How do you like your RAT RODS? poll. [Archive]

SamIyam

10-13-2003, 04:43 PM

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How do you like your RAT RODS? poll
<input type="radio" name="option" value="1" />Channeled and scraping the ground Billetproof style?
<input type="radio" name="option" value="2" />Or on top of the frame traditional?

SamIyam

10-13-2003, 04:44 PM

Scraping the ground...?

Paul

10-13-2003, 04:45 PM

[ QUOTE ]
With big block Chevy's in 'em. How else could it be a rat rod?

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and one of each please http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Paul

NealinCA

10-13-2003, 04:46 PM

I like traditional Hot Rods.

**DONOTDELETE**

10-13-2003, 04:46 PM

I like my Rat Rods on top,
my Rockabilly bitches doggy style.

Paul

10-13-2003, 04:47 PM

this poling booth appears broke?

both

Paul

FLAT-TOP BOB

10-13-2003, 04:49 PM

on the top, is the way to go

porknbeaner

10-13-2003, 04:50 PM

Sunny side up with a side of HAMB. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Either way is cool, fast is a must.

if it don't make ya dirty it aint yours http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

hotrodladycrusr

10-13-2003, 04:50 PM

I like mine scrapin the ground MIDWEST style

http://65.37.184.205/~mferrari/pictures/hunnertcarpileup03/hcpu_03_130.jpg

http://65.37.184.205/~mferrari/pictures/hunnertcarpileup03/hcpu_03_129.jpg

http://65.37.184.205/~mferrari/pictures/hunnertcarpileup03/hcpu_03_139.jpg

I could go on and on but you get the "picture" http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

general gow

10-13-2003, 04:56 PM

It's all good, isn't it? Take two, they're small.

Mike

10-13-2003, 04:59 PM

With big block Chevy's in 'em. How else could it be a rat rod?

bradberry00

10-13-2003, 05:05 PM

both rule....but, im a little guy so I would probably go with scrapin' the ground.....I fit better in um http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

lucky_1974

10-13-2003, 05:08 PM

Death Style no brakes all motor and if possible I try to incorporate some sharp objects in the passenger compartment for comfort. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Truth kind of a scraper guy...

flt-blk

10-13-2003, 05:13 PM

Really low, don't care if it's the bottom of the Frame or the bottom of the Door.
TZ

rickyracer1962

10-13-2003, 05:14 PM

not sure about rat rods, but i like traditional hot rods channeled over real frames, 16" wheels, duece grill shells, manual transmissions, etc.

saltflataddict

10-13-2003, 05:20 PM

Utah style works for me -

Sam F.

10-13-2003, 05:22 PM

i like the ground scraping look on rat rods,but after setting mine up i realized its a bitch as far as sitting in the thing. i unchanneled it a few inches.its still real low tho.

but when i get around to building a "traditional" style hot rod i want it to be a high boy...

Steve

10-13-2003, 05:31 PM

I agree with rick on this one. his example post nailed it. Thats a friend of AV8's roadster aint it?

wingnutz

10-13-2003, 05:31 PM

"LOWWWWWW on a TOP!" http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Love the "Black Dahlia" of the Kontinentals! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Mark

Donzie

10-13-2003, 05:37 PM

I like channeled cars, just not scrappin' the ground.

Lowlife

10-13-2003, 06:56 PM

traditional

Lowlife

10-13-2003, 06:58 PM

Old,like me.

Rocky

10-13-2003, 07:04 PM

Depends on my mood....right now I'm an "on top" mood with Z'd frame rails...front and back...

tootallrodder

10-13-2003, 07:34 PM

Channelled, Zed, scraping the ground, and with vintage power and standard transmission. Old School old time but not unsafe to drive everyday.

Levis Classic

10-13-2003, 07:38 PM

Channeled to the ground, lots of sparks, and of course a bitchin flathead for power!

fuel pump

10-13-2003, 07:39 PM

I like em both way. Does that make me bi-traditional http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Fat Hack

10-13-2003, 08:22 PM

Give me a GAY MICHIGAN CLOWN CAR DEATH ROD and I'll be happy!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

GreggAz

10-13-2003, 08:28 PM

Ill stick with a traditional styled rod, dropped over the frame, but there damn well better never be a part that scrapes the ground.

