| Do you love your rat rod as much as I love mine? In | | | | counter culture against the established custom car |
| case you didn't know, a rat rod is a type of custom | | | | scene. It is almost a form of rebellion to own one. |
| car or truck that is usually a modified hot rod from the | | | | One problem with owning a rat rod is finding parts for |
| 1930's through the 1960's. The thing with rat rods is that | | | | your car. Since all of the components and body panels |
| they are not the polished "trailer queens" like lots of the | | | | are very old they can be hard to come by. Sometimes |
| really expensive hot rods you see. They are almost | | | | you can find old car bodies in old garages or barns just |
| never painted in any more than primer, and usually | | | | rusting away. You never know you could even get |
| have mismatched body panels. The more unfinished | | | | lucky at a local junk yard. The great thing is that rust is |
| they look the better they are. | | | | very much appreciated by rat rod enthusiasts. |
| So what is the appeal of a rat rod over a more | | | | The engine is usually an older flathead V8 cylinder |
| polished hot rod? Well for starters they are much | | | | motor. You will also find many rat rods with Hemi |
| cheaper. You can actually drive you rat rod and not | | | | engines or straight 8's, V6's, four cylinder, or even |
| have to worry about chipping the paint or something. | | | | diesel motors. |
| The other great thing about rat rods is that you don't | | | | If you would like to start having some serious fun, you |
| need to be so paranoid about a dent or some | | | | should buy or build a rat rod. To find parts for sale, or |
| scratches or dust. Rat rods have become sort of a | | | | even complete rat rods visit my site RatRodWorld. |