was the tudor but I think Asa and the boys would have loved it it was so "Worthless" it was almost useless.I don't have any specs on the tudor,except it was really low(maybe 2 in off the gound) and it had an Olds Rocket in it.The truck had a 2300 Pinto 4 banger in it.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...t=500&ppuser=1

[robmrtnbb5]

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[magsnubby]

That's one *****in' '67.

[robmrtnbb5]

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[robmrtnbb5]

tusday`s

[robmrtnbb5]

^^^ a couple for tim ^^^^^^^^

[special-K]

Let`em rip!I lost the tail light off of post #16.I guess it was made after lunchtime:


Wait!! Is that mount billet?Where`s the delete button!!!?

[OARNGESI]

Imagina all the cats that would follow you around

[T/C]

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[Tink]

Since someone brought this back up...

[Hottrucks]

I'm in 1st one is on the front lawn the 2nd it leaving to goto the lake for some testing and yes the slide in goes in it too

[dliving69]

Originally Posted by Tink

Since someone brought this back up...

Where can i get a pair of them rear rims you got?

[richards72chevy]

[Frank71]

Here is a few from the Superrun in Saskatoon this past summer.

[fryer1979]

Originally Posted by thirdstreettito

I know, we all hate that term, I hate it too. But is there another term?

Here's how I see it:

Rusty, flat paint, put together and made to run with parts on hand = HOT ROD

Shiny, clean, "finished", expensive fancy parts, built by shop = STREET ROD

That's how I see it anyway. I'm not a huge fan of the term Rat Rod, but I have to use it so much to get what I'm describing across to most people, I pretty much just gave in.

Mine is just a work in progress, I drive as I go, and she looks how she looks:


My Camaro has been in satin black since I got her on the road 12 years ago:


Neither of them really fit the normal "rat rod" criteria, but they are my hot rods!

[special-K]

Originally Posted by fryer1979

Here's how I see it:

Rusty, flat paint, put together and made to run with parts on hand = HOT ROD

Shiny, clean, "finished", expensive fancy parts, built by shop = STREET ROD

That's how I see it anyway. I'm not a huge fan of the term Rat Rod, but I have to use it so much to get what I'm describing across to most people, I pretty much just gave in.

Well,there's a lot more to it than that. There actually is such a thing as a rat rod,but most people misinterpret the term. A hot rod can have good paint and no rust and is fenderless because that was the first way they did it. There were only hot rods and customs in the beginning,so even a car with fenders could be a hot rod if it was all about going faster and not the stylized. Street rods came along once the cars got more refined and styles changed going into the late-60s. They were generally more refined and that's when more comfort and road ability started being built in. This all also came about due to the beginning of national clubs and runs being located around the country. Hot rods were for local bopping around and street rods could hit the hiway. Rat rods are a new thing where funky and ridiculous is the rule. People use things that would never be seen on a car,such as a thermos for radiator overflow,tuna can tail light housing,whatever artifact that will throw people off. It seems the exhaust has to be something crazy. They go way out of their way to use crazy things to create an almost cartoon like vehicle. Also,the rougher the body the better. A hulk found laying in the field is best. It comes from rat bikes that have been a crazy for years at bike events. Just road tattered machines held together with duct tape,tie wire,zip ties,etc and using house switches,plywood for running boards,automotive and hardware store parts,etc.
The new style for hot rods is a new interpretation of old school roots hot rods. Some are spot on,but most are built with a new twist never seen before. I can see how people can confuse their definition as rat rods. They are really more their own thing than rat rods or traditional hot rods. It's a new style within an old style. Like the car culture babes you see with '40s-'50s hair,'40s-'60s clothes,and 22nd century tattoos. They have nostalgic cues but are a new interpretation that is a now style.
Technically,neither of your cars are hot rods. Hot rod has been misused far more than rat rod for decades,yet no one ever complained. I agree it just became a term to identify any vehicle that's been performance modified. My Harley is a hot rod Harley because it has that same vibe as a true hot rod. All these bikes they call choppers are just custom bikes,not choppers. That first dump truck showed is a hot rod dump truck. What else ya gonna call it? It ain't stock. The term used for modified cars from the '60s and newer is street machine. Like that Charger in Fast & Furious. That can go back into earlier decades if the vehicle is built in the style of the late-60s and later era. Pro Touring is just a contemporary way of building a street machine,just as pro-street is. They are distinct styles of their own,yet street machine still defines what they are.

[fryer1979]

I do understand all the various categories and what makes a car fit into which ever one it does. When I look at those old hot rods that get called rat rods, all I see is a good old fashioned hot rod. That's all I really meant by what I said. To me, all of my cars are hot rods, because they are built by me, for me, with the things I either have on hand, or can find, or can scrape enough scratch together to pay for (usually second or third hand). It's just my personal interpretation is all. Thank you for the thought and reply though.
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[richards72chevy]

Alot of cars with old weathered paint get the term rat rod on them.