AHotRod

10-13-2003, 08:29 PM

I'm on the frame rail on this one...I like 'em both ways.

fab32

10-13-2003, 08:38 PM

I'm an on the frame guy for the most part, but channeled rods are cool when done right. Ever since Rudy built that bitchin truck there has been a bunch of imitators but IMO no one has hit a home run since (close but no cigar). Just goes to show that when something cool comes along everyone wants on the bandwagon.

4eva4banger

10-13-2003, 10:08 PM

Well, I dont like the term RAT ROD. I like the term traditional rod?

I prefer traditional thirties to forties styled rods. Like the ones you read about in Hop Up and that Mike Bishop and Vern Tardel are in to.

But then I have seen some well proportioned chanelled cars too. What I dont like is thrown together junkers that people call hot rods! I like them to look old and traditional but not unsafe!

A neat traditional roadster would be Squeak Bell's roadster. I particularly enjoy the Choppers of Burbank cars for the period perfect looks and then I totally admire Jimmy Shine's Frankenshine. I think the Mike Bishop roadster is just sooooooooo cool and the restoration of historic hot rods is great for future generations!

10-13-2003, 10:17 PM

Sam I'll tell ya, I like them anyway there built,if they are built right and safe.I like nothing better than to see a ratty looking car and upon close inspection it looks like it was built by a watchmaker,now thats a cool Rat Rod--TV

FEDER

10-13-2003, 10:18 PM

Channeled-chopped-nosed-decked and ANY bigblock (but a chev) multiple carbs and a 4 speed. If it dont scrape it aint low !!!----FEDER

donovandagger

10-13-2003, 10:29 PM

i personally like channeled and z'ed cars but i appreciate on toppers as well

poncho

10-13-2003, 10:33 PM

feder said it best!!!! ...but both are cool

Drewfus

10-13-2003, 10:35 PM

Depends on the body style.....(stance verses body proportions)

eg a 28 roadster = higboy
a 28 coupe = channel

They are my prefferences

Similarly, some colors are better on some body styles than others

At the end of the day, back to basics, Stance, Wheels, Colour are the 'first impression' features which set the 'tone' of a car. The details are where the 'label' comes in.......my 2c

Cheers,

Drewfus http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

yorgatron

10-13-2003, 10:37 PM

Paul

10-13-2003, 10:41 PM

hahaha

Paul

10-13-2003, 10:46 PM

BLAKE

10-13-2003, 10:47 PM

I voted 'hiboy', but my full answer would agree with DONZIE - channeled is OK if done right. Lower is not always better - the look has to 'floooow'.

Hiboys are easier to do right.

candyman

10-14-2003, 08:25 AM

Sam you bastard... I answer neither... I like 50 styled channel jobs. Not billet proof style. Nuthin' against modern style patina... but the channel jobs are too low for my tastes. I am one that apreciates about a 6 to 7 inch channel. I do like highboys and full fenders as well. My favorites are the channels though. Not nessessarily east coast style. But channeled.

hatch

10-14-2003, 08:34 AM

I like the look of a channeled car. I also like to take quick trips (8 hour) in my roadster. The comfort level would drop a bunch in my car, if it was channeled..

Germ

10-14-2003, 08:44 AM

my favorite are when FAGS decide to ,Make FENDERLESS cars out of cars that SHOULD NEVER not have FENDERS..
and the COOL look of the TIRES above the REAR WINDOWS on "A"SEDANS".....

NOTHING like a 39 ford car with MODEL a LIGHT STANDS I like the FIREWALL look...

My MOST DEFINATE favorite is watching 2 BIT hacks build 400 horsepower ENGINES and then BUILD an "A" FRAME and a KICK, with a 110 welder, without the USE of COMMON GUSSETS...

