Completed: '29 Ford Rat-Rod
ol' dude
10-21-2005, 04:40 PM
Thanks to all who have followed the progress of this build! I used the Revell '29 Ford Rat-Rod 3n1 kit. Chopped top, channeled body, and Z'd the rear of the frame. Painted Tamiya Olive Drab and OSHA yellow wheels. Thanks to Ken Hamilton for his tutorial on mexican blankets! Well anyway, here it is:
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http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/dennisj_/1929%20Ford/29ford2.jpg
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http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/dennisj_/1929%20Ford/29ford7.jpg
Feedback and comments welcome! Ol' Dude
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/dennisj_/1929%20Ford/29ford1.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/dennisj_/1929%20Ford/29ford2.jpg
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http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/dennisj_/1929%20Ford/29ford5.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/dennisj_/1929%20Ford/29ford6.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/dennisj_/1929%20Ford/29ford7.jpg
Feedback and comments welcome! Ol' Dude
builderweave
10-21-2005, 04:58 PM
Very Cool! I like the open top!
Feint Motion
10-21-2005, 05:41 PM
Im not a hot rod guy, But i know a good build when i see one, Nice Job!
sideshowscrappy
10-21-2005, 05:55 PM
This came out killer man. Love the color and the the stance. It just looks mean. Do you have any pics of the z'd frame...................*Ryan*
eph2
10-21-2005, 06:56 PM
Wowww.. Nice Workkkk!
Dean23
10-21-2005, 07:45 PM
Looks great I like the look. Only thing that would make it better would be if you could weather the decal on the doors a little
blubaja
10-21-2005, 09:59 PM
Came out fantastic man!!! I love it! Keep up the great work!
cooltc2004
10-21-2005, 10:02 PM
WICKED SICK!
Nice Build Man!
Nice Build Man!
GvEman
10-22-2005, 04:00 AM
Sweet rod dude! I love all of your rods so far! Keep it up!
proosen
10-22-2005, 05:23 AM
Wow, that one sure has some attitude!
Love the stance on this Rat, just about everything is right.
Niclas
Love the stance on this Rat, just about everything is right.
Niclas
white97ex
10-22-2005, 06:38 AM
awesome.....loving the chop and the channel. it looks sinister.
Andy Jones
10-22-2005, 06:58 AM
Excellent stuff - looks mean - makes me want to get back into building rods.
Andy
Andy
CADguy
10-22-2005, 11:33 AM
Cool rat man! The steering linkage and exhaust are awesome! Can't wait to see it at the show! :bigthumb:
JTRACING
10-22-2005, 04:41 PM
Freakin coooool!!!! nice job!
tigeraid
10-22-2005, 09:01 PM
Great stuff old dude! That thing is low, great interior quality!
mugenhb
10-22-2005, 10:14 PM
Awsome build I especialy like the color and the stance
tonioseven
10-23-2005, 07:19 PM
Dennis, it's awesome!!!:eek: I love it!!:)
lancer07
10-23-2005, 11:14 PM
awsome build. :eek: i really like the way it looks. :smokin:
p.s.- did you cut the doors off so they could open or did it come like that?
p.s.- did you cut the doors off so they could open or did it come like that?
Lurchio
10-24-2005, 07:47 AM
Lovely build, saw something similar on TV recently.
Can't understand the open roof, was the same on TV.
Can't understand the open roof, was the same on TV.
willimo
10-24-2005, 10:08 AM
The open top is so the driver can stick his head out the top of such a low chop? I don't think there'd be room otherwise, and it's not like the interior is leather or anything and needs to be protected....
The steering linkage and exhaust are awesome!
You stole my line!!
The steering linkage and exhaust are awesome!
You stole my line!!
Wheelin75r
10-25-2005, 04:47 AM
I don't know what to say........... all your Rat's look so awesome!! :naughty:
Eric Cole
10-25-2005, 10:35 AM
Awesome.... It's one of your best ratrods. I love the decal on the door, it's a great touch and sets off the whole model.
alakai
10-25-2005, 10:48 AM
That is one sweet ride!
injected
10-31-2005, 04:58 AM
its a sweet build and i know the box said rat rod but they are called HOT rods
ol' dude
10-31-2005, 07:40 AM
its a sweet build and i know the box said rat rod but they are called HOT rods
Did you read anywhere on the box that said chopped top, channeled body, Z'ed frame, no door panels, no roof, or did you read on the box that you have to build exactly whats on the box??? Use you own imagination and build what you want!!!! Hey use you search engine and type in Rat Rod, see what you get then!!!!! Oh yeah, a HOT rod is a bunch of chrome and billet SH*T, do you see any of that on this RAT rod?????? Thanks for the comment...............
