earthman's actual ratrod foto thread

[earthman]

 

[MikeR]

Cool use of selective color on this one.

 

[Gastrick]

Cool use of selective color on this one.

Yea, really nice.....and OldGold's old truck too.

 

[RoddingRon]

 

[RoddingRon]

 

[earthman]

cool stuff Ron

 

[Thunder1]

Very nice pics Ron, thanks! The car with the copper lines running along the tunnel and the straight 8 roadster are just too cool!

Thunder

 

[RoddingRon]

Very nice pics Ron, thanks! The car with the copper lines running along the tunnel and the straight 8 roadster are just too cool!

Thunder

The copper lines belong to the sedan below it. I had to wait to see how he turned that thing with the wheel base as long as it is....it only took a football field to make a U turn

 

[MikeR]

The copper lines belong to the sedan below it.

I'm guessing he has quite the NOS system or hydraulics to lift it up to be drivable, by the looks of all of the plumbing work. I had to look at that shot a few times to figure out his shift knob. I don't believe I've seen somebody use a busted up piston on their shifter before. This is a great photo thread, thanks for taking the time to post all of them! [cl

 

[RoddingRon]

Here's the sedan raised and rolling

 

[Bonehead]

 

[Thunder1]

Whoa! That's very cool! Thanks for sharing that Bonehead.

 

[CORPO]

heres one i have in my photos to go with the one bonehead posted up... dont know anything about it or even where i got the pic.....

i like his plate though

i really need to up my game and contribute more to this thread.............

 

[Thunder1]

I like it. thanks to you too Corpo. A rat jeep, what a novel idea. These are the first ones I'ver seen. Maybe there's a new trend on the horizon?

T1

 

[Sam_Fear]

I there a reason for the rear axle placement?

 

[nefareous]

What was I thinking?

I just found this.."thing".. sorta a barn find. Its was a 53 Plymouth coupe and a 49 Plymouth sedan..now its a ? Sectioned,channeled,chopped & No fenders.
Its so ugly, only a mother could love it..but I dont think there are too many of these so..wadya think?

 

[earthman]

Yep it's unusual Nef.

 

[Shea Laking]

Hot Wheels has an altered wheelbase Army Jeep with a BIG engine sticking out, was just released this year (yes, I have one).

Nefarious, don't knock the little car. I think that's pretty darn cool! A homebuilt "Sports Special" made from leftover junk cars which were all some young (OR OLDER) guy could find or afford...Probably around the Korean War era or a bit after. A little bit of hot rodding history right there. Remember, not everybody could afford a Deuce roadster... Throw a fresh coat of red paint on there and DRIVE that puppy!

Regards,
Shea

 

[BigIrish]

I just found this.."thing".. sorta a barn find. Its was a 53 Plymouth coupe and a 49 Plymouth sedan..now its a ? Sectioned,channeled,chopped & No fenders.
Its so ugly, only a mother could love it..but I dont think there are too many of these so..wadya think?

What is the powertrain - dodge flat six? Looks like they took the 2 front fenders and welded them together without the grill, sectioned the hood.

 

[BigIrish]

heres one i have in my photos to go with the one bonehead posted up... dont know anything about it or even where i got the pic.....

i like his plate though

i really need to up my game and contribute more to this thread.............

I like this one - great use of a crappy old mail jeep. Note the right-hand drive and mail jeep grill.