Hot Rod or Rat Rod just curious on first glance opinion.

workin class · FINCH, ONT

Hot Rod or Rat Rod just curious on first glance opinion.

fatchuk · ST MARYS, ONTARIO

one mans hot-rod is another mans rat-rod..and really what difference does it make as long as it's safe and your having fun with it and it's fits your budget..enjoy the journey..and vote Conservative..

Flatduck · ONTARIO

for myself it looks more like a pretty good part truck ................but i already got way to many projects, i don t want any more of them

MANCAVER · info@mancavestuff.ca

It's a ratrod.

Flatduck · ONTARIO

and it s way to much money .

hemi43 · ONTARIO

Safety aside, IMO a rat rod is a vehicle made from different pieces where fit and finish is not important and just the basic components needed to make it a working car.
A hot rod will have some comforts like wipers, stereo and will be built with more attention to detail.

janies dirty 37 · SOUTH RIVER, ONT

fatchuk wrote:
one mans hot-rod is another mans rat-rod..and really what difference does it make as long as it's safe and your having fun with it and it's fits your budget..enjoy the journey..and vote Conservative..

X2 smile

workin class · FINCH, ONT

I have two friends with this kind of build. One is insulted when others call his build a rat rod. The second calls his a rat rod. Would you take offence to others opinions to your build?

hemi43 · ONTARIO

workin class wrote:
I have two friends with this kind of build. One is insulted when others call his build a rat rod. The second calls his a rat rod. Would you take offence to others opinions to your build?

I built my car to suit my taste. If I wanted to please the masses I would have built a 32 Ford with a Chev 350.

Fordy Acres Car Farm · DORCHESTER, ONT

hemi43 wrote:
workin class wrote:
I have two friends with this kind of build. One is insulted when others call his build a rat rod. The second calls his a rat rod. Would you take offence to others opinions to your build?
I built my car to suit my taste. If I wanted to please the masses I would have built a 32 Ford with a Chev 350.

Now I know I'm not the masses, I like your hot rod better than I would a '32 with a SBC!

427CARL · CLINTON, ONT

if your asking for opinions I would say it was a 6000.00 Rat Rod I like it

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Date Listed	06-May-14
Price	$12,000.00
Address	Essex, ON, Canada View map

Make	Ford
Model	Other
For Sale By	Owner
Body Type	Other
Year	1950
Colour	Black
Kilometers	5000
Fuel Type	Gasoline

4 speed manual rebuilt
305 HO Chev
1950 Ford chassis/cab
Straight axle rebuilt
Front Disc brake conversion kit
8.8 Ford rear end
Z-notch frame
This is a RAT rod!

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Sacotu · COBOURG, ONT

concur Carl. didn't know you could use a left handed adjustable spanner as a door handle on a hot rod. who knew.

sasquatch · NORTH BAY, ONT

That steering wheel must be fun going around corners!! LOl

oldkoot · BROCKVILLE, ONT

Better quality rat rod, even has Walmart carpet yawn yawn yawn

Chris Stapley · CAMPBELLFORD, ONT

Yup,definite ratrod!

poncho62 · ADMINISTRATOR

Hard to say......Seems to have some of the rat rod cliche's .......the spider webs and the bullet holes are missing....the street signs for floor boards may be under the carpet?

Fordy Acres Car Farm · DORCHESTER, ONT

This couldn't be an easier question! It is quoted right in the ad! "This is a RAT rod!" (quote was copy and pasted directly from the ad)
My answer: Rat Rod.

wuga · PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, ONT

Why not just post it on the HAMB, they know everything and they won't be shy about telling you.

Warren

Bob T · BRANTFORD, ONT

On the HAMB it's a rat rod but has better worksmanship than most of them. The HAMB wouldn't consider it 'Traditional '

Iwannagofast · ONTARIO

Fugly

JohnnyBgood · ST CATHARINES, ONT

Iwannagofast wrote:
Fugly

Yup

flatblack55delivery · PORT HOPE, ONT

Why Fugly? I thought rods were built to the individuals taste,but evidently there are unwritten "rules". This rod is lowered,OK,open engine,OK,track style exhaust,Ok,moondisks,OK. It has personal touches but not over done in the addon stuff. So far a so called traditional build.Where does it head into the fugly class. Well for me its the grill,headlight treetment. The "rules" state the grill and headlights should not be ahead of the front wheels,otherwise it looks bucktoothed to me . Rat rods came about as a screw you to the Foose and Coddington billet builds. This one seems to fit into that catigory perfictly. Ed

Any body got any unwritten "Rules". Ed

hotrod-steve · PORT ROWAN, ONT

Just wait till someone gets killed in one of these cobbled up " rat rods". That will give the Ont gov. a reason to legislate us ALL off the road . That's what worries me.

JohnnyBgood · ST CATHARINES, ONT

flatblack55delivery wrote:
Why Fugly? I thought rods were built to the individuals taste,but evidently there are unwritten "rules". This rod is lowered,OK,open engine,OK,track style exhaust,Ok,moondisks,OK. It has personal touches but not over done in the addon stuff. So far a so called traditional build.Where does it head into the fugly class. Well for me its the grill,headlight treetment. The "rules" state the grill and headlights should not be ahead of the front wheels,otherwise it looks bucktoothed to me . Rat rods came about as a screw you to the Foose and Coddington billet builds. This one seems to fit into that catigory perfictly. Ed

Any body got any unwritten "Rules". Ed

totally agree on the buck tooth aspect. You can have a hundred attaboys but all it takes is one oh s..t and you can slip into the fugly zone real quick. Your right about the individual taste and someone elses individual opinion.

janies dirty 37 · SOUTH RIVER, ONT

hotrod-steve wrote:

Just wait till someone gets killed in one of these cobbled up " rat rods". That will give the Ont gov. a reason to legislate us ALL off the road . That's what worries me.

I see "cobbled together" dailey drivers, classic hot rods, ect out there with obvious "buddy done it" safeties.

Cant fix stupid and they are not legislating all those guys off the road.

I think far more care is put into builds were gonna drive ourselves and our families around in. They have to pass certification to be on the road just like yours did. If you do yours right, you have nothing to be worried about. Nobody with half a brain wants anything cobbled together on the road. hmm

workin class · FINCH, ONT

I dont believe anything was cobbled as it looks to be a stock 50 ford truck frame with a small block chevy and disc brake conversion. There are lots of trucks with this simple build.

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hotrod-steve · PORT ROWAN, ONT

Im sure most of our cars are safe but you have to look at it thru the eyes of these non car government types. Seems to me that they are looking for any excuse to get modified vehicles off the road.If there is ever a fatale accident with a highly modified vehicle ( cobbled together in their eyes) I would expect some kind of knee jerk reaction. I just hope it never happens.

Ragtop · BELLE RIVER, ONT

hotrod-steve wrote:
Just wait till someone gets killed in one of these cobbled up " rat rods". That will give the Ont gov. a reason to legislate us ALL off the road . That's what worries me.

I'm with you Steve. I wouldn't touch that thing with a 10 foot pole

slim · DUNDAS, ONT

Its fugly its not a truck its a cartoon . You can have all the right parts to make it a whatever kind of rod you like but buddy missed the boat in the execution. there is no flow to it at all and that year pickup cab just looks stupid stuck back on the frame as far as it is. Its a hard style to pull off and make it look right . This one fell short unless he was trying for modern fugly. Then its right on