Did you read anywhere on the box that said chopped top, channeled body, Z'ed frame, no door panels, no roof, or did you read on the box that you have to build exactly whats on the box??? Use you own imagination and build what you want!!!! Hey use you search engine and type in Rat Rod, see what you get then!!!!! Oh yeah, a HOT rod is a bunch of chrome and billet SH*T, do you see any of that on this RAT rod?????? Thanks for the comment...............
tigeraid
10-31-2005, 08:54 AM
It is most definitely a rat rod, by its very definition. :D
injected
10-31-2005, 07:47 PM
have you seen the HOT rods from the 40's and 50's a lot of em were left in primer and were planned to be finished later on when money alowed it to be
and this so called "rat rod" sh*t is making cars look like they did in the early days when they where called HOT rods none of this rat sh*t
some where along the way some one decided that they are now rat rods
(probably the shifters)
as quoted by Verne Hammond from the burbank choppers "it's either a hot rod or a custom and thats it"
hot rods can involve chrome and candy paint or primer and not much else, but there all hot rods so shut up with all this rat rod crap.
and this so called "rat rod" sh*t is making cars look like they did in the early days when they where called HOT rods none of this rat sh*t
some where along the way some one decided that they are now rat rods
(probably the shifters)
as quoted by Verne Hammond from the burbank choppers "it's either a hot rod or a custom and thats it"
hot rods can involve chrome and candy paint or primer and not much else, but there all hot rods so shut up with all this rat rod crap.
proosen
11-01-2005, 12:49 AM
have you seen the HOT rods from the 40's and 50's a lot of em were left in primer and were planned to be finished later on when money alowed it to be
and this so called "rat rod" sh*t is making cars look like they did in the early days when they where called HOT rods none of this rat sh*t
some where along the way some one decided that they are now rat rods
(probably the shifters)
as quoted by Verne Hammond from the burbank choppers "it's either a hot rod or a custom and thats it"
hot rods can involve chrome and candy paint or primer and not much else, but there all hot rods so shut up with all this rat rod crap.
...and of course we should all get back and talk Cro-magnonesian, live in caves and hunt Mamuts!? :naughty:
Seriously, what I'm trying to say is that times are changing. Not to the better all the time and if one is very conservative it's even worse.
Lighten up and go with the flow, it'll be much easier than trying to hold evolution back.
Not only did we come from the caves to where we are now, but we adapted the language to suite our new environment. I for one doesn't care if they call a hot-rod something else, it will still be what's known as "an automobile" of a certain make, model and style.
So with this kind of argument even calling it a hot-rod is wrong as it's infact an automobile and has been so for over one hundred years.
Mumble, mumble, groowl, snarl. (Have a nice day, said in Cro-Magnonesian)
Niclas
and this so called "rat rod" sh*t is making cars look like they did in the early days when they where called HOT rods none of this rat sh*t
some where along the way some one decided that they are now rat rods
(probably the shifters)
as quoted by Verne Hammond from the burbank choppers "it's either a hot rod or a custom and thats it"
hot rods can involve chrome and candy paint or primer and not much else, but there all hot rods so shut up with all this rat rod crap.
...and of course we should all get back and talk Cro-magnonesian, live in caves and hunt Mamuts!? :naughty:
Seriously, what I'm trying to say is that times are changing. Not to the better all the time and if one is very conservative it's even worse.
Lighten up and go with the flow, it'll be much easier than trying to hold evolution back.
Not only did we come from the caves to where we are now, but we adapted the language to suite our new environment. I for one doesn't care if they call a hot-rod something else, it will still be what's known as "an automobile" of a certain make, model and style.
So with this kind of argument even calling it a hot-rod is wrong as it's infact an automobile and has been so for over one hundred years.
Mumble, mumble, groowl, snarl. (Have a nice day, said in Cro-Magnonesian)
Niclas
alakai
11-01-2005, 09:56 AM
I agree, although I don't think that if you called a rat rod a hot rod you would be 100% incorrect. I personally view rat rods as a subcategory of the hot rod, just as I consider pro touring a subcategory of the muscle car. The term rat rod was coined to differentiate between the shiny paint, chromed out hot rods. Sure, back in the 60's they were all hot rods because the word "rat rod" hadn't been created.
CADguy
11-01-2005, 02:30 PM
Got access to an online dictionary like Wikipedia?
RAT-ROD
Rat rod is a newly developed name for the original hot rod style of the early 1950s. A rat rod is usually a vehicle that has had many of its non-critical parts removed. They are usually finished in primer-like paints and are often period correct. They are very often the conglomeration of parts and pieces of different makes and models.
A typical rat rod is an early 1930s coupe or roadster with the body set low on the frame, fenders removed, whitewall tires, big-little tire combos, exposed engine bay, home-made upholstery, and lots of power.
