# Rat Rod!!

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [December 5, 2006, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187 "2006-12-05T11:27:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/1 "2006-12-05T11:27:57Z")

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Something about this truck i love. Its old, its rust, its a rat rod

![http://www.so-calspeedshop.com/Billy-Gibbons-RatRod-Gallery/images/B_Gibbons-Rat-1_jpg.jpg](http://www.so-calspeedshop.com/Billy-Gibbons-RatRod-Gallery/images/B_Gibbons-Rat-1_jpg.jpg)

![http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/photos-rod/hotrod_64.jpg](http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/photos-rod/hotrod_64.jpg)

![http://magoos.co.nz/images/Gibbons%20rat%20rod.jpg](http://magoos.co.nz/images/Gibbons%20rat%20rod.jpg)

This one as well

![http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/photos-rod/hotrod_58.jpg](http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/photos-rod/hotrod_58.jpg)

old, rusty, loud :tup:

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**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/2 "2006-12-05T11:30:23Z")

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I \<3 rat rods.

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**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/3 "2006-12-05T11:31:42Z")

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i love the trucks the best

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**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/4 "2006-12-05T11:42:50Z")

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it runs?

haha just fuckin w u my man

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**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/5 "2006-12-05T11:45:58Z")

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:2fingers: hehehe

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**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/6 "2006-12-05T11:59:01Z")

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Pretty cool

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**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/7 "2006-12-05T12:00:53Z")

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those arent true rat rods … they look way to safe

true rat rods are death traps

edit: speaking of death traps, check below …

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**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/8 "2006-12-05T12:00:58Z")

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So hot. Needs more V8 though.

![http://www.bufkinengineering.com/2005%20Lone%20Star%20Roundup%20031.jpg](http://www.bufkinengineering.com/2005%20Lone%20Star%20Roundup%20031.jpg)

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**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/9 "2006-12-05T12:05:20Z")

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jesse james has some cool cars kinda liek these

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**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/10 "2006-12-05T12:06:03Z")

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ya i have to find the VW he did that looks like an old rat rod

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**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/11 "2006-12-05T12:09:17Z")

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i like the primer black one with the chopped roof

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**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/12 "2006-12-05T12:17:29Z")

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I like the “be careful youll cut yourself on the rusty edges” look myself…

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**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/13 "2006-12-05T18:57:42Z")

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nothing says hotrod like tetnis shot

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**Author:** ![layzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/layzie/32/7599_2.png) [@layzie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/layzie)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/14 "2006-12-05T19:02:15Z")

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each rat rod comes with a tetnis shot

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**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/15 "2006-12-05T19:25:07Z")

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Rat rods :tup:

HRK: Who had the RR at the last WW at the fairgrounds? Dropped bucket, evil car… know who it was?

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**Author:** ![Kramer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kramer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Kramer)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/16 "2006-12-05T19:30:02Z")

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> [@brent\_strong](#):
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> So hot. Needs more V8 though.

this one is bad asss even badder with a blown sbc in it

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**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/17 "2006-12-05T19:31:00Z")

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> [@TrueBlue](#):
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> HRK: Who had the RR at the last WW at the fairgrounds?

no idea, theres a few in the area that i know of, but i didnt go to that show, so i couldnttell ya for sure

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**Author:** ![dirtye30](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dirtye30/32/7333_2.png) [@dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirtye30)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/18 "2006-12-06T01:05:41Z")

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that red one on top is billy gibbons from zz top… it was on a magazine over summer. what was it. deluxe maybe??? the floor in the back is made out of buisness signs.

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**Author:** ![Studderin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/studderin/32/7197_2.png) [@Studderin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Studderin)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/19 "2006-12-06T01:16:07Z")

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I wounder what kind of gas milage thouse get…

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**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rat-rod/21187/20 "2006-12-06T04:26:57Z")

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RR is a derrogatory term in the minds of most true hot rodders.
