The Notorious Rat Rod

[Repiks]

Appreiciate your criticism man.

Any sort of metal work will be easy. It has to have some relief for the axle to have up and down travel. But once the final wheels are on, John will do what he thinks is best.

[slimadi]

This is my kind of build and thread, love it when someone has the balls to try something so different! i will be watching for sure.

[Khalil]

Sick!

[Snappy]

This thread will be EPIC.

[Stephen]

but im not finished

[Dr.AK]

Go away, Stevie.

[Stephen]

but its not finished

[Dr.AK]

I never said it was. I'm just giving constructive criticism.

[benz88]

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?

dude its not finished

[Dr.AK]

There won't be any fenders, but whatever wheels we decide on will be much closer to the stock body. Like a lot of rods, we decided to go fenderless. Keep in mind, the current rear wheels are stock IROC wheels mounted backwards to fit.

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?

[corrado-correr]

awesome.

[Stephen]

Really cool project. Like dr AK said though, whats the plan for the rear? looks kinda awkward IMO

[SeanDub]

I love it!

[M.Burroughs]

Not bad. Quite cool actually. Not sure how I feel about the aesthetic of it but it's rad nonetheless.

[ratmog]

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