True 1950's rat rod

Don't get your panties in a bunch, they're his words not mine. I just thought you guys might be interested in this---
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/True-1950s-Rat-Rod-1930-Ford-Roadster-hot-street-gasser_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ39405QQihZ019QQitemZ290061855977QQrdZ1QQtcZphoto

 

very cool.. What a great find.

 

Wow that exhaust is bitchen just change the oil and drive it. LOL

 

Wow, that thing is cool. I'd think the header dumping right into your face would tend to smoke you out after a whlie, though.

 

I've got some other really cool pictures of that car but I need to figure out how to resize them..

 

oh man........

 

E-mail 'em to me and tell me what size they need to be .. I'll do it.

thevintagetruck
at
repairman.com

 

Uh-oh! Does this mean there was a such thing as a 50's "ratrod"? Even if they didn't call it that, it sure looks to be ratty. IE. bomber seats, no sign of glossy paint etc. Some traditionalists may not like to see this.

 

Thanks Skank! Sorry, it rhymed. Pix are on the way via e-mail.

 

what a killer ride. I'd love to see photos of that thing in it's hayday..someone has to know the car.

 

Hmmmmmm.Nice a, well damn,Thats a cool uh , r, r ,r ,ra, ra, ra,spit it out, you know,thats a cool old ra, ra, ra, rod. yea a cool old rod

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this car should be left as is.There is only one way it got to look the way it did and to change it would be a shame.

 

Sitting by the scrap pile, this thing looks like a diamond being pulled out of a turd ...


(man, these file size limits are pretty stringent ... the only reason this took so long is because i had to crank up the compression rate like 4 times. )

 

looks like someone who knows hot rods already got to it though. The cad-lasalle trans, bomber seats, and y-adapter is gone.

Still cool ride though, and I've seen rougher cars.

 

That is COOL, im going to bid on that!

 

man... NEEEEDS a lotta work... not to mention those flattys usually are in need of SERIOUS $$$ and machine work to run again if they ever can..

good luck to whomever goes down that path.

 

He's got another flattie that came from a running car with 13k miles on it.

 

That is a true barn-find friends. No tellen' how much crap was piled on top of it.

 

Those photo's are amazing. The photos make you wonder what else was in the barn with it. You can see another body in front of the car.


CBB

 

Looks like I may have opened Pandora's box, but as are friends in the media say, I don't write the news, I just report it!

 

Thats what I was thinkin!..... Maybe a little fresh gas would help too!

 

I like the fact that the right rear tire is bald.

 

Battery's probably dead.


Reminds me of the 30-31 Roadster by my house with the nailhead, split 'bones and juice brakes sitting on a trailer outside next to a '39 Merc droptop. Alas, those are not for sale. Good to know somebodys willing to save it that one.

 

that was some poor bastards pride and joy back in the day, what a cool assed find.

 

Check out the bid;its went up $2500 in 3 hours

 

Looks like a true 50's hunk of shit to me.

But what do I know...

Sam.

 

note to self: do not use the Kaiser dash I have for my Model A!

 

I'm with ya Sam...I don't see much there. Especially for the current bid of $4000+.

????

Neal

 

If there is no real racing history, it's just a hunk of shit. I am a shiny hot rod guy though.

 

Maybe it's a glass car just made to look old, I'll bet there's a sbc under those caddie heads. This guy's good!

 

"Looked like a diamond being pulled out of a turd"

Well....maybe a peanut being pulled out of a turd.

That doesn't mean the peanut's not still good though.

A $4,000 dollar peanut at that!