the worst looking rat rod car i have ever seen

[Bodge Deep]

Hourses for courses as they say
I quite like it to be honest. its a modern take on the old rustbucked format...
Although I have to confess I'd probably be one of those folks walking past the Foose cars as i don't rate the guy... money can buy everything but taste... he's undoubtedly very talented... but he's more custom than hot rod
I prefer the ethos of the original hot rodder of the 40's and fifties which was take an cheap old car (usually 1920's or 30's) strip it and make it go like stink on a budget... ploughing money into a car is no substitute for style... I've seen excellent cars/bikes and bicycles built on a budget of next to nothing that looked the dogs danglies and chrome dripping multi thousand pound metal flaked mosnters that cost a fortune and just look daft...
Some of the best looking bikes on here, for my money are the ones that are the frankenstein type... bits off this ... bits off that put together in an imaginative way to create something unique
Just my two erm... pennies

[cman]

5. No discussing the definition of the term "rat rod" or whether bikes meet "rat rod" criteria

[bighit]

i think we are all in violation of rule #5 lock this thread now and let's get building.

[cman]

No need to lock, Just get building.

[deorman]

i would take 20 s10s like that before i would have a lifted 4x4 or a donk!

A 4x4 can be dropped back down, or driven around in the rivers and swamps, but a donk's karma is forever stained.
p.s. I've seen uglier.

[Rat Rod]

Yeah...I pondered stopping this discussion, but it seemed to revolve around cars and not bikes.

Moral of the story,...beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[icyuod2]

just so you guys know.
he could have done worst.
for your viewing displeasure.......
the vw vancake.

[Gold Street Customs]

Hey I like the pancake , the only thing missing is a bike rack behind the driver.

[sensor]

my wife liked the vancake as well....
anyone seen the early-mid 60s c10s that people have been doing as roadsters? i cant seem to find any pictures of those things(albeit its pretty much the same as the s10 that was posted just with a early 60s cab instead)

[icyuod2]

some wicked evil rats on there
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=821745

[screw_dup]

[thatismytruck]

screw_dup - that is a completely new direction! a rat with donk wheels and suicide lambo doors!?!?

I like it mind you, I love the creativity/individuality of it. awesome.

[karfer67]

ahhh i think the donk rat takes the cake. sorry if i started a bit of a fire storm with this if you like it then cool i hate it. i am entitled to my opinion too right? i am just amazed that someone put that much work into that when they could have found an older body. i remember reading in hot rod awhile ago where a guy did some really neat concept drawings using 60's truck cabs for this sort of thing and narrowing them. just using an s10 for it is ummm well. there is a difference between bluring the lines or crossing eras and stomping all over them. oh and that 1919 frrd with the flatty is really neat.

[marcusthemoose]

just so you guys know.
he could have done worst.
for your viewing displeasure.......
the vw vancake.

an andy saunders creation i believe. he is from dorset, uk and has done some great kustoms. this is not one of his best- give him a quick google, you may like what you see!

a creation, the ford x-2000

[kenny p]

The Vancake coulda been really neat, but those wheels kill it, and the ladder and cheezy side plexi windows.
You gotta admit...it would make you stop and stare if you saw it on the road.
ICYUOD2- Great link, really cool stuff in there!