Comments on: Radical Rat Rod Revealed; Really

By: blake

blake — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:20:22 +0000

this is THE most badazz rat i have ever seen and i cant stop looking at it…kudos, its amazing.

By: rabbit

rabbit — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:29:11 +0000

thoes wheels ruin it … shame

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:32:32 +0000

I got to see this at Viva Las Vegas Car Show this past weekend. I love it.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:04:11 +0000

I saw this back when it was in Nashville at Goodguys. I actually have pictures of how it used to look. It was cool then but now it’s wicked!!!

By: Roy Stewart

Roy Stewart — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:43:21 +0000

A mate encoraged me to check out this website, nice post, fascinating read… keep up the nice work!

By: BOB

BOB — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:45:50 +0000

THIS IS THE RAT ROD OF ALL RAT RODS;
IT INSPIRES THE CREATIVITY IN ANY CAR ENTHUSIAST. I HAVE A PLAN FOR A 7″ CHOPPED 53 FORD PANEL DELIVERY WITH A MID ENGINE 500 CI CADDY WITH A TURBO 400, PRO STREET AND TURN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT INTO A STAINLESS STEEL BARBECUE. I AM SORRY BUT I AGREE THAT THE BUILDER SHOULD GET MOST OF THE CREDIT AND I KNOW FROM OWNING A CAR THAT A LOT OF THE PERSONALITY OF THE NEW OWNER IS ADDED TO THE WORK.
MY HUMBLE OPINION ALL SHOULD SHARE IN THE ACCOLADES OF THIS CREATION.
THIS IS SUCH A WONDERFUL PIECE OF AUTOMOBILE SCULPTURE THAT IS SHOULD BE IN ALL THE MAGS TO GIVE IT THE EXPOSURE IT DESERVES.

By: john swann

john swann — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:33:47 +0000

cool ,very cool

By: Carl S.

Carl S. — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:29:39 +0000

This great works reminded me of a high school chum who, in 1956 and 7, built a pretty radical 1/4 miler. It was a 32 Ford two door, chopped and channeled and the flathead was located in the general vicinity of the front seat. John sat over the differential (with scatter-shield). For it’s day and for a teenager to do such incredible work made me green with envy.

I remember that he used two ‘40 Ford hoods (with one inverted) as the nose. He painted it yellow with red-orange flames. It was very successfully campaigned in the Medford Oregon vicinity. I don’t know it’s where-abouts, now 52 years ago, but I did keep a cherished photo.

John was one of those incredible guys who could envision things in three dimensions and to scale. He would be right at home, building something similar to this unique and innovative ride.

By: rfleener

rfleener — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:17:55 +0000

One man’s “crap” is another man’s treasure and that is what keeps us from all owning and building the same car. I, for one, love variety and appreciate almost all vehicles. I have been up close and personal with this vehicle and although it certainly isn’t anything you are going to drive for any distance I do like it a lot.

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:04:20 +0000

Now that’s a crapwagon.

By: jeff miller

jeff miller — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:58:23 +0000

I am good friends with the builder brent hollaway in denver colorado even in denver he didn’t get credit. I have riden in it !fun but limited vision to say the least it turns heads the car didn’t have any real road time to fix some of it’s problems before it was sold (went to phoenix first interesting story on the buyer) to finance a new project .has had people who want him to build a simular car to the cockroach we are currently building trucks for goodguys colorado show great faber and not afraid to cut one up it seems buyers get the glory before the biulder iI do like the changes and see someone driving it rat on!

By: paul

paul — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:58:34 +0000

would you sell the car , im very interested.

By: rfleener

rfleener — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:45:03 +0000

Tyson, thank you for your comments regarding the owner of this Rat Rod. I agree the builder is important but few cars are actually built by just one person or shop. In this case, I don’t know anything about the original builder but do know the Jamie has done considerable work on the car since purchasing it. The car is considerably more rod worthy than when Jamie purchased the car. A lot of the cars we admire are the product of many individuals. The guy or gal who owns the car and drives it is the person we want to cover on this site.

Wipe it down, fire it up and hit the road!

By: Tyson

Tyson — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:10:22 +0000

I really wish that the praises and appreciation of this beautiful machine would be going to the original builder and not the purchaser of the car. I watched this car as well be auctioned on eBay and communicated with the builder quite extensively. Congratulations on your purchase and once again it is a beautiful car, but try to give the majority of the build talent and design to whom it is owed. That is what Rat’s are all about, each person’s unique touch and you have placed yours on this car, but I don’t see you representing the “builder” of the car. I am sorry dwell on this, but it upsets me when people buy something and say they built it. Kind of a lame way to make an impact in the scene. I have built my own cars to my own specs and do nothing but appreciate others cars. So with that said…enjoy your ride man!

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:02:14 +0000

Ive never owned an old rod. THIS is one bad ass ride that raises the bar in creativity! Very NICE!! You will never be able to drive this bad boy and NOT elicit positive comments!!

Seeing this rod sure make me want to get into one.

Thanks for posting! Great story AND outstanding work!

Regards,

Jim

By: jay

jay — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:23:44 +0000

hey man…. bad ass ride…. i watched this thing on ebay every day and hoped it would go to someone who would drive it…. very nice modifications to the original setup…. im building a dodge similar to this, but got a long way to go! air bags are nice…. what is the chop on this car,looks like 6 or 7 inches…… drop me a line, id like some more pics if you have some…. later

By: Micah Dotson

Micah Dotson — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:09:50 +0000

hey man that is the coolest rat rod I have ever seen. My dad and I are in the motorcycle biz and its not doing to well, so we desided to build a few rat rods. A guy right down the road is building a 1949 f1 ford we chopped it 7 1/2 inches. Were building a 1957 International, we chopped it 7 inches and raked it its got a custom bill over the winshield hand rolled on an english wheel. Its on the ltcustoms.com website. Your ride looks awsome!

By: Tony Pendergrass

Tony Pendergrass — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:47:55 +0000

The sickest Rat I’m so inspired nice fab work sweet!

By: Duane

Duane — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:40:56 +0000

After seeing your rat on Powerblock I had to see more of it ! I couldn’t belive how freaking cool it is. I have been trying to get some ideas for a rat and what you have come up with is incredible ! Lower than low and cartoon like, can’t beat it ! Great Job and thanks for the ideas!

By: Boone

Boone — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:02:37 +0000

Unreal fabrication work. Ideas,Ideas,Ideas. Makes one want to get off the couch and back out to the garage.Thanks for hard work and for sharing your creation.

By: Steamloco

Steamloco — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:00:55 +0000

That is by far the coolest thing I’ve seen on four wheels! Truly inspired work. The wood roof is particularly nice.