forerunner

[earthman]

51 EASTWOOD & BARAKAT'S '32 FORD SEDAN
While no one had used the term "rat rod" by 1982, this Tudor may have been the forerunner of that trend and is named as an influence by many followers of the beater ethic. Gray Baskerville called it a "rusto rod," a play on "resto rod." It was the first primered car on the cover of HOT ROD (Nov. '82 issue) and kicked off a return to low-buck, barefisted rods. Thrown together with used parts and spares by Pete Eastwood and Rick Barakat, it ran 11.59-second quarters at 117 mph for a reported price of $4,000. -David Freiburger View

 

[Bonehead]

Great info. Some Rat trivia for sure.

 

[Gastrick]

I've got that magazine. I had graduated from high school the year before and thought I could use their example to build a rod I could afford. The only problem was for me was that I didn't have those kind of spare parts lying around and to run them down was going to cost me substantially more. I always thought it was a cool car though and have the magazine to this day.

 

[Gastrick]

In case you were wondering where it went, this is what it looks like today..................

 

[earthman]

Ruined.