PRO STYLE is the BEST when it comes to.
BUILDING RAT RODS......

I like the 90 degree rear kicks,
they look good........

and 10 inch channels.. are SWEET...

I HATE THE WORLD

magnet

10-14-2003, 10:33 AM

I like 'em in my garage...

Paul

10-14-2003, 11:09 AM

I have a fenderless fatfender car,

chopped channeled sectioned...

my next one will be a T on top of a Model A frame

Both with a MINIMUM of 400 hp .

I must be gay http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Paul

Kevin Lee

10-14-2003, 11:15 AM

I like 'em with a five painted on the door.

=mike=

10-14-2003, 11:54 AM

I dont like " rat rods "

SamIyam

10-14-2003, 12:29 PM

Hahahaha!!
Using the term RAT ROD was kind of tongue in cheek guys... I'm actually trying to not get all bent about people calling my car a RAT ROD, so many people call my car a RAT ROD... it's usually the general public or the people that aren't "in the know"...

And Grimlock... you likie this car with a "5" on the door? What about you 4ever4?

=mike=

10-14-2003, 12:35 PM

Hence the "quotes" . . . I agree with you though . and for what it's worth I like channeled cars if they are channeled the frame hight , and I like cars on top of the frame with zee'd and kicked up frames , etc . . . I dont really like the so-cal body on the ground hot rod look . I dont think hot rods should be that low .

SamIyam

10-14-2003, 12:42 PM

Mee too Mike. I like channeled cars like the one pictured here. (except its grille shell could stand to be lowered an inch or two) Just to the bottom of the frame, thank you. The ground scraping ones aren't my style... pictures of a monkey and a football come to mind . http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif It's just when the driver looks like he's sitting on top of the car instead of in it... things take on a cartoon flavor. I guess for me, aesthetics take presidence over shock value... in other words, I'd rather make the car look good instead of making it something that people will gawk at and say "damn that is low"... knowhatI'msayin'??
Sam.

roadstar

10-14-2003, 12:45 PM

Hey Sam the bottom line is too many people have built pieces of crap that look similar to your hotrod. And thats what makes the ones that are actually well built with a unfinished flavor get lumped into the same catagory.

Hope that makes sence. And as far as you origanal question, I stoped liking the "STYLE" when it came down to who could build the biggist piece of shit and actually make it go down the road.

SamIyam

10-14-2003, 12:47 PM

[ QUOTE ]
Hey Sam the bottom line is too many people have built pieces of crap that look similar to your hotrod. And thats what makes the ones that are actually well built with a unfinished flavor get lumped into the same catagory.

Hope that makes sence. And as far as you origanal question, I stoped liking the "STYLE" when it came down to who could build the biggist piece of shit and actually make it go down the road.

[/ QUOTE ]

I couldn't have said it better myself!

So why do some guys think it is cool to drive a piece of shit?
Sam.

Fat Hack

10-14-2003, 01:05 PM

The ones that think it's cool to drive an ultimate shit pile aren't typically "hot rodders", in many cases. Hot rodders generally seek to modify their vehicles to IMPROVE their form or function...or both. The Rockabilly Butchers just seek to elevate their status by risking life and limb on the roads in their bombs....as they stand around gloating over their miraculous survival each time they arrive somewhere in tact! Funny to see...until you realize that you're on the same road with them going home!

Oh wait a minute...SHIT!!! I'm starting to sound like TITUS!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

AAAAAHHHGGHHH!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

You can build Gay Clown Car Death Rods that are still roadworthy for the sake of being different...and I actually LIKE seeing some of them...but to try and cheat death in something that Super Dave would think twice about driving just for the sake of Rockabilly Machismo is REALLY gay!!

But, on the flip side...hot rods really aren't truly cool unless they are at least a LITTLE BIT dangerous...500 horsepower in a t-bucket is a loose cannon in a very COOL way...but 36 horsepower in a cobbled up Death Heap is risky in a SAD sort of way!!

Real rodders aint the problem...it's the Suicidal Scenesters you gotta watch! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

plan9

10-14-2003, 01:11 PM

[ QUOTE ]

So why do some guys think it is cool to drive a piece of shit?
Sam.

