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post May 20 2016, 09:34 PM
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QUOTE(JmuRiz @ May 20 2016, 08:34 PM) *

Thank goodness that's just a rendering and not a real car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

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post May 20 2016, 10:28 PM
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............even shaped like a steamer:




I appreciate pretty near every form of art and usually keep my opinions to myself.

But that just looks stupid. I cannot discern any redeeming value to that disaster on any level.

OK to ban me now if you wish for this indiscretion, I will go back under my rock now.



I often view builds like that are for people crying out for attention....something tragic happened to them when young and usually somebody went to jail for it or should!
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post May 21 2016, 05:25 AM
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............even shaped like a steamer:




Not so far off the scale:

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post May 21 2016, 06:58 AM
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Call me an old fart set in my ways, any way you display it it still crap.
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post May 21 2016, 07:22 AM
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I really don't get the roof rack with a bunch of stuff on it trend. I also don't get the "stance" and excessive camber thing, but the roof rack with stuff is the most confusing.
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post May 21 2016, 08:03 AM
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This is as far to the rat rod as I have gone on my own personal cars, the flat paint is it. And people are always wanting to know, When are you going to paint it?
I think that it is painted, little squirt.
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post May 21 2016, 02:27 PM
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Ah come on guys ....widen your horizons a little.

The same was said about George Barris when he started doing his "thing"

It all about personal preference, but just to call it crap because your confused about the stuff on the roof and the camber of the tires really isn't a cogent reason.

There are a lot of 914's with flare kits, spoilers and various other modifications I don't really care for either....

And I promise you I won't try to infer the reason behind these mods is due to them being dropped on their heads or having the crap beat out of them because your folks named you Francis !

You guys crack me up....
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post May 21 2016, 02:35 PM
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QUOTE(OU812 @ May 21 2016, 02:27 PM) *

Ah come on guys ....widen your horizons a little.

The same was said about George Barris when he started doing his "thing"

It all about personal preference, but just to call it crap because your confused about the stuff on the roof and the camber of the tires really isn't a cogent reason.

There are a lot of 914's with flare kits, spoilers and various other modifications I don't really care for either....

And I promise you I won't try to infer the reason behind these mods is due to them being dropped on their heads or having the crap beat out of them because your folks named you Francis !

You guys crack me up....




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Well said.
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post May 21 2016, 04:55 PM
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QUOTE(1stworks @ May 21 2016, 12:35 PM) *

QUOTE(OU812 @ May 21 2016, 02:27 PM) *

Ah come on guys ....widen your horizons a little.

The same was said about George Barris when he started doing his "thing"

It all about personal preference, but just to call it crap because your confused about the stuff on the roof and the camber of the tires really isn't a cogent reason.

There are a lot of 914's with flare kits, spoilers and various other modifications I don't really care for either....

And I promise you I won't try to infer the reason behind these mods is due to them being dropped on their heads or having the crap beat out of them because your folks named you Francis !

You guys crack me up....




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Well said.


Agree wholeheartedly. Seems to be a lot of "whatever floats your boat" from folks on this board that's offset by "...so long as it's something I would do." A theoretical rat rod discussion, Maqnus jealousy and Raby cost complaints just the latest examples.
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post May 21 2016, 05:03 PM
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QUOTE(914Sixer @ May 21 2016, 08:58 AM) *

Call me an old fart set in my ways, any way you display it it still crap.

You are an old fart set in your ways.
Not that there is anything wrong with that .

I think the rat rod craze started when paint jobs went over 10k
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post May 21 2016, 09:50 PM
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QUOTE(r_towle @ May 21 2016, 06:03 PM) *

QUOTE(914Sixer @ May 21 2016, 08:58 AM) *

Call me an old fart set in my ways, any way you display it it still crap.

You are an old fart set in your ways.
Not that there is anything wrong with that .

I think the rat rod craze started when paint jobs went over 10k


You could be right about the Paint thing Rich, but I think it's a little deeper than that.
I think it is intended to focus attention on the mechanism of the vehicle and not the vehicle itself. Many of these "Rat" cars have things exposed that normally are hidden. Suspension pieces, engines, steering columns, ect.

In another instance you will also see parts used from other make model cars, very often performing a different function then they were designed to do.

Being in my early 50's I am more "old school" but it is interesting to look at trends as time goes by.
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post May 21 2016, 10:39 PM
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I want to see a "rat" 2016 911. Scuff some paint off, promote some rust, chop it, slam it and show it. Anyone can take an old F-1 or a Beetle and throw some linseed oil + drop spindles on it. It takes REAL balls to ruin a brand new car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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post May 22 2016, 07:35 AM
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QUOTE(ThePaintedMan @ May 21 2016, 11:39 PM) *

I want to see a "rat" 2016 911. Scuff some paint off, promote some rust, chop it, slam it and show it. Anyone can take an old F-1 or a Beetle and throw some linseed oil + drop spindles on it. It takes REAL balls to ruin a brand new car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)


Someone has and will.....
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post May 22 2016, 07:58 AM
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post May 22 2016, 02:04 PM
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Fahrvergnügen!
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post May 23 2016, 11:00 AM
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Take a look at this hot mess....

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While not something I would want to emulate, the driver has had it for years. In talking to him, I could tell he absolutely loved the thing. All the work was done by him. The love for the car, and the pride the guy had in it made it cool. I now give a thumbs up to anyone that is driving something that they have a passion for. We are all car people, and relate on some level.
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post May 23 2016, 11:08 AM
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QUOTE(Mueller @ May 19 2016, 09:04 PM) *
Rat rod is opposite of Steam Punk...not related.

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If this wasn't just paint, but actual parts, this would be steam punk:

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post May 23 2016, 11:49 AM
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If a collapsed suspension and rusty finish are hallmarks of "Ratrod"... then every 914 is already one...
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post May 23 2016, 11:52 AM
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A couple of cool examples of rat rod culture:

The story of Burt Munro, they made a movie of it a while back, "The World's Fastest Indian". He failed safety at the salt flats for using a wine bottle cork as an oil cap.

And another facet of it is this guys project.
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/monstrou...ery-93479.html#

I think the minute you drop a Chevy V8 into a Porsche, you're channeling a little rat rod spirit.

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post May 23 2016, 12:27 PM
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QUOTE(mbseto @ May 23 2016, 12:52 PM) *

A couple of cool examples of rat rod culture:

The story of Burt Munro, they made a movie of it a while back, "The World's Fastest Indian". He failed safety at the salt flats for using a wine bottle cork as an oil cap.

And another facet of it is this guys project.
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/monstrou...ery-93479.html#

I think the minute you drop a Chevy V8 into a Porsche, you're channeling a little rat rod spirit.

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I dig '"Rat Fink"
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