A Rat rod is one thing but!!!!!!

Look what followed me home I took a rake and cleaned the floor as best as I could when I unloaded it. Today I got a chance to get back on it and MAN can you say rat rod I never saw so many rats I got 3 trash cans full of crap and rags out of this old car

 

Now that was a real rat trap! Gotta admire their taste though.
Good Catch!

 

Looks like a pretty solid '38 Chevy even if you did leave a bunch of rats homeless

 

Cool car, but the stench of rat urine is gonna haunt you unless ...

 

Looks like a pretty solid little '38. What are your plans for it (after all the rat crap is removed)?

 

With that much rat action going on in there, I can hardly belive how solid that thing is!!!

 

Now we got it and I got it clean what shall we do with it? any ideas. I like the 216 I got it to fire up sounds ok I drove it out to take the pictures no brakes at all

 

Don't ya love that new car smell !!!!

 

Sounds nasty...but still worth it ..that's a sweet car.

 

Can you put up a pic of the wheel trims rings, and what size they are? thanks

 

They are hub caps I think 53 or 54 chevy on 15" rims and some tires off of a trailer to get it to roll

 

I would love to make this my every day driver

 

Makes a wonderful aroma don't it!!!

 

hope you wore a mask.

 

can you say .... GASSER !!!

 

U will never get rid of that rat smell .You better let me come take that rat infested car out of your yard...I wont charge you nutin man............ Just kidin man ,Nice ride

 

The things we do for our cars. Jeez......

 

Do it ! figure what it will take to get it to DD status and get her back rolling. then you can figure what you want to do from there

 

I did I hear that can make one sick. so I did wear one first time ever

 

May, if the headliner isn't out of it, pull it out, there's more up there.
Same for inside the doors and in the quarter panels.

Rat urine is really corrosive... I'm surprised the floors are still there! Maybe all those rags soaked it up?

Congrats on the car though! GREAT starting point!!

-Brad

 

The '37 and '38 Chev coupes have great lines. Nice solid project you have there.

 

I have been thinking of that. So what is DD really? got to be able to drive in traffic need to stop quick,and run at least 65 so as not to get in trouble. As well as stay in a budget. Any Ideas? Then lets photoshop it.

 

Sweet but smellie...

 

Man if that was my car and I lived in Texas or any where in the south, it would be my daily driver!

 

save the skulls for wall art!

 

Great find including all the critters! Good luck with the new project!

 

I thought things were big in Texas. This is what lives in cars in Nevada till they get too big. They move in when you park at night, climb into the engine compartment and eat the wire harness for supper. They chew their way inside as it gets colder and eat the seat for breakfast. Very nice coupe by the way. Please leave some form of inline in it. A blown 302 GMC would make a classy gasser

 

Just love your new "Rat Rod". Good luck with with what ever you do or which way you go.

 

Looks like they had easy access to shop rags, or the previous owner stuffed them up under the seat for more cushon, than the rats chewd them up..either way i bet it stinks like rat piss

 

They were guard rats. Wow that thing looks in GREAT shape.Good story to have with the car,Rodents or not ,thats a excellant looking ride,lucky guy!!!