An Australian Rodder

[39 Plymouth]

Found a Rat Rod Forum site.

[54_coupe_ute]

Hi mate . i have a similar idea floating around in my head . but using a inter coupe Ute body . easier using a Ute body than a sedan . i also was looking at a fj rear but I'm keeping a eye out on eBay . and when i work out bush for something more suitable . but i will more than likely fabricate the rear myself. ill keep a eye out for your posts

[AussieGirl]

Hi and Wlecome fellow australian

you should make a post in the wanted section who knows what you may find on here

Rebecca

[39 Plymouth]

Found a Rat Rod forum site.

[34 GAZ]

I'll take the portable generator and a grinder with 1mm cut off wheels and part the body at the centre pillar and dump the front section before comming home on Tuesday.

Welcome, Can you still dump cars alongside the road in Queensland ? Why not make a BBQ from the front half of the FJ ?

[HYPORX]

Hello there Owen, or is it Ned?

Been faking terminal ilness/death lately?

[X38]

Welcome!

Everyone else is being nicey pie so I'll be the bad cop and point out that this is not a rat rod site.

And you others, how about doing more than just putting 'Australia' for your location. There are a lot of us here and it helps us to know.

[striper]

Welcome. I have no comment on how the rear of an FJ might mate to a Plymouth but I have a suggestion. Bring the whole car home. I think you're going to need a lot of compound curved filler panels and the rest of that car sure has lots of them. You could probably make you $1000 back selling what's left too.

As X38 says. We don't do Rat Rods. Search those two words and you'll soon get the picture.

Pete

[DocWatson]

*ugh*

[54_coupe_ute]

i would have dragged the whole body home and swapped what you don't need for a carton of coopers pale ale. rather than dump it .

[39 Plymouth]

Found a Rat Rod forum site.

[DocWatson]

A rat rod is a rat rod no matter what country you are in. They may have a little more engineering in them here but there still a worthless POS.
Do yourself a favour, build a hot rod. Do some research, learn a little more.

[39 Plymouth]

Found a Rat Rod forum site.

[autobilly]

Welcome!

Everyone else is being nicey pie so I'll be the bad cop and point out that this is not a rat rod site.

And you others, how about doing more than just putting 'Australia' for your location. There are a lot of us here and it helps us to know.
Welcome 39 Plymouth.
Everyone may have their own oppinion, but it'd pay to take on X38 and DocWatson's suggestions in this case (for your happy HAMB life).
PS check out the Aussie HAMBers "Social Group".

[39 Plymouth]

Found a Rat Rod forum site.

[autobilly]

No thanks I'm an individual and I'll built it the way it makes me feel good...
I don't think that anyone's against you building your car your way, just this might not be the "place" for that specific type of car.
Good luck.:)

[AussieGirl]

Guys i think thats a bit harsh....isn't this web site for people who love car. Im sure we would all love to have a show winning Hotrod or even a clean hotrod for that matter but that is not in every one grasp. Also im sure there are a lot of ratrod cars that will get to Hotrod statists one day. i think if cars and hotrod kulture runs through their veins then they are in the right place.

[X38]

This site is for traditional hot rods and customs. It has a particular focus, as in how things were up to 64. People are free to do what they want and enjoy themselves, but for this site the dog at a cat show argument applies.

And for the record, just because something is painted in primer and is unfinished, it isn't a rat rod. It's just in primer or unfinished.

[moon.dog62]

Maybe you should change the words rat rod for hot rod and people wont crack the shits. welcome to the HAMB

[HYPORX]

Owen,
You may be a persistant bugger but you can't get away that easily...

In response to Hyporx message: Yes my name is Owen and no I haven't as he put it faked any deaths lately, see several years ago my boyfriend Elvis had terminal bowel cancer due to one of the many complications of aids and during that period he was badly assaulted so to protect him and for some pay back we changed our identities.
Elvis then wanted to build a hot rod and had some crazy ideas of building a 1954 Austin A40 rod but because in Australia a hot rod needs to be pre 1948 there just wasn’t much help available and eventually we scraped that project and purchased a 1939 Plymouth 4 door sedan a little over priced but still worth the effort. Elvis & I set about converting it from a 4 door into a 2 door 5 window coupe. He latter joined an Australian hot rod site and was being totally honest with the guys except for our names then somehow some members started thinking Owen & Elvis was the same guy.
Probably because both I and Elvis were asking questions using the same username, Elvis changed the user names trying to correct this problem but things went down hill from there. Elvis then emailed the site and fully explained what had happened but our membership was cancelled this was very upsetting and stressfull as we ment no harm, after Elvis had passed on I went through a long period of depression and spent quite a while under medial supervision. Now I'm back and have a new boyfriend and life’s going alright but I still have the occasional period when I'm down but that’s life, also with the correct medication I’m getting much better. We even have a new Bull Terrier and we called him Leo he's now 18 month old, Ned was my previous Bull Terrier who passed away 2 years ago of kidney failure aged 13, back in May we bought our own home in Townsville and will be moving during Xmas.
I'm hoping everyone doesn’t think badly of me but I had to protect Elvis because I loved him deeply.

[fat141]

Re: An Australian Rodder
This site is for traditional hot rods and customs. It has a particular focus, as in how things were up to 64. People are free to do what they want and enjoy themselves, but for this site the dog at a cat show argument applies.

And for the record, just because something is painted in primer and is unfinished, it isn't a rat rod. It's just in primer or unfinished.


Welcome mate. Do yourself a favour and keep the above in the back of your mind

[39 Plymouth]

Found a Rat Rod forum site.

[mcdonald]

Please dont build a rat rod thay are unsafe death trapes and as a rod run promoter of the largest event in Auss and with other runs under the ASRF thay are banning Rat Rods at events,have pride in what you build ,tradition was never like that........Lindsay

[EHBoy]

A rat rod is a rat rod no matter what country you are in. They may have a little more engineering in them here but there still a worthless POS.
Do yourself a favour, build a hot rod. Do some research, learn a little more.


well said he will soon learn that r#t rods are roling death traps regardles of how he trys to justify it.


oh yeah from another fellow aussi welcome to the hamb hope you learn a few things.

[54_coupe_ute]

Please dont build a rat rod thay are unsafe death trapes and as a rod run promoter of the largest event in Auss and with other runs under the ASRF thay are banning Rat Rods at events,have pride in what you build ,tradition was never like that........Lindsay


please fuel an argument..define a rat rod..tradition was never like that ...how old are you guys..

[theseekerfinds]

Hey there, I'm thinking the whole car seems like a good project, plenty of custom rodder-fications possible and at least you're not notching the chassis and fitting airbags, just joking, hope it all comes together and looks the goods.. just for the record I'm not that into the rat rod scene, however there is always some good in something with wheels and a motor that is built with passion.. for many people a rat rod is a gateway rod, the one they build that gets them into the whole rodding scene.. and besides the photos and story don't really seem to add up to a rat rod, seems like far too much work in it for it to be 'just' a rat rod.. cheers crew

[39 Plymouth]

Found a Rat Rod forum site.

[39 Plymouth]

Found a Rat Rod forum site.

[39 Plymouth]

Found a Rat Rod forum site.

[34 GAZ]

Got any more pic,s of that Topolino ? Here,s one of mine , a 1950/ 1953 model. I can,t see a Morris Minor panel on the red one. Either they did a lot of panel work or they were pulling your leg.

[39 Plymouth]

Found a Rat Rod forum site.