The wind noise god the wind noise.
I'd drive it.

I'm not a gear head, but even I can appreciate what a massive POS that car is

I don't think Johnny Knoxville could survive a ride in that thing.

Wow. Rat Rods are one thing, but I'd be embarrassed to bring that outside, let alone to a car show.

ive seen worse. a hillclimber from the forties with twin jap engines mounted in a 1930's frame on the passengers side, next to the driver. the fuel tank is beside you, your feet almost reach the radiatior at the front! all the drive is by chain. it is capable of over 100mph. it may cause instant and horrific death :D

but that is a bit of a beast too! i mean how do you hold on!

I doubt that car gets driven at all. A lot of hot rods are trailer queens.

Yeah I'm sure it is. This thing wouldn't even pass Kansas inspection which have some of the loosest regulations in the lower 48. Long as it has working lights, brakes and a seat belt you can pretty much get away with driving the biggest piece of crap on the road.

Some states have no inspections.

Probably, but if you're going to make a trailer queen, shouldn't you at least try to make an attractive one?

That's the whole point of a rat rod, to look shitty and old.

Yeah, I kind of noticed that about them, which is probably why I think they're kind of pointless.

Well, it appeals to a certain crowd. Not exactly my thing either but I see why they're cool in their own right. They appear to people who know nothing about cars as just a POS, but realistically it takes a lot of custom work to make them that way. A car would never turn into that just from getting old. They're kind of neat in that sense. But I agree that having any car that you don't drive is just dumb.

And why they're called "rat rods"!

well there is a driifernce between a *rat-rod* and a *chop-rod* a rat rod was any old car or truck that used a big block chevy engine, a chop rod is any POS with junk yard parts fastened to it.

I remember seeing a rat rod at a car show that was powerd by a Lincoln flathead with rust holes in the sump no radiator or anything driven by belts on the front and only half the distributor was there. It also had license plates and a warrant of fitness so it was roadworthy.

The trick was there was an inner sump Computer controlled fuel injection and ignition an electric water pump and the radiator was in the trunk.

That looks so uncomfortable and dangerous.

Damn. It's a trailer queen, I guarantee it.

Oh man I would totally drive the shit out of that thing.
Who cares if it's street legal? Lol I doubt any of my cars have ever been.
I can get down with the minimalist thing. Only thing is taking a left at speed looks like it might get you a u-joint to the knee which sucks a lot I'd imagine

OMG!! I didn't last this long to leave my brain at home for a ride in this. Made for an interesting drive tho.

oh man, i would ride that all over town

I've driven a couple of Rat Rods but this one would make me kinda nervous, mainly because of that drive shaft. If it manages to spit the drive shaft, the first things it's gonna visit it you the driver. I would of put at least loop in it. O.o But that's Rat Rods for ya! Nice pic btw! :)

Lol It reminds me of my first drive in my (On my) 1930 ford truck frame. I spent the afternoon getting it running, then spent 3 hours pulling the starter apart when it somehow jammed agenst the ring gear. Got it out at about 2 am. decided it was then time to say F it, and strapped a 1 gallon gastank from a mower on the headache rack of the flatbed, hozed it to the carb, bolted 2 2x4s with a thin piece o ply on top to the frame rails. I grabbed the hand crank, and spun her up. I dont think I ever had that much fun! Drove the back streets, and even out on the main road in town at the time, and saw like 3 cars :P. I even drove it up the mountain on the other side of the valley, with all the spare parts loosly strapped to the rotten flatbed. At one point I took a corner too fast, as the lawn chair I had rolled with me on it in the curve, and I lost all my leverage to steer :p Yeah I went airborn as I hit the curb, but landed back on the floorboard, and yanked out the coil wire, as I was flaling around. The body of the truck, was on the back, and the heat from the radiator felt great blowing on me on that frozen winter nite. Oh yeah this was in the south San jose area (California bay area) Wishes it was an older time when there was no fear of doing things like this.

That sounds like fun.

What kind of car or truck was this?

Uh....

Totally not a danger to occupants.