[/ QUOTE ]

good question.. ignorance of how things should work would play a major roll... youth, and testoserone.

trying to make sense of something as gay as a hoopty rod is beyond me.

DrJ

10-14-2003, 01:50 PM

What Sam said PLUS!
(To the "new guys", Sam's a very aware and intelligent guy, listen to him!)

I like channeled cars like the one SAMIYAM pictured too, and I agree that its grille shell must be lowered as much as the channel was or it looks out of sync, out of proportion, and spoils the lines of the car.
That is, unless it is a pure race car and not a street rod in any way, then if the high radiator makes it go faster then it doesn't matter. because for a race car, performance is everything.
Channels should definitely only go to the bottom of the frame.
The ones with ground scraping sheet metal and the frame still sitting high inside them are just plain weird.
Pictures of two monkeys fucking the same football definitely do come to mind.
Those things only belong on a Day-Glo airbrushed Roth shirt.
If you want the look of a body down there fabricate a full belly pan for it, or "Z" or curve the frame down there the way rogue did th one he's building.
I guess for me, aesthetics and usability take precedence over shock value...
A hotrod should look good, handle well, and ride good over any bad roads around without having to slow to a crawl, instead of being something that people will gawk at and say "damn that is low"...
They aren't a far step from a motorized "PacMan" in my way of thinking.

(some text and ideas may have been "borrowed", see below...) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

gowjobs

10-14-2003, 02:15 PM

I like 'em all different ways... but for sheer high-impact, knock-em-on-their-heels look, I dig 'em low.

GJ

Kilroy

10-14-2003, 02:36 PM

I don't think it's about whether a car's channeled or not.
It comes down to how the whole concept of the car is accomplished.

Some cars need to be channeled, some cars look ugly channeled. They could be the same car, channeled the same ammount but the end result may be different. It's about the build up like Germ says.

And conversly, if the cars fucked up when finnished you can't just blame it on the channel or chop etc. It's the whole package.

Generally I don't like channeled cars but that's because I think it's hard to come up with a nice finished product when you change the style that much. But the Colegiate Coupe does it for me...

Smokin Joe

10-14-2003, 02:50 PM

I like 'em cruzin 80 on the freeway in the middle of friggin no-where 3 states from home with no worries! If they can't do that, then who gives a rat's ass how low they are... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

max wedge

10-14-2003, 02:53 PM

Full of naked girls!!!!!!!!!!!

SatinBlack58

10-14-2003, 02:57 PM

i like hotrods real good!

Creeper Larry

10-14-2003, 03:05 PM

Mother Fucker! This one went outa the park. I'm gonna go with a tweener, on top o tha frame but sectioned, so to appear as channeled, but still a highboy. can you smoke that out of a pipe? I do gotta say I like a channel the height of the frame with reversed eyes on the springs with a bit o step in the rear. Regular tire in front, one size up in back. Minimum 40hp,with a tail wind! Larry

Travis

10-14-2003, 03:14 PM

Dammit. I keep telling people my car is a total piece of unsafe shit and I need to move on. Nobody ever listens or agrees with me except Mud. You think I'm kidding? YOU drive it... Here's the keys...

I do realize it's not a channeled hotrod or a high boy... and it's not a 4-door 64 Galaxie but you get the point?

Travis

zibo

10-14-2003, 04:01 PM

hiboy vs channeled, just good proportions...

as long as you can drive it with a flat tire,
maybe 2
and you don't smash your radiator,
or oil pan
(not pokin at you framedragger)

and you can drive it down dirt berms,
between the highway (the cop turnaqrounds)

and in dusty crop fields,
or over curbs...

that is the coolest.

travis aka zibo

Drewfus

10-14-2003, 08:50 PM

Sam, bit of trivia, look at that photo you posted again after you 'lighten' up the colours.......sorry, couldn't resist myself http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Cheers,

drewfus

DrJ

10-14-2003, 09:32 PM

[ QUOTE ]
Sam, bit of trivia, look at that photo you posted again after you 'lighten' up the colours.......sorry, couldn't resist myself http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Cheers,
drewfus

[/ QUOTE ]

I give up..Where's Waldo?

