Ian Russels She Swallows Questions and pic request

They only guy who can rile this group up more than Ian Roussel is Boyd...

They'll both probably be revered by kids 40 years from now for being innovators or something like that.

 

Heh Heh...

 

ahhh... "real men of genius" But you forgot about the background singer... he has some of the best ****...


"here's to YOU obnoxious parade flower car guy!
ignoring EVERY aspect of traditional car building, you create something that only barnum and bailey would love...
(destined for the big top, baby)

so here's to you oh master of the hatchet job...
(someone hand him a chainsaw!)

 

So did this start as "She ****s" or was that the previous car? Oh, and Kirk, I'd drive that Flower car to work every day but I'd put a big block in it so I could pull the front wheels from the stoplight.

 

Well, I think that if most of you with the exception of "Captain Kirk" (obviously does not like this guy) would have said that it was OK if you would have only seen it with the top off. The front grill is kinda cool, The headlights are different but they are not as ugly as twin lights mounted at an angle. All I am saying is to lighten up, there were alot uglier cars built in the 50s and 60s that people like just because of who built them.

As for the name I think it has something to do with the 2 birds that are ghost painted on the hood.

 

That thing is a pile of ****. Someone needs to take his tools away...

The only thing worse than it, is whoever shoots their movies. Apparenlty she didn't swallow it all... looks like most of it got all over the camera lens.

Why can't these people go back to being cutters, or goths... or whatever they were into a year ago?

All of that stuff ends up looking like a cartoon character, because he has no idea how to build a tasteful car. It's only value is shock value, which isn't worth that much.

 

if you threw away the top,made the frt tires fill the fender, some white walls bye bye to the caps ..(i think those 39 headlites are fine i like em) the car is nice .....

 

When did I even remotely imply that I don't like the guy? I've never met him, so how could I not like him?

Just because ugly cars were built in history doesn't make ugly cars built now cool. I don't like most of (George) Barris' or Roth's cars, and I will never say that the ugly ones they built are cool just because they built them.

I'm not into shock value. It's much harder to get people to notice your ride for it's subtlety and true cool. That makes for a truly cl***ic ride.

Ugly is ugly, and that's ugly.

It's all just opinions. People can build whatever the hell they want, but they shouldn't be offended when they "push the envelope" and people don't like it.

 

i have to agree. he may be a nice guy, but that thing is disgusting.

 

Let me guess the name of this one...........................

Miss... Carriage?

 

Aperrently no one on this board has ever had the chance to see all of his cars, OR actually work on one he haS built.

I have and i dont care what ANY of you say, His quality of work is as ****ty as they look.

I been there, Seen it first hand & saw what its all about...

Any GOOD painter could mud up a Turd & lay on some nice paint & i am sure thats what we are looking at here.

But on a Positive note, I have spoke with Ian & he is a nice guy !

 

i've seen much better come from that man paint is nice though

 

um, until this thread I'm sure most of us hadn't even heard of Ian Roussel...

 

after i saw the lame ***le of this post, i really had no intention of even looking at it,,
now im sorry i wasted my time..............

 

Nah, check the ugly custom thread, he's the winner of it. Also, his videos are $5 at Wal-Mart in the discount bin so I bet lots of people know who he is. I have a video of him making stuff out of his steel toed boots to weld on the cars (no, I did not make that up).

 

**** 4page and no one can tell me what trim that are and any pics on it with that trim on that was the only thing i wanna now not much complain about he and his cars

and if Kustom 7777 think that was a lame ***le so do a better u self

 

Haha,,,the car was a little distracting...

It looks like cut down '57 Buick.

Bryan

 

WHO CARES?!?!?! It's almost Christmas crying out loud.

 

thats why its lame,,,,4 pages of BS....
its not so much the ***le of the post,,,but the name of the car,,guess i should have been more clear............

here is a better ***le...
five pages of drama over a car that should not even be on this TRADITIONAL forum to begin with


there,,,how's that????????????

 

Perfect.

 

He should have called it"she needs a bag over her head".
Yes he does have skills,but along with his other builds,like that thing with the Diesel engine...he has no taste! I'll p***...

 

This car is not my style either, but if You see in the video "Back from the dead", what he does, if he has no matching steering wheel, then thats hotroddin for me: He builds one of his own with what he has......steel tubing!

 

I Just Dont ****ing Get It.

I Refrained From Posting On This Thread B/c I Have Limited Knowledge Of Customs.

But

After Seeing Those Other Two Cars And Watching A Video With Some Dude Named Big Swag And Barris, All I Can Say Is:

You Would Have To Try So ****ing Hard To Make A Group Of Cars So Lacking In Style And Good Taste.

 

Lotsa talent, Maybe , Very misguided execution. The car is fugly.

 

ok not going out on a limb and saying the car is great.but what i seem to be reading is it dosent belong here.
he builds his car.he used mostly pre 65 parts or fabricated them.
so what makes it non traditional? dose it have to have been done before to be traditional. i guess i'm just saying can you try something new and still be traditional or do you have to build a clone?

 

Ahh... never mind.

 

It's difficult to look at.

 

yuckkkkkkkkkkk for christs sake

 

That car is a perfect example of what is slowly distroying this hobby. It's not created with the p***ion for the style or the era, or the idea of preserving the history of hot rodding, and the past... it was made to shock the car loving m***es. Sell them RAT RODZ toys, dvds, and ol skool rebel ****box magazines.

Anyone see that 88 jeep cherokee in rebel rodz? No hood, fenders... straight axle and extended frame?? You can buy that at damn near any parts store in america, mind you.

Rat Rodz sell, guys. Jeeps are way easier to find than Model A's. But if your gl***es are dirty, and you squint a little bit, they're basically the same thing. You know... a car, with four wheels and an engine. And hell, if it doesn't need to be finished, or even well crafted... then ANYONE can get in on it. Building a piece of **** is easy. All you have to do is cut it apart, weld most of it back together, flat black it and then PRESTO! You're the ***** that bothers me at every car show I go to.

And that's the problem. Most people dont understand what a truely beautiful custom car, or hot rod is... and they are incapable of distinguishing one from the other. Which then creates a bad name for the people who are capable of building a truely well planned car...

You can also thank these yokels for the high prices of model a bodies.... just look at how high prices have gotten in the past three years.


Every time you pat a rat rodder on the back for doing his thing, you're inadvertently distroying one more old car