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rob_lewis wrote: Some rat rods are for people who care more about driving and enjoying the car rather than making it look pretty.
That begs 2 questions:
1) Why are so many that you see completely undriveable?
2) Why do so many have obvious kilo-manhours of labor put into making them look crappier than they would have naturally been?
You just can't fake patina. Fake patina makes sad Indian sad.
93EXCivic wrote:
Quick. Someone force-feed this poor starving waif a 4,000-calorie-a-day diet, then stand guard over her so she doesn't throw it up again.
Between that upper coolant line and the factory puller fan being used as a pusher, I predict high temperatures ahead. But full points for doing something different, and that looks like a "look, I got it in and it's running!" photo as opposed to a "it's now fully sorted" photo.
Duke wrote:rob_lewis wrote: Some rat rods are for people who care more about driving and enjoying the car rather than making it look pretty.That begs 2 questions: 1) Why are so many that you see completely undriveable? 2) Why do so many have obvious kilo-manhours of labor put into making them look crappier than they would have naturally been? You just can't fake patina. Fake patina makes sad Indian sad.
Buddy of mine has a early VW camper bus. It's ugly, unpainted in places, still has rust holes, but runs like a Swiss watch and he drives it all the time. To him, the running condition is WAY more important than how it looks.
That's what I meant. Some assume the Porsche was worked to look that way. I assumed the owner was more worried about how well it ran and drove than what it looked like.
I guess, in essence, what a true rat rod would be. A guy worried more about making it fast than how pretty it looks.
-Rob
Keith wrote: As for wiring tucks - what are they like to work on? The VW guys do just spectacular versions.
After an incredibly embarassing incident my senior year I don't trust anything that's tucked important parts away that well. 
Wally wrote: After an incredibly embarassing incident my senior year I don't trust anything that's tucked important parts away that well.
Duke wrote:93EXCivic wrote:Quick. Someone force-feed this poor starving waif a 4,000-calorie-a-day diet, then stand guard over her so she doesn't throw it up again.
With those skinny legs and chubby cheeks she is most likely 16-20 years old and in perfectly fine health and form for her age. Just because the nation got fat doesn't mean those who aren't have a problem.
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