Sam F.

10-14-2003, 09:47 PM

since we are on the topic....

what came first????

the purple people eater,

or Rudys truck????

Paul

10-14-2003, 10:46 PM

I may be wrong, but I think Drewfus' point is that the truck is not channeled,

the frame is stepped.

Paul

av8

10-14-2003, 11:07 PM

I'm partial to unchanneled hot rods because I favor long-term, daily driving -- treating your hot rod like a real car rather than a fashion statement.

That doesn't mean I don't appreciate and admire excellent efforts like Rogue's bitchin' little truck, and of course Shine's closed-cab model.

But when it comes down to such adventures as running 80-plus mph across Nevada in the wee small hours of the morning, with abrupt four-inch pavement drops and rises in the dozens of resurfacing zones, there's something reassuring about having more than a couple of inches of suspension travel.

That couple of inches of suspension travel also translates to driving in the world closer to home as well, and I for one don't want to drive my hot rods like they were fragile, incompetant art cars. A car that requires that sort of pampering isn't a hot rod in my book of definitions.

Just the opinion of an old greybeard . . .

four-thirteen

10-14-2003, 11:45 PM

First step is not to build a "hoopty rod". You know, flat black primer with flames, a red frame, with a 35 sedan body and no fenders.

If you are using an ugly frame, it needs to be channeled. I don't care how much, as long as I don't see a bunch of shit hanging underneith it. You gotta channel a model A frame. They are really ugly. Deuce rails on the other hand, are the most beutiful thing on the planet, and don't need to be channeled.

Seems to me that back in the day, east coast rides were usually really low and channeled, without a top chop. This made them look a little hokey to me. west coast and midwest rides seemed to have a better proportion to them, with a chop and channel to them. An old timer gave me the figure of 4" and 4" for the perfect proportions on a model A.

I don't care how low it is, if it looks right. A full fendered car can be a lot higher than a fenderless car, and still look spot on. Dave

Jkustom

10-15-2003, 05:43 AM

I will say this: I like all cars to be low. Hotrods- channeled the width of the framerail is cool, z'd frames are cool to. But My 34 pickemup is an honest to goodness HIGHBOY! No fenders and ON TOP of henry ford 34 frame. Not really all that high, but not scraping by any stretch.

My view is, Fuck All these cars coming out that are rediculously low. IT Aint a hotrod if you have to baby it everywhere you go. I know of a car being built right now that will never make it though a parking lot, much less down the hightway at 60+.FUCKING USELESS. they look kinda cool sometimes, but I'll bet they are a huge headache to drive. Fuck 'Em. Okay let me have it. -J.

SKR8PN

10-15-2003, 07:07 AM

say my name........... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

beatnik

10-15-2003, 07:54 AM

I prefer them low, channeled or even scraping.

I think people are confusing comfort level with driveability. Just because a car scrapes once in a while doesn't mean it's not driveable. That's a personal preference.

Same goes for a lot of things on a car that people would say are unstreetable, camshafts, skinny front runners, excessive gears, torque converters, drum front brakes, bias ply tires.

I'll put up with a lot for speed or the right stance. I don't expect a hot rod to drive like a new Cadillac. I don't mind if the engine has to run at 3000 at 75mph as long as it can run some numbers. I'd rather have a car that put the HOT back into Hot Rod then a car that my dad could/would drive. Granted I'm young so I'll put up with a lot. But I know of at least one car that scrapes on every speed bump, that gets driven across the country with no creature comforts.

mytlo56

10-15-2003, 06:10 PM

I refer to them as traditional rods as well.

I like em' down low and Z'd a lot. When you're a bigger guy channeling can make things mighty uncomfortable. I also like some rods on top if they don't have too much rake.

Ya gotta' wack at least 3 inches out of the top no matter what.

