So how long do you guys keep your Rat rods???

mikec4193 · Nov 19, 2013

Hi everybody

I was just thinking about this...I got my current edition of the rat rod magazine and they had a build off (30 days & $3,000.00) featured in it....very very cool stuff for sure....so I was thinking how long can these things actually stick around for ???

I am on a vintage Jeep website and those guys keep their stuff forever it seems...we are talking some families have had Jeeps since they were new back in the 1940's and 1950's...

Just wondering out loud...how long do you guys keep your projects once you get them done ???

MikeC

(P.S. I have such extreme ADD I rarely even get something finished and I wanna try something else)...

RustyNCA · Nov 19, 2013

mikec4193 said:
Hi everybody

I was just thinking about this...I got my current edition of the rat rod magazine and they had a build off (30 days & $3,000.00) featured in it....very very cool stuff for sure....so I was thinking how long can these things actually stick around for ???

I am on a vintage Jeep website and those guys keep their stuff forever it seems...we are talking some families have had Jeeps since they were new back in the 1940's and 1950's...

Just wondering out loud...how long do you guys keep your projects once you get them done ???

MikeC

(P.S. I have such extreme ADD I rarely even get something finished and I wanna try something else)...

Done? [S

We have had our lil coupe since early 2010, we just keep changing stuff on it. But I tend to keep cars around and struggle with letting them go.

Friends of mine, tho, they get their enjoyment from the build more than the ownership, so they seem to hold on to them for only a year at most when they send them on to the new owner for a tidy profit it seems.

GJunktionMike · Nov 19, 2013

RustyNCA said:
enjoyment from the build more than the ownership, so they seem to hold on to them for only a year at most when they send them on to the new owner for a tidy profit it seems.

I am yet to master profit let alone Tidy profit. I miss having a driver but I still have plenty to work on.

hankthebigdog · Nov 19, 2013

I build them and drive them. Why not have one for each day of the week.
I am keeping them for my retirement [or my retardedment] LOL

MOPAR210 · Nov 19, 2013

RustyNCA said:
Done? [S

We have had our lil coupe since early 2010, we just keep changing stuff on it. But I tend to keep cars around and struggle with letting them go.

Friends of mine, tho, they get their enjoyment from the build more than the ownership, so they seem to hold on to them for only a year at most when they send them on to the new owner for a tidy profit it seems.

im kinda like his friends I really enjoy the build driving is fun - but the build and the chase is hands down the best part longest build ive owned to this point is 3 years (but I have owned the challenger for 38 years)

Bonehead · Nov 19, 2013

The Bonehead Truck is almost 10 years old, since it was done.

26Troadster · Nov 19, 2013

i have had my 63 c10 for about 27 years.

05snopro440 · Nov 19, 2013

I collect. I don't sell any of my custom vehicles. They're like a part of my family and hopefully one day I have children to pass them onto.

soltz · Nov 19, 2013

vicious cycle

build one - sell one - build one - sell one - build one
keeps your brain fresh [cl

Torchie · Nov 19, 2013

Like many of you I have had many "cool" cars including some that today are really big buck types. Like a survivor Chopped and channeled 32 five window Ford with a full on Flathead. (Guy that bought it was going to turn it into an American Graffiti clone

) Just for an example.
Some were around for a while. Some where not. Never bought any of them with the intention of selling. But S*** happens.

To me the best one is the one that I am working on at the time. I don't spend my time missing what I used to own or wishing for what I don't have......
Torchie.

billy · Nov 19, 2013

so far i just keep em forever
unless a money emergency comes up.
but if i dont HAVE to have money right away.
i dont sell

skull · Nov 19, 2013

some

l sell some, keep some, BUT the son's 1948 dodge truck will never be sold and passed down to the grandson he blessed me with.

Later

timbo · Nov 19, 2013

I built mine the way I want it to be 7 years and 30,000 miles ago. I'm keeping it. If I was building it to sell, I would have built a typical theme style rat rod that gets a lot of looks.
Tim

Old Iron · Nov 19, 2013

I built my 40 Pontiac 4 years ago and still have it. I would sell, if the price were right though.

Willowbilly3 · Nov 20, 2013

I only sell my cars if I move or if I need money.

Sam_Fear · Nov 20, 2013

Sell? I'm not familiar with the concept.

Jason454 · Nov 20, 2013

I usually keep them until someone makes an offer I can't refuse. Or if I get in too deep on the next build.

Neverdone · Nov 22, 2013

What is this done thing you keep mentioning?? [S

bob w · Nov 22, 2013

I've had my Anglia for at least 35 years. The rest are 20 years or less. For a while I could build a car and add it to the fleet. Now, I have to sell one to build a new one.

Since building is my favorite pastime, I'll continue to sell one at a time to build another one.

26Troadster · Nov 22, 2013

bob w said:
I've had my Anglia for at least 35 years. The rest are 20 years or less. For a while I could build a car and add it to the fleet. Now, I have to sell one to build a new one.

Since building is my favorite pastime, I'll continue to sell one at a time to build another one.

i like your car.[cl i don't know where i have been, but i don't remember ever seeing it, or maybe crs.

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