Thread: My Rat Build

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Been a while since my last update. Ok got the trans working and back in the car. Everything good there. All the wriing is working properly now. And today I finally finished the build..........Yea me!!!
Anyway here are the last pictures on the build.
Thanks for all who have give info and encouragement on my build.
Want to wish everyone the best.
Crazyrat

That is so cool,congratulations on completing the task. Very nice lines and you can stop calling it a rat rod now as that is top class. Can you take a couple of photos with the door s open as I would like to see how much leg room you have please. Thanks again and well done,now the grandchildren will have to wait their turn for the keys.

Way to go ! Congrats it looks fantastic.

Congratulations!!! But where's the picture of you with a big ear to ear grin???

Originally Posted by Crazyrat

And today I finally finished the build..........Yea me!!!
Crazyrat

Crazyrat,
Congratulations on completing this project. A hotrod is never truly finished, though! We always find stuff to change and update... Enjoy!

Have fun with the new ride, it came out great!

Nice. Sometimes truck cab turned into roadster doesn't work. This one came out good. As already said Not A Rat. Now you can have some fun driving the wheels off it.........................

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

That is so cool,congratulations on completing the task. Very nice lines and you can stop calling it a rat rod now as that is top class. Can you take a couple of photos with the door s open as I would like to see how much leg room you have please. Thanks again and well done,now the grandchildren will have to wait their turn for the keys.

Theres plenty of room in there, but I'm short too

Crazyrat,
Congrats on a job well done. I have to agree with a earlier post though; you only think you are done.

Jack.

The rat rod idea is not different from building anything. Safe or not is the question. The point being it is all up to the person building it. I have a mechanical engineering background and have built several harley-davidson choppers. The chopper world has brought about a lot of new parts to buy instead of making/fabricating the most important items like frames and front ends. With that said it is really easy to look at many car and cycle projects and become concerned about the structural integrity. Is this safe. Are you as the builder really have the talent, ability and understand the engineering to make an item in the correct way. I'm making a general statement about this. I remember in 1971 when living in Co. with a chopped extended front end. Co. had a state law on altered suspension. I was pulled over, ticketed and the cycle was impounded. If these custom car/cycle become a problem with accidents due to poor workmanship, then more laws of restrictive use will come about.

I forgot to say after the safety rant about the nice job you are doing on th truck. Not to mention a What great grandpa.

Having a car show at my church in thomasville nc. Would love to have you there April 30th. Its at Hillside Park Baptist Church Its at 7593 East Holly Grove road. Its from 9 till 2.

Thanks guys for your comments about my build. Its been a great 2 /12 years building it and I have learned alot I didnt know before.
Sorry bobsratrods but I am afraid I wont be ablle to make the car show on the 30th. Grandkids ballgames all day long n saturday but thanks for the invitation.
Larry aka Crazyrat

Thanks Larry for the photo's of the inside and I noticed two things,yes there is a good amount of leg room and secondly,heck it take long for a critter to take up residence in your new vehicle. I like the army theme going on throughout the truck also.

You'er welcome man, hope they gave you the info you needed. I can kick that critters rubber butt out anytime..

Larry