I've been known to ask the most off the wall BS just to get a conversation started. Once in awhile I have to duck right afterwards. But I wasn't there so I'll take your word for it that the guy was serious. Problem is that in the world outside of the one that we live in Rat Rod has become a catch phrase that covers most any street rod that is traditional or just not high zoot. Even some customes are falling into the same catagory these days. BTW I can see it aint rat, but I live in the same world as you friend. The little coupe is about as smooth as they come. Thirytwo that is one sweet ride what else can I say.
[ QUOTE ] I've been known to ask the most off the wall BS just to get a conversation started. Once in awhile I have to duck right afterwards. [/ QUOTE ] Me too. My favorite is; "How many people died in that wreck?"
[ QUOTE ] My favorite is; "How many people died in that wreck?" [/ QUOTE ] Damn J, I think we've met.
[ QUOTE ] 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... [/ QUOTE ]..........................hey rocky nice olds!!!ive got a buddy up here with a pretty *****in 52 chevy tops probely whacked 6" or so, but its ratty and he gets all kinds of questions on it,when you finishing it , good start, you drive that thing, someone get killed in that wreck, is that car out there abandoned? everyone thinks its a merc too, ive seen him argue with at least a person a month that it isnt a merc, people wont give up either you would think he would know what his own car is????
I gotta say I'll be 48 next month and the cars that were popular when I was in high school were muscle cars. And they were old then. 69 Camaro's, 70 Chevelles, GTX's stuff like that. They all had airshocks, Cragars, and at least L60's on the back. Oh yeah, they were for real fast. Anyway, we kids didn't mess with 50 Fords and Belairs and stuff. The "old" men liked those. Ha! Same with model A's and dueces. There were some around but nobody I knew. Oh well, the point is you can be dumb at any age. Or smart for that matter. Latter
Thanks Hack.if I'd have known it would have looked THAT good with gold Daytons, I would have kept it!...MUWAWAWAhahahahahaahah!
Nice duece there. Just take the greybeard's comment as a compliment, that's how I'll bet he meant it. Not everybody's always been into hot rods, some of them come to it later in life. However, the comments here make some of you look like junior flips. I guess youth is truly wasted on the young. Foturnately for some of you it doesn't look as goofy for 20's something guys to be into 50's music and traditional style cars as a fella in his 50's to be into punk rawk or hip hop and drive a blingulated up Riceburner. Try to be nice to us oldtimers, we just might know something or have parts that you might need. For what it's worth, I was at the Shifter's Pre-VLV gig and everyone who drove a trad style ride was real cool. I think the punk-***ed clique are just Dress-Up-Kids or wannabees. We sure do amuse each other, don't we?
I hate that term and always will. I was ask one day at a swap meet " your one of those RAT ROD guys arentcha". Boy did I ever bite my tounge. My 48 Chev coupe has been called from a RAT ROD to a Duece coupe and on a few times a Roadster,I kid you not...Danny
Nice coupe thirtytwo. But some of you guys need to chill. Oh my God! He asked if your car was a rat rod? How could he be so disrespectful! I bet he drives a god damned muscle car!!! Should we kill him now? Give me a break. Are you guys this **** in real life or just online?