SamIyam

10-15-2003, 06:55 PM

Ok, here's a little hint about my use of the term RAT ROD...

Look up the term disequalibrium... that's where some of you went with your discontent with my (intentional) use of the term RAT ROD.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Sam.

roadstar

10-15-2003, 07:58 PM

Oh man, now your giving us homework http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

**DONOTDELETE**

10-15-2003, 08:08 PM

Is this a rat rod??

Boones

10-15-2003, 09:35 PM

Give me sitting on the frame... Doane Spencer 32 style thank you...

four-thirteen

10-15-2003, 09:37 PM

Squirt some nice paint on there and you'll have a nice custom. Is it a rod? NO.
Dave

lakesmod

10-15-2003, 09:41 PM

I like to see the the frame but keep it low(4"). http://photo.starblvd.net/~lakesmod/2-1-5.jpg

SamIyam

10-16-2003, 12:13 PM

[ QUOTE ]
Is this a rat rod??

[/ QUOTE ]

What are you, new?
Sam.

48_HEMI

10-16-2003, 12:44 PM

daily driving -- treating your hot rod like a real car rather than a fashion statement.

But when it comes down to such adventures as running 80-plus mph across Nevada in the wee small hours of the morning, with abrupt four-inch pavement drops and rises in the dozens of resurfacing zones, there's something reassuring about having more than a couple of inches of suspension travel.

Just the opinion of an old greybeard . . .

[/ QUOTE ]
mike does that grey beard mean your getting old?
nothing wakes you faster driving in the wee hours than a little pavement bashing and sparks flying and your good for another 100 miles LOL

or what can top the thrill of running 80+ and have someone pull out of a driveway and you not knowing which way the car going to swerve when you touch the brakes (if you even have them) yeah the thrill of a fine machine keeps you young http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

BIG RIC

10-16-2003, 12:59 PM

I like mine with fat fenders, runnin boards, no hood, 2x4's, 4-speed, and a killer hot rod rake.

Iceberg

10-16-2003, 01:41 PM

I like mine with a slathering of billet and some bitchen' Boydster mods!

littledeucecoupe427

10-16-2003, 01:55 PM

I'm pretty big so I would have to say on the rails, because you reach a certian point when you channel them so severly where they are not useful for anything but a show car (if there are rat rod show cars) because they can't take normal road conditions like speed bumps, pot holes, curbs, back lanes and the like without getting stuck or seroiusly damaging your car. Besides when you get that low all you would do is suck the exhaust of every truck or SUV infront of you!

Kevin Lee

10-16-2003, 02:04 PM

I still say the ones with "fives" are the coolest.

D Picasso

10-16-2003, 02:30 PM

neither.
I just like silly polls.

SamIyam

10-16-2003, 04:15 PM

[ QUOTE ]
neither.
I just like silly polls.

[/ QUOTE ]

Like ElPolacko?

He can be silly at times. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Sam.

**DONOTDELETE**

10-16-2003, 04:22 PM

Sam, just wanted to tell you I'm not ignoring you- all the e-mails I send get kicked back. Does the school not accept e-mails? Let's talk tonight on the phone. Thanks Jim

gowjobs

10-16-2003, 04:23 PM

Hmmm... channelled?
http://images1.fotki.com/v3/photos/9/9586/96898/Dsc02449-vi.jpg

roadstar

10-16-2003, 04:34 PM

[ QUOTE ]
I like mine with fat fenders, runnin boards, no hood, 2x4's, 4-speed, and a killer hot rod rake.

[/ QUOTE ]

Yea I like Big Ricks car too.But i think it has a mouse motor http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

D Picasso

10-16-2003, 05:36 PM

nothin' agin you, Sam...just bein' crabby. sorry.

AHotRod

09-12-2005, 11:34 AM

Damn, this is a good one too !

seymour

09-12-2005, 11:41 AM

Damn, this is a good one too !

wow, back from the grave. heheh :D

speedaddict

09-12-2005, 12:10 PM

post diggers have nothing better to do....

