I guess you gotta give the guy credit, it looks like he drives the hell out of it, but it looks like he went out of his way to make it ugly. What do you think the box sides are made from?
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Re: There's Retro Rods, Rat Rods, and then there's this thing
Originally posted by VTJUNKI guess you gotta give the guy credit, it looks like he drives the hell out of it, but it looks like he went out of his way to make it ugly. What do you think the box sides are made from?
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Re: There's Retro Rods, Rat Rods, and then there's this thing
"Different strokes for different folks" (Sly Stone). Can't say I'm PINING for one of those. Get my (j)oak? I'm not puttin' my ash in that thing (etc, etc). Can you imagine the splinters from a wreck in that contraption?
Dan
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Re: There's Retro Rods, Rat Rods, and then there's this thing
Screw the splinters during a wreck, how about the death by burning.
Look to the right and down of the fire extinguisher, just along the hump for the trans. It looks like copper pipe. I'm guessing that's the fuel line. Wreck happens...if you'r not already dead, gas will be pouring out of that line onto you and down through the hole in the floor where the parking brake handle is, on to a presumably hot exhaust pipe.
Me thinks that will end badly.
BrianThat which you manifest is before you.
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I can sympathize with someone on a budget, I can also appreciate doing the best you can, with what you have got. This does not appear to be either. Someone put alot of time and misguided effort into this thing. I can't imagine how the "planning stages" conversations went, or who/what could have been involved....must be peyote.
P.S. I think the wood is from a pallet.
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Looks like someone failed woodshop, metalshop, and autoshop; all with the same project.
The wood is too good to be from a pallet. I'm guessing it's woodworking scrap, or he had an old set of bookshelves he decided to use (I could make a joke about not needing bookshelves, but I don't want to take the insults too far).
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Re: There's Retro Rods, Rat Rods, and then there's this thing
Originally posted by Mr4SpeedThe sides are Cedar but the piece across the back is Mahogany. Might be another frustrated woodworker.
Cedar is lightweight... that thing must be fast! ;D
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Originally posted by Matt CramerOriginally posted by VTJUNKI guess you gotta give the guy credit, it looks like he drives the hell out of it, but it looks like he went out of his way to make it ugly. What do you think the box sides are made from?HRPT 2004LH 2007LH 2008
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