Rat rods

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I could have saved all kinds of money if I'd had a few of these dummy sharks to plug some of the holes in my pickup's original bodywork (You can relax. It isn't real).







This old pickup body is on a late-model Dodge truck frame. Check out those headers! Imagine the boost they must provide.

Dan

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The billet grilles are very popular these days.





This old LaSalle hearse was about as long as a school bus.



Dan

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Last night I spent a little time with the calendar Dave Baughman mentioned on this site last April (http://www.seattleminiowners.com/for...read.php?t=625). It's the first time I'd really checked it out, and I noticed that the Rat Bastards club was holding its "Infestation" today at the Issaquah Triple X. So when the fog lifted today, I hopped into the pickup and drove up to Issaquah.

Rat rods may not be everyone's cup of tea -- and I agree some of them are excuses not to create a great car -- but I enjoy the resourcefulness and sense of humor many of them represent.

Anyway, here are a few I saw at the "Infestation."





A lot of these rodders have shelves -- but not magic shelves.



Take one chassis from a WWII Dodge personnel carrier, flip it upside down, add a mid-thirties Dodge pickup body, and top it off with a Chevy six. I've seen this car at a couple of shows, but I've never seen it run. I'd like to see it move.



By the way, in the shadow of all this rusty special-interest stuff, the Mini drew a lot of attention. I could've stayed with the car and answered questions all afternoon, but I was there to see the hot rods (of which, more to come).

Dan