so i go to pleasenton for goodguys.....i got down friday night...... i was washing my car friday night , so it wouldnt be so dirty next day ,as it was going to be on the chopping block,...... this guy about 50 or so walks up and was just staring with a smile on his face , i could tell he liked it, then he asks me is that there one of them rat rods??? at first i though he was joking ....but he was serious!.... then he started telling me about the tweed interiored corvette suspended 32 he bought cheap of a widow 15 years ago i tought this whole thing really strange .i mean how can someone that old , and obviously messed with some cars before have no idea of what an old style hot rod was i swear i felt like a martian or something it was just goofy ....i wanted to share ...heres the car in question, i didnt think it was all that ratty
Nice car. Some people just don't think before they speak, and others are just full of bull. I was about 34 years old when I had my Deuce roadster in the early 80's and I had at least two people ask me if I bought it new!
Could have been worse, he could have told you that you have a nice Prowler, PT, or SSR. Sweet car btw, I just luv dem five windows.
Maybe the jack*** has been spoiled with modern equipment and luxury interior, that he's just lost touch with other types of rodding. Had to be, to not appreciate "that there" sweet coupe o' yours. Next time tell a commentator like that to go **** on some billet.
Maybe he just smoked 'im too many a them there marijuana joints outta that there bong pipe. Nice car, man. JOE
That looks like it'll be a really nice car...WHEN IT'S FINISHED! What color are you goint to paint it? Just kidding... Don't sweat it, that car is the cat's ***! The guy was probably from back east somewhere...The land of Tacky Street Rods and "muscle machines"...
thanks guys, im not really fishing for comments or trying to get in a whole us/them deal, i just thought it was really odd i figured any car guy ,even streetrodder types knew/understood hot rods i told the guy i just consider it a hot rod or traditional car.... he said it was cool cause it looked like it was built in a garage(not sure if that was a complement) like they used to be.. the whole thing just leaves me confused, i knew there were lots of people who dont nessisarily like trad cars , but there are some who really dont understand it at all
50 yrs old isnt that old in hotrodding.... he would have been a baby when that style was popular. grey hairs dont make a person wise... some get more lame as the yrs add on. that dude is the perfect example of lazy... he gets into something and only listens to the ***hole next to him, he never makes the attempt to search beyond the box.
[ QUOTE ] That looks like it'll be a really nice car...WHEN IT'S FINISHED! What color are you goint to paint it? Just kidding... Don't sweat it, that car is the cat's ***! The guy was probably from back east somewhere...The land of Tacky Street Rods and "muscle machines"... [/ QUOTE ] ha ha i got around that one when i painted my 3-w................of course then they switched there attention to the hood ,fenders and interior when the fenders going on??? or you got a good start there dont get me wrong im not trying to bag on the guy he was very freindly and i dont think he had any malace in his statement,i just cant get over someone being that clueless, its probely not really an insult cause i enjoy some of the rat rods also
i think it's like when we talk about "fast and furious" type cars.we tend to lump them all together,when the reality is,some of them are pretty smart and understand a lot about cars,and then there's the guys with wings,fart-can exhaust and stickers,and not much in the way of common sense or brain cells...
[ QUOTE ] Did ya sell that there...rat rod? Jack ***. [/ QUOTE ] nope.guess it gets lost in the middle..... not spit and polished enough for the high end guys and not ratty enough for the other crowd, i guess
yorgatron, you couldn't be more right. Only difference is that most of "us" don't have enough interest in late model imports to ask any questions, much less put our feet in our mouths like the examples above. I think any car that has been modified to be fast is cool, no matter where it came from. From my position, non functional wings and fart can tips are just for show and only add dead weight. I don't bother looking/talking to owners that have cars with those kind of accessories. I love handing their ***es to them in my stock appearing Eclipse, (made in Normal, Illinois).
Nice car,but next time you should take the time to explain to him what your car was and why.It's no use just telling the guy to piss off only to have him make the same mistake again.It is always best to educate a person with a chat about your car they get interest from what you are telling them and you get to put them on the right track then everyone is happy and nobody is insulted...........Marq
No, tell the fawker to piss off, show him you're an ***hole, tell him your car has been a nightmare to own, that new imported cars are truly the ****, old american iron ****s... "Trust me, you don't want a car like this." That way we don't have to compete with him on eBay! More cars for those of us who already know whats up!!! ok, it was just an idea...
Looks like a damb fine HOT ROD to me, no rats, retro, rockabilly or designer names. HOT ROD, how hard is that?
