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.