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dimarra
dimarra Dork
7/15/11 8:16 a.m.

The Jade Warrior

DukeOfUndersteer
DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork
7/15/11 8:38 a.m.

CGLockRacer
CGLockRacer GRM+ Memberand Reader
7/15/11 8:57 a.m.

orphancars
orphancars Reader
7/15/11 10:46 a.m.

DoctorBlade
DoctorBlade HalfDork
7/15/11 11:01 a.m.

There, that's better. Too much rat rod for my taste.

Keith
Keith GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/15/11 11:13 a.m.

Rat rods are for people who can't paint.

orphancars wrote:

That's parked on Main Street in Grand Junction! I drive past the KCW shop every day. Al Johnson, who built the Speedster in the latest GRM, is also here in town. For a small ranch town, we have some cool stuff going on. And some roads.

rob_lewis
rob_lewis Dork
7/15/11 11:15 a.m.

Some rat rods are for people who care more about driving and enjoying the car rather than making it look pretty.

I likes this one:

-Rob

Conquest351
Conquest351 Reader
7/15/11 11:29 a.m.

Mekanik Baby Sez...

I made a LOL of my daughter playing in my P71. Haha. Thought I'd share.

92CelicaHalfTrac
92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork
7/15/11 11:30 a.m.

Keith, you know you want to take me on some of those roads next week.

Related?

Keith
Keith GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/15/11 11:45 a.m.
rob_lewis wrote: Some rat rods are for people who care more about driving and enjoying the car rather than making it look pretty. I likes this one: -Rob

No, there's at least as much work put in to making the car look like crap and fitting some specific aesthetic as there would be to make it look right. A large percentage of them are not really functional machines, either. They're the vehicular equivalent of a dentist on a Harley with no mufflers and a whip hanging off the right handlebar.

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: Keith, you know you want to take me on some of those roads next week. Related?

Clean! Looks like he even managed to keep the windshield squirter, so it's functional too. But someone needs a better radiator as well as an overflow tank.

ultraclyde
ultraclyde HalfDork
7/15/11 11:53 a.m.

hey I just saw one of those whips yesterday! WTF is that supposed to be about? I thought he'd lost his pet poodle!

Graefin10
Graefin10 Reader
7/15/11 11:56 a.m.
ultraclyde wrote: hey I just saw one of those whips yesterday! WTF is that supposed to be about? I thought he'd lost his pet poodle!

You're right, he DID loose his pet poodle

92CelicaHalfTrac
92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork
7/15/11 12:09 p.m.
Keith wrote:
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: Keith, you know you want to take me on some of those roads next week. Related?
Clean! Looks like he even managed to keep the windshield squirter, so it's functional too. But someone needs a better radiator as well as an overflow tank.

Yeah, i'm jealous.... MSM engine bay is a RAT'S NEST.

Keith
Keith GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/15/11 12:28 p.m.

I should point out that my opinions on rat rods are just an opinion, and you know what they say about those

As for wiring tucks - what are they like to work on? The VW guys do just spectacular versions.

92CelicaHalfTrac
92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork
7/15/11 12:31 p.m.

I think it depends how the tuck is done... or to what extreme. I've worked on a few tucked hondas, and it wasn't bad at all.

I tend to lean more towards "semi-tucked" anyways. I don't have the patience to do something like the one i posted (nor some of the VW examples for sure), but a rat's nest bugs me pretty badly.

cghstang
cghstang HalfDork
7/15/11 12:37 p.m.

FB RX-7 Rat's Nest

92CelicaHalfTrac
92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork
7/15/11 12:48 p.m.

^I could deal with that... at least it's all organized.

Here's what i'm about to be dealing with. (Shamelessly hotlinked from Flyin' Miata's page):

(edit)

Oh neat! Just noticed the oil filter relocation. That makes me happy.

DoctorBlade
DoctorBlade HalfDork
7/15/11 1:03 p.m.

My problem with some of those rat rods is that they look like a metal sculpture, not a functional car. If it looks like crud but moves that's one thing, but if you can't get it over a speed bump it's sculpture. Sadly, a lot of exotic cars fall into that category.

Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
7/15/11 1:09 p.m.

93EXCivic
93EXCivic SuperDork
7/15/11 1:25 p.m.

Now for some Jags.

93EXCivic
93EXCivic SuperDork
7/15/11 1:26 p.m.

93EXCivic
93EXCivic SuperDork
7/15/11 1:28 p.m.

93EXCivic
93EXCivic SuperDork
7/15/11 1:28 p.m.

93EXCivic
93EXCivic SuperDork
7/15/11 1:29 p.m.

93EXCivic
93EXCivic SuperDork
7/15/11 1:30 p.m.

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