Amazing build of "Rusty"

[GTP 290]

Originally Posted by aussie muscle

i hate it. it was a beautiful looking little beemer at the start and he purposely wrecked it. a rat rod was built that way because the owner couldn't afford, or didn't have the skill to finish it, so they left it rusty and unfinished while they drove it around. This guy purposely made it rusty by taking off good panels to put rusty ones on. that to me is doing it backwards.

anyone who can afford or has skills to make a hot rod are flying the face of what a rat rod stands for (eg boyd coddington making a rat rod is insulting).

You didn't actually READ the article did you?

[darkside]

the whole time i was reading it to start with was when is he going to fix the dent in the bonnet ,then the rust stage my thoughts were "it keeps the d!k heads out of fords" ,what a lot of work to achieve what leaving a car in a paddock for 10 years can achieve.what was the reason for the fire ?prolly joined power wires with a twist and let them hang loose to earth out to get a few sparks .not a fan...doc

[TZENU]

Love it... But then again Im a rat rod fan

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by aussie muscle

a rat rod was built that way because the owner couldn't afford, or didn't have the skill to finish it, so they left it rusty and unfinished while they drove it around

Haha, its more to it then that...

Its the "anti" of people who care to much about there pretty 100K paint jobs, its about having uniquie style that can't be copied. Its takes more balls to do this then to just keep it plain jane like everyone else. There is alot of thought and trial and error put in to this, its not a happy-go-lucky approach.

[EF ECTIV]

Originally Posted by aussie muscle

i hate it. it was a beautiful looking little beemer at the start and he purposely wrecked it. a rat rod was built that way because the owner couldn't afford, or didn't have the skill to finish it, so they left it rusty and unfinished while they drove it around. This guy purposely made it rusty by taking off good panels to put rusty ones on. that to me is doing it backwards.

anyone who can afford or has skills to make a hot rod are flying the face of what a rat rod stands for (eg boyd coddington making a rat rod is insulting).

would be a pretty boring world to live in if everyone did the same thing over
and over and over.....

As said car was a right off so he had some fun with what he had - isn't that
point you were trying to get across in regards to building rat rods; making
do with what you have?

So because someone has deep pockets/epic talent they have to have a
perfect paint job? Because they have money/talent they have to build a
modern rod?

[GTP 290]

I'll just sit back and wait for aussie muscle's car to gain world wide exposure....

[DJM83]

Some of our cars dont need help with rust anyway so we have a head start

[SLO AU XR8]

Originally Posted by darkside

the whole time i was reading it to start with was when is he going to fix the dent in the bonnet ,then the rust stage my thoughts were "it keeps the d!k heads out of fords" ,what a lot of work to achieve what leaving a car in a paddock for 10 years can achieve.what was the reason for the fire ?prolly joined power wires with a twist and let them hang loose to earth out to get a few sparks .not a fan...doc

The fire was un intentional. Mike lost $15k+ in parts in the fire. the car wasn't built for anyone in particular, but for Mike himself.

[drew`SEVNT5]

Originally Posted by darkside

the whole time i was reading it to start with was when is he going to fix the dent in the bonnet ,then the rust stage my thoughts were "it keeps the d!k heads out of fords" ,what a lot of work to achieve what leaving a car in a paddock for 10 years can achieve.what was the reason for the fire ?prolly joined power wires with a twist and let them hang loose to earth out to get a few sparks .not a fan...doc

Evidentally plenty of richard craniums in Ford's still..

[darkside]

Originally Posted by drew`SEVNT5

Evidentally plenty of richard craniums in Ford's still..

its called having a differance of opinion and try to see the funny side of it ,i did .doesn't offend me that someone gets off on rust...doc