# Miata based rat rod.

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**Created:** [August 15, 2011, 6:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-based-rat-rod/259970 "2011-08-15T06:34:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 6:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miata-based-rat-rod/259970/1 "2011-08-15T06:34:55Z")

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_**[eBay Find of the Day: Mazda Miata forms basis for unlikely rat rod - Autoblog](http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/17/ebay-find-of-the-day-mazda-miata-forms-basis-for-unlikely-rat-r/)**_

 

> Let’s play a quick game of word association; if we say “rat rod”, what would you say in return? We’d wager that “[Mazda](http://www.autoblog.com/make/mazda/)” wouldn’t be the first thing to come out of your mouth. Hell, it wouldn’t even be the last thing. Unless, of course, you’re a person looking for cheap transportation as you being graduate school in Georgia. It’s hard to believe the car in the lead photo started life as a [Miata](http://www.autoblog.com/infiniti/mx-5), and has since been transformed into a real ratty rod that’s fitted with parts from a variety of vehicles.

> The owner states the he was rear-ended in the Mazda Miata, and this started him down a path to turn the wrecked vehicle into a rat rod. The engine, transmission, rear differential, gauges, suspension and steering components are all from a 1996 Miata. The frame was custom-fabricated from the remains of the crash-damaged car. The front and rear sub-frames were attached to the custom frame that was created, and this allowed for the stock steering and suspension points to be retained.

> Up front, the grille of the rat rod was created by turning two 1960’s Ford fender covers sideways, then welding them together. The headlamps are from a 1940s Packard, while the hood ornament was plucked from a 1941 Cadillac. Inside, the seats were wrestled out of a '70s-era Monte Carlo. Oddly enough, the entire package works well together to create that rat rod aesthetic, and the Mazda motor has no problem moving custom rig down the road.

> The asking price is $8,000, and you can find out more about the Mazda-powered rat rod by [clicking over to the eBay listing](http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230621756315&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:MOTORS:1123).

Quite a bit of work and creativity went into it.

I dare say I like it!