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Rat Rod Nation General Area => Rat Rod Pictures => Topic started by: lowboy on June 08, 2013, 03:05:02 PM

Title: christoper carshow
Post by: lowboy on June 08, 2013, 03:05:02 PM
small show 8) about 77 cars and bikes the rat next to me got "best rat of show"
Title: christoper carshow
Post by: Rust T Nuts on June 08, 2013, 04:11:37 PM
Cool pictures.  Looks like a nice show.
Title: Re: christoper carshow
Post by: oldskool49 on June 09, 2013, 03:41:25 AM
Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: christoper carshow
Post by: hotwheels on June 09, 2013, 08:21:06 AM
very kewl man, i like both of the rats. Would have been a hard choice.
Title: Re: christoper carshow
Post by: obama on June 09, 2013, 09:36:23 AM
Thank's for the photo's, what was the car next to ya?
Title: Re: christoper carshow
Post by: lowboy on June 09, 2013, 10:24:06 AM
belive its an old plymouth heres a better picture of it its got a viper motor the zoomys have baffles so its not to loud as the fuzz has hassled him quite extensively
Title: Re: christoper carshow
Post by: obama on June 10, 2013, 12:44:24 PM
interesting.
Viper motor, and who say's the rat crowd doesn't spend money.
Title: Re: christoper carshow
Post by: miraclepieco on June 10, 2013, 01:30:23 PM
Quote from: lowboy on June 08, 2013, 03:05:02 PM
the rat next to me got "best rat of show"


To estimate what this "rat rod" paid for his engine alone, here is a Dodge Viper engine current for sale on Ebay for $8000 Buy It Now.  To give the trophy to the guy who spent the most money shows that nothing has changed in the car show hierarchy.  Big money still gets the trophies and very few really understand what a REAL rat rod is.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2005-Viper-Ram-1500-SRT-10-8-3L-Engine-72K-Automatic-Trans-48RE-Dropout-SRT-/310683149305?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item485628a3f9&vxp=mtr (http://www.ebay.com/itm/2005-Viper-Ram-1500-SRT-10-8-3L-Engine-72K-Automatic-Trans-48RE-Dropout-SRT-/310683149305?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item485628a3f9&vxp=mtr)
Title: Re: christoper carshow
Post by: lowboy on June 10, 2013, 03:32:43 PM
with an 8000 price tag i could build dang near 4 boog bugs :o and still have 4 times the fun ;D :P
Title: Re: christoper carshow
Post by: miraclepieco on June 12, 2013, 12:58:11 PM
Rat rods were born out of a disgust with the street rod crowd spending exorbitant amounts of money to build their status-symbol cars. When egomaniacs start spending huge sums to have the most outrageous "rat rod" they are missing the whole point. Is there a price limit on rat rods? YES - I can't name a figure, but I know that an $8000 engine takes it out of the rat rod category no matter how rusty the body.

The question is, how will the REAL rat rod crowd respond to this invasion of their hobby by the overly-monied copy cats? Will they invent a new hot rod genre? What will be the next phase that the innovators invent that the rich show-offs scramble to try and throw more money at?
Title: Re: christoper carshow
Post by: oldskool49 on June 12, 2013, 06:10:17 PM
Where is the cut off and where will it all end. A viper for power takes it out of the general listing for rats.



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