Saving a Rat Rod or, How to polish a Turd

Thanks for the great photo coverage,very interesting and super well done.

 

Superb! ..... Your customer is very lucky to have you show him some of your skills.
As always your work speaks for itself, your rides are just perfect. Too bad that the
Hot Rod world is losing one of it's Master Craftsmen, but good for you to stay ahead
of the game, and know when to hang it up. Hope to see you and your wife out and
about at the shows here in the Reno area Rich...
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Holy smokes great job!!! Now that's my kind of build thread, no keeping us in suspense on this one.

 

Great thread, Great work! Thank you Rich

 

Excellent Job, I could almost smell the fresh paint....wonderful thread.

 

I learned a lot from this post, for sure. Thank you Rich for sharing this. Thank you very much..

 

You did an excellent job on the car and the thread. This would be my nominee for the HAMB Thread Of The Year if there was such a thing....

If you're thinking of a second career, please consider writing "how to do it" books or producing videos. It would be a shame for your skill, talent, knowledge and ability to describe the process to disappear with your retirement.

 

Beautiful work Rich! Man that body was rough...it gives me hope that my RPU will be shiny one day...

Neal

 

So I gotta ask, if this was your swan song, what'll you do now? Beautiful work and it's obvious you love what you do. Hope you find something to fill the void.

 

Great thread. You sure put a nice shine on that turd. I hope that knows how lucky he is to have had you work on his car.

 

Rich..always excellent work. A major salvage project that you do your magic on..
A fitting way to crown a great career..

Beautiful..
So..now Mr Swan Song..save the knees..and maybe stay away from curbs..

 

Rich is a hell of a craftsman. Not every metalman could have saved that coupe. But he can't ride a mini bike for shit!

 

very impressive work sir. That was truly the most amazing restoration i have ever seen. hope to see you around reno and talk to you about it.
Again, great work.

 

Just read it all, very nice work!

 

That's the way to build a Hot Rod and write a thread, simply inspiring!

Scotty

 

Beautiful! Thanks for the show, Rich.

 

That was one of the most amazing threads Ive seen. Your work is amazing... Great motivator and inspiration this one was!

 

A true craftsman in every sence and a great insight into how much work can go into the cars we see finished and just see them as a nice car etc. Perfect amount of chop. Very impressed. JW

 

just amazing thanks for showing your talent

 

words can't say

 

Simply, the guy new what he was doing, it makes a hell of difference.

 

This is outstanding work an attention to detail Rich.

Im impressed by your thought process and your focus on HOW you actually DO the work to keep things moving along, minimise mistakes and keep things CLEAN almost as much as the quality of your work.

In your OP you mentioned how you've been burnt out doing this work.

At this level of excellence AND focus I'm not surprised.

Fantastic work !!

Rat

 

this is the quickest build thread ever! i love the work you did.

 

Good stuff Rich. Now that you"re done you can get that primer spot fixed on your pick up!

 

Whew! I'm wore out just from reading about your work!

 

MAN you rock. Beautiful

 

Damn nice job, I like all the photos, nice to see how other people do things.

Thanks and now go enjoy driving your hot rods.

 

Very cool, the work is amazing.

 

Rich, what a fantastic *finisher*. You are a true craftsman... the younger generation would benefit greatly from your business experience!

 

Just...wow
It's easy for people to say "I'm inspired by your work"....but after looking at this, trust me, I AM inspired Thank you for sharing!
I truly love that deck skin flanging dolly--freakin' fantastic and so simple.
My hat's off to you, Mr Wright.