Coupe-De-CAB

09-12-2005, 12:14 PM

Cars done "era correct" ...float my boat:)
CAB

slazzen

09-12-2005, 01:00 PM

I love my RATROD and i just except it now

trey

09-12-2005, 02:32 PM

I love my RATROD and i just except it now

i know what you mean

Oilcan Harry

09-12-2005, 02:57 PM

I prefer 'em on top of the frame. Channeled cars are OK if they aren't scraping low. But I can't see why anyone would channel anything over a deuce frame. Best looking frames ever! Too neat to cover up.

Fifty5C-Gas

09-12-2005, 02:59 PM

how about finished and painted.

dixiedog

09-12-2005, 03:03 PM

how about scrapped.

Florida Style

ratrodford

09-12-2005, 05:57 PM

any way ya build em

Willis

09-12-2005, 06:05 PM

How about this? (http://www.joshwillis.net/show/image004.JPG)

Chrome Shop Mafia

09-12-2005, 06:35 PM

Either one is great!!!

TTYL.

Later, peace...

Troy.

trey

09-12-2005, 07:05 PM

How about this? (http://www.joshwillis.net/show/image004.JPG)

uh oh

oldcarmike

09-12-2005, 07:24 PM

I like mine broiled with cajun spices and a hint of hickory.

briggs&strattonChev

09-12-2005, 07:29 PM

How about this? (http://www.joshwillis.net/show/image004.JPG)

how did I know that was going to be THAT car?!

btw I saw that car in person this summer, it really is a POS, the pics make it look alot better than it actually is

I always liked that car, until I was a foot away from it.

Spike!

09-12-2005, 08:34 PM

Trad is Rad.. Rat Rodzz are fur ol skoolerz!

My personal preference is deeply channeled. low and topless, like my women..

Spike

mule

09-12-2005, 09:41 PM

lo n slo (well not really)

oldfart

09-12-2005, 11:06 PM

THE only reason that there are "rat rods" is that you people are too stupid,too lazy or just too cheap to do it right.When they built cars,they put fenders on them for a reason.And who is the Einstein that convinced you morons that black primer looks as good as paint?If you don't have much money,I understand why you do what you do,But if you have a pocket full of money and still find it necessary to destroy a nice ol'car by turning it into a "rat rod" then you are an IDIOT!!

Scrap Heap

09-13-2005, 12:08 AM

Low as they can go, stripped to the bone, fast and loud!

Mad-Lad

09-13-2005, 12:55 AM

What the hell is a Rat Rod?:confused: Something you wack a rat with:eek: :D ?

Jeff Norwell

09-13-2005, 12:57 AM

I like traditional Hot Rods.

Ditto.

sufoowt

09-13-2005, 07:59 AM

I like em high or low just depends on how all of the the other parts and pcs go together.:)

Skimmer

09-13-2005, 03:01 PM

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Ths looks like an English Rod ,Jim Pantels if im not mistaken...am i correct or is there a clone :confused:

lowlow

09-13-2005, 03:31 PM

How about this? (http://www.joshwillis.net/show/image004.JPG)

JUST like that!!! I gotta get me a Model A NOW! Chopetichopeti...:D

willowbilly3

09-13-2005, 03:58 PM

Hmmm...blondes, brunettes or redheads? What day is it?
No dragging, drug the tranny pan off my 60 Cadillac convert once and coolness was not part of that scene.

Fifty5C-Gas

09-13-2005, 04:12 PM

8bb

09-13-2005, 04:31 PM

Built by the owner!;)

JamesG

09-13-2005, 04:52 PM

Like this.

Automotive Stud

09-13-2005, 04:53 PM

I like 50 styled channel jobs. Not billet proof style. Nuthin' against modern style patina... but the channel jobs are too low for my tastes. I am one that apreciates about a 6 to 7 inch channel. I do like highboys and full fenders as well.

I would say I like unchanneled cars better, but I do like cars that are channeled the height of the frame, no more though. Just like chops, I think some modern interperetations of traditional cars are way off base with way too much out of the roof and channeled too much.