| I've read many blogs on "How to build a Rat Rod | | | | So here's how you do it: |
| " and have wondered if any of them have any | | | | Step 1: Find yourself a car that fits your |
| truth over others. The truth is in fact that many | | | | personality, and no your bimmer does not count. |
| beginners as well as seasoned veterans build | | | | Make sure the car is pre-fifties and preferably is |
| these cars and the only "rule" should be, how cool | | | | poor condition. |
| can you make it. | | | | Step 2: Tear the car apart. Remove all |
| Now, be sure that you don't confuse them with | | | | unecessary items that will get in the way like |
| Hot Rods, which are generally classic hot rods | | | | carpet, interior trim, emblems, you know, the |
| that are pretty and shiny lots of chrome. And | | | | stuff that makes cars look like, you know, a car!. |
| don't confuse them with Muscle Cars. You know, | | | | Step 3: Make sure you'll be noticed: Be it painting |
| Camaros, Gtos, Corvettes, etc, you get the | | | | your car flat black, leaving it rusty, or some other |
| picture. | | | | creative scheme, it cannot shine. Period! Cut off |
| Rat Rods are your old, rust bucket looking car. It | | | | that silly exhaust and make it loud. You want your |
| can be very primitive, looking like your typical | | | | Rat Rod to be seen and heard. |
| jalopy.They are all custom, built to the owners | | | | Step 4: Finish it up with cool wheels and tires, |
| taste. Some say the more of a rust bucket, the | | | | some pinstriping, a beer can for a shifter knob, a |
| better. Others like flat black paint, large whitewalls | | | | keg for a fuel tank, etc (you get the picture). |
| and red wheels, with zero chrome. But there is no | | | | Step 5: Cruise. This is what its all about. No trailer |
| "wrong" way to do it. Some don't have a roof | | | | queens here. These cars are real drivers. Rain or |
| and some don't even have any glass at all, almost | | | | shine and sometimes snow, there should be no |
| prehistoric. | | | | excuse as to why your not cruising, and no, being |
| No one can truly tell you how to build it, but we | | | | out of gas doesn't count. |
| can give you some ideas. You can turn any car | | | | And what better way to put this all together than |
| into a Rat Rod, but do it with taste. I wouldn't go | | | | by visiting the rat rod authority for all your needs |
| out into your garage and spray flat black paint on | | | | for Rat Rods and even Hot Rods and Muscle |
| your Lexus, if you know what I mean. Some of | | | | Cars. All the latest parts, accessories and apparrel |
| the more popular vehicles are 20s, through 50's | | | | to get your vehicle running and looking right for |
| vehicles. Fords and Chevys are more popular, but | | | | the night out on the town, or the Saturday |
| dare to be different. Make a statement and build | | | | morning cruise. |
| a Hudson or a Metropolitan. | | | | |