jesus,if thats a ratrod,then mines a rollin lump of ***** matter...kool peice!{don't know if i spelled "*****"right,but i dont want the fcc to hammer ryan}
First, that is remarkable that the fool considered your 5W to be "a ratrod". Second, just as connected and p***ionate as we are to our car styles/hobbies, streetrodders are the same with theirs. Look at an issue of Streetrodder Mag, 320 pages of ads and how-to's and technical junk. But its a completely different philosophy to ours, which we laugh about to each other, in which they strive to have someone build for them(usually) a stripped-down modern luxo-car covered with a faux-vintage skin. But whereas we can attend these car-functions and co-exist with streetrodders in silent bemu*****t(which of us hasnt walked around looking at some of these monstrosities, kinda like being fascinated by train-wrecks, and just silently smiling and shaking our heads while laughing to ourselves??), it always happens that some dopey-eyed streetrodder has to walkover and tempt fate with some arrogance-driven curiosity question. We each have a horror story similar to this one, but can anyone even picture the roles being reversed, like one of us in our distintive poor-house outfit with Pabst in hand walking up to a cluster of seniors relaxing in folding chairs each color-coordinated to their respective monochromatic-smoothies and asking something like "do you guys wear special old-guy jumpsuits when you crawl under the car to polish those silly outdated Jag rear-ends, or do pay someone to do that for you??"? Nope, doesnt happen. Why is that, why does it only go the other way? Arrogance? Third, "ratrod" REALLY bothers me. And I dont need to chill out. Ive had some yahoo-streetrodder insult me enough times that Ive vowed every time Im asked "Is that your ratrod?", Im replying with "Yes, and is that your ratwife?". And any further references to "nice car when you finish it" or "what color is it going to be?" basically ends the conversation in its tracks. And its not being ****...its about jack***'s walking up to complete strangers and making insulting references. And if you say 'well he didnt know' or 'he was just being curious', ...****, what rock has he being living under?!?! Even StreetrodderMag features one from time to time, and if he still doesnt know than he should shutup and just observe/admire in silence. Ignorance does not excuse rudeness and stupidity, but thats where our society is moving.
I know of some kats who are building 53 Chevies that use that term towards there car..Its going to be primer w/a mexican blanket & real low to the ground..I cant help but laugh,,they are just plan clueless! I dont put much thought into the term or what it means..It just a word and another way for society to label something...However, to label that 32 a 'Rat Rod' is beyond me! Are you still trying to sell it??
"Is that your rat-wife?" BUWAHAHAHAhahahahaha! I gotta remember THAT one. I'll write it down as soon as I get all these little hunks of cheetos outta the keyboard...Ratwife HA!
souns like the ol boy didn't start at the beginning of hot rodding.He just skipped the parts from trad rodding up to where he is at now....a car "buyer"....... sometimes when they reach this level they aquire knowledge at an incredible pace, ya know what I mean?.......
You should have responded "It's NOT a rat rod... it's a thirty-two duece!" I've been doing a semi formal study on the use of the term rat rod on e-bay... just in the last two months the use of the term has increased 30%... pretty soon, all old looking hot rods are going to be referred to as "Rat Rods"... Maybe we should go on a campaign to try and change the publics' perception like they did 50 years ago with the term hot rod... naaaaaaa, **** it. Sam.
I have some friends that use the term in describing some really nice cars. I personally consider a rat rod to be a poorly built car. Although I feel it's derogatory, I think alot of folks use it to describe a traditional style of hot rod. BTW beautiful car!
[ QUOTE ] At that point you just have to say, you're right it's a V12, you win. [/ QUOTE ] Kinda like the arguement I had with the kid who was convinced that a Pontiac 400 is just an overbored Chevy 350. "Oh yeah, my uncle has a Trans Am and my dad works for GM - I know I'm right." Yeah, sure you are. Why don't you bolt this Chevy intake onto a 400 then? What do you mean the distributor's on the wrong side??
I had an encounter like that, only I couldn't deni the term. 've got no windows, floor, top, doors are held shut by stanley dead bolts.
Ha Ha...I WISH people would call my heap a "Rat Rod"!! All I ever get from neighbors, the mailman, p***ers by and stuff is: "Wow! What year is that? Are you gonna restore it?" Even people who know better resort to the term "restore" as they watch me drill holes and throw stock parts away! What do I gotta DO...paint it flat black with red wheels and big ol'Iron Crosses on the doors??? Hmmmmm...now THAT would be funny....
thirtytwo, nice ride ya got there. Some people ya just have to grin and chuckle at. Rocky, that ain't no chevy that's a dodge, been drivin one since I was like 5 years old . later plmczy
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