Ratty Muscle Cars and Roadkill

[offroadrolls]

I recently got wind of a new genre of hot rod called Ratty Muscle Cars. Basically, they're just cool old muscle cars that have not been fully restored. I really like the idea because I'm not much for body and paint work and I prefer patina over shiny paint any day.
I'm not sure how it got started but I suspect it may be from a couple of reality TV car shows. One is called Roadkill and the other is called Roadkill Garage. I think they started as Youtube shows but now they are on motortrend.com along with many other shows for a subscription of 2.99 per month I highly recommend both of them.

 

[DozerII]

I was a Roadkill addict, till Frieberger and Finnigan kinda moved apart and the origional theme of the show was lost. They still build some cool stuff, but the road trips were awesome.

 

[Willowbilly3]

Yeah, I watched them a month old on youtube for quite a while and then tried to subscribe to Motor trend. It says I'm registered but I can't get anything to play. Dirt every day can be pretty cool too. But I kinda got tired of Finnegan, he just muddled stuff up to make the show more "watchable" Frieburger has some way cool stuff and is a good builder.

 

[Sam_Fear]

That genre has been around for quite awhile, someone put a name to it, and I would guess enough of the purest gatekeepers are getting too old for car shows so the attitude is changing.

 

[05snopro440]

You can still watch certain shows for free on the MotorTrend.com website without logging in, they're just not available until 8 weeks after they're available to subscribers.