The Notorious Rat Rod

[P78]

this is a surprising build

i like it very much

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[FI5h]

this is retarded.... in such a good way, i cant wait to see all the BMW purists throw up over it.

[anth]

love it, so out there! I hope you put some skinny ass wheels+tyres on the front, like motorbike tyres, like the oldschool rods do.

[padraigmk3]

eye
fucking
love
this
build.

start updating this every day or I'm going to throw myself off a bridge.

DON'T TEST ME! I'LL DO IT!!

[FluidMotorUnion]

Two steps to greatness:

1) Post this on bf.c
2) Revel in the lulz

[JonnyBoi]

Sickkk!

[CounterKultur]

so awesome.

[Repiks]

eye
fucking
love
this
build.

start updating this every day or I'm going to throw myself off a bridge.

DON'T TEST ME! I'LL DO IT!!

Figured you'd like this based on your build thread and it's awesomeness. Plus, I like readi g your build since I owned a low MK3 for a while. 7mGT-E pooowah!

Two steps to greatness:

1) Post this on bf.c
2) Revel in the lulz

He almost made it look like one of the rarer hatchbacks just to make purists cry. Some of our customers that are the newer Camaro and Corvette snobs just stare at it with the "that shouldn't be around my nice car..." look. They are even more shocked when John says it's his.


Some people love it, some people despise it. It's always a big reaction, whether good or bad. Never just a "meh".


As for updates, we didn't exactly plan on clearance for the water pump. Rather than John cutting a notch in the tube that braces the front, he took a bandsaw to the water pump. Had to chop the snout and some of the other unnecessary trimmings hanging out the side to get it to fit. A little welding and she'll be good to go!

[Pantyraider]

in!

[Skaar]

I absolutely love the way this thread goes! Can't wait for more pics

[bentong]

Cannot wait to see the finished product

[soab]

Please! Continue...

[Rebounder]

Meh. :/

"Real" (no offense, just used to define the usual rods) rods can pull off the fenderless look, because for them the fenders are originally parts that are ATTACHED to the body and are simply taken off for this / cut off.

With a newer style body like this, that is not possible. At the moment it just looks like... there was a random axle with random wheels lying around and you placed a bare shell on it, to save some space in storage. :/ Quite awkward, imho.

If you want the fenderless look, maybe weld the rear fenders closed with just a small opening for the axle?

hey! think 2002 turbo! it had flares that attached to the body. close enough

[Repiks]

Well guys, sorry I've been slacking on the updates.

We've done a few things. We had some extra pipe laying around that was already, well.... "weathered". So John Lee threw together this exhaust. It took him about 15 minutes to get it all completed. We've decided that cars probably won't want to park beside us.

Also, we've ran all of the brake components along with the beginnings of the floor.

And, we scored some 2.5" wheel spacers. Now we'll be able to run pretty much any wheel we'd like and keep it close to the body. I'm thinking new Camaro wheels (the large concave and angular 5 spokes), but everyone here has an idea for wheels. All we know, is that the IROC wheels with Hoosiers won't be staying.

So here's some crappy cell phone pics of the progress.








And now it comes down to the part we all despise...wiring.

[244Brick]

[QUOTE=FluidMotorUnion;567439]

^ this 2x omg c'mon man im at work. trying to get me fired? Fucking Gorgeous!!