There is nothing in the rules of Billetproof that would exclude this car.
It is traditionally styled, built at home, by hand, on a budget (you'd be AMAZED to know how little this car cost to build).
The engine is real, its just had a LOT of work put into it to smooth it out. The car does indeed run and drive. It was the only one to do a smokey burnout as it passed in front of the judges at the Grand National Roadster Show. Russ drives the hell out of his cars and this one is no exception. It is anything but a trailer queen.
Some people have the misconception that traditional hot rods cant be nice, or shiny, or have chrome. Nothing could be further from the truth. The past was not in black and white, nor was it dull.
The Take Out T did indeed compete for "America's Most Beautiful Roadster", that in and of itself doesnt not make it a "trailer queen"... that just means that someone can build a hot rod in their garage with the help of their car club and friends and it can be as beautiful as any of the people with cubic dollars that have one built for them.
If anything, this makes the Take Out T the very ideal of what a Billetproof car SHOULD be.
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