Most people just don't know the difference between a rat rod and a traditional hot rod. You can try to explain the difference but some people just don't get it. Nice car!
I was also at the Goodguys show and had a similar experience. I was dumbfounded too, when an older guy came up and asked me, "why are all those cars in that exhibit hall over there, all with that flat finished paint? Why are they like that?" I had to explain those are homebuilt cars, and just like the old days, the cars were likely daily drivers also. So the flat primer was used during the months or years it took to finish them for paint. Perhaps this person grew up in a neighborhood where sports cars were the car to own. Or a neighborhood where one bought the cars completely finished. Unlike most HAMBer's, this guy didn't have it in his blood, didn't grow up around them.
If it is, I want one and people can call it anything they want. A lot of folks hear terms and p*** em on. First time my boss saw my wedge motored 32 he called the engine a Hemi because his neighbor had a Hemi powered ski boat and the boss figured hot engines were Hemis. I told him it was just a regular engine stuffed with hot rod parts. Not sure if he was confused or not, but he didn't call it a Hemi anymore. The one that drives me crazy is the question asking, "Izzat a Kit Car?" Not so much cuz I run a Wescott bodied car, but the fact that folks think all these different looking cars at the rod runs can be Kit Cars. I'm about to the point where I'm gonna tell some of em yes and that you can put one together in a couple of weekends. I won't though, most folks simply don't know and are just repeating stuff. I'm polite, explain it to them and most take it as something new learned. Sometimes it gets real interesting to hear some of the BS artists tell of their cars from times past. A little bit of the, "Older I get, faster I was" stuff, but sometimes the stories don't jibe. Especially when they start telling you stuff that doesn't work together along with performance figures that would make an aluminum block, blown rat motor proud. My all time favorite was the guy who ran Zephyr gears in a Cad-Lasalle box. "Yessir, bolted right in." Don't get me started I guess. But, do enjoy your "Rat Rod." Even if it is more of a Rat On Rod....
I'm with C9 if this is a Rat Rod, than I want one too. Your car is great like it is, I wish my A coupe will look so good one time.
At least he didn't refer to your car as a Street Rod, or the other question.....is that a kit car? Yea buddy it's an oversized monogram, don't get to close the glue is still wet. To me Rat rods ARE Hot Rods one in the same.
Ill informed people are ill informed people. They exist in every facet of life. At least the guy did admire your car, who wouldn't? Except for a restorer maybe. I went to the Mount Dora antique boat festival this weekend and this amazing Packard powered speedboat from the 30s had people making the most ridiculous mistatements. It had a straight six engine with dual plug heads and hence 12 plug wires. I heard no less than six people proclaim authoritatively that this was a V12. Me and this other guy were saying, it's a straight 6, but these guys were convinced and could not be swayed. At that point you just have to say, you're right it's a V12, you win.
Thanks for posting the picture. I looked for the car Saturday but couldn't find it. It looks great, but so does your 3W.
I'm with C-9....it's understandable that the general public is going to say goofy things. I hear all the time that "my (dad, grandpa, uncle) had a car just like that". I hear that my car cannot be a hotrod coz it's got skinny white walls. I get asked if it's a kit car. References to it being a "gangster car". But, when a guy with a "street rod" cant see the difference's between a HotRod and a Rat, means there probably aint no great deal sitting at home in his garage. regardless...you have a great lookin HotRod, perfect lines, appropriate finish!!!
The saddest part is they let people like that vote, judge other people on juries, and procreate and "raise" kids to be as ignorant!
Fine lookin 5 window.. People would always give me a thumbs-up while driving my 56 Pontiac around. Many times I got a "Nice Olds!" Or "What year is that Buick?".. several times I was called a liar when I told them it was a Pontiac! I'd hear stuff like..... "Well, we had an Olds just like that when I was a kid. I know what a 54 Olds looks like and that's a 54 Olds" Yeah, ok................ Came rolling into my local neighborhood convenient store one day with my slammed 68 chevy stepside shorty. I ran 8 inch painted steelies on it with small center caps and there was always a gaggle of kids riding bikes around the parking lot...Bored 12 and 13 years olds looking for a little excitement. it went like this: "Hey mister! Nice truck...when ya gonna put rims on it?" "Rims? it's got rims on it." "No, RIMS! you know, big, shiny, spoked, real cool rims!" These boys had been brainwashed into thinking it's gotta have polished billit 20 inchers to be cool...
Had a guy in the shop yesterday that wanted to build his PROBE into a ratrod style old hotrod. Whide 17" whiterwalls, black primer and red steelies. And,Could I get him wheels and tires?
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