It has become popular to use the term for a similar treatment on cars from the 1950s and early 1960s as well. These vehicles (known as, Custom cars, Kustoms,Leadsleds or Sleds) were usually not originally high performance vehicles, but usually a large 2-door sedan with a chopped down roofline, lowered suspension, and most of the little trim work removed.
HOT-ROD
Noun
* S: (n) hot rod, hot-rod (a car modified to increase its speed and acceleration)
By its definition ANY car can be a hot rod!
http://images12.fotki.com/v240/photos/4/431166/2120014/presidentb-vi.jpg
RAT-ROD
Rat rod is a newly developed name for the original hot rod style of the early 1950s. A rat rod is usually a vehicle that has had many of its non-critical parts removed. They are usually finished in primer-like paints and are often period correct. They are very often the conglomeration of parts and pieces of different makes and models.
A typical rat rod is an early 1930s coupe or roadster with the body set low on the frame, fenders removed, whitewall tires, big-little tire combos, exposed engine bay, home-made upholstery, and lots of power.
It has become popular to use the term for a similar treatment on cars from the 1950s and early 1960s as well. These vehicles (known as, Custom cars, Kustoms,Leadsleds or Sleds) were usually not originally high performance vehicles, but usually a large 2-door sedan with a chopped down roofline, lowered suspension, and most of the little trim work removed.
HOT-ROD
Noun
* S: (n) hot rod, hot-rod (a car modified to increase its speed and acceleration)
By its definition ANY car can be a hot rod!
http://images12.fotki.com/v240/photos/4/431166/2120014/presidentb-vi.jpg
mike@af
11-01-2005, 03:23 PM
have you seen the HOT rods from the 40's and 50's a lot of em were left in primer and were planned to be finished later on when money alowed it to be
and this so called "rat rod" sh*t is making cars look like they did in the early days when they where called HOT rods none of this rat sh*t
some where along the way some one decided that they are now rat rods
(probably the shifters)
as quoted by Verne Hammond from the burbank choppers "it's either a hot rod or a custom and thats it"
hot rods can involve chrome and candy paint or primer and not much else, but there all hot rods so shut up with all this rat rod crap.
Someone that isnt from the past is a little too specific about the terminology. Usually the people that annoyed by the term "rat rod" are from the '40s '50s drag racing days. The terminology is extremely loose these days. Hot rod is a generality. Hot rod involves muscle cars, street rods, customs, street machines, pro touring, pro street, and yes, RAT ROD.
The terms are loose now, not like they used to be. I know Dennis personally, he is a "rat rod" and "rat bike" builder in real life. He knows a great deal about it, and I am personally offended that you are putting for such an effort to argue about terminology.
and this so called "rat rod" sh*t is making cars look like they did in the early days when they where called HOT rods none of this rat sh*t
some where along the way some one decided that they are now rat rods
(probably the shifters)
as quoted by Verne Hammond from the burbank choppers "it's either a hot rod or a custom and thats it"
hot rods can involve chrome and candy paint or primer and not much else, but there all hot rods so shut up with all this rat rod crap.
Someone that isnt from the past is a little too specific about the terminology. Usually the people that annoyed by the term "rat rod" are from the '40s '50s drag racing days. The terminology is extremely loose these days. Hot rod is a generality. Hot rod involves muscle cars, street rods, customs, street machines, pro touring, pro street, and yes, RAT ROD.
The terms are loose now, not like they used to be. I know Dennis personally, he is a "rat rod" and "rat bike" builder in real life. He knows a great deal about it, and I am personally offended that you are putting for such an effort to argue about terminology.
Murray Kish
11-01-2005, 04:43 PM
Terms aside....
It's a great build! Nicely, nicely done! :grinyes:
Murray
It's a great build! Nicely, nicely done! :grinyes:
Murray
injected
11-02-2005, 12:10 AM
i could call a rod a rat rod but it would look like they bulled it out of a shed and cept it under water for months then hit it with a sledge hammer
alakai
11-02-2005, 06:58 AM
i could call a rod a rat rod but it would look like they bulled it out of a shed and cept it under water for months then hit it with a sledge hammer
:confused:
:confused:
proosen
11-02-2005, 09:32 AM
Could we just drop the terminology problems and give credit to the fabulous build no matter what one and others likes to call it?
Way to go, Ol' dude!
Nice build.
Yeah, I know I said that before but I thought I might bring back the thread on track again.
Niclas
Way to go, Ol' dude!
Nice build.
Yeah, I know I said that before but I thought I might bring back the thread on track again.
Niclas
vwracersam
11-02-2005, 01:10 PM
It's a great build no matter the term used to describe it !
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