rat or not to rat

charlesskelter said
I can only hope that poor excuse for a "truck" causes as much pain to passengers as it does to viewers.

To try and justify that as "what your grandparents or old timers did back in the day" only shows extreme ignorance to the hobby. Old timers didn't drive around in busted up ****, they didn't leave rust as some sort of a statement and they damn sure didn't go out of their way to make it look like ***. They had pride in their vehicles. Why do you think you still find farm trucks that take little work to get road worthy again? Because even when they beat them, they still took care of them. So many usable bodies have been ruined by this **** trend it makes me sick.

I am assuming you are talking about my truck.

First off...I don't think you have been around enough to know what the old timers did with their cars unless you know all of the old timers in the whole world. My dad and his buddies grew up real poor and in a real **** neighborhood in the industrial side of town. They didn't have money just ingenuity and scrap. Somehow they were able to piece together cars from scrap and make them safe enough to drive....yes they were rusty and crusty but that's what a jalopy is. Guess what? They drove the **** out of em then sold them to their even poorer friends.

Secondly my truck had spent the last 30 years sitting in a field rotting away. It would have never moved had I not saw the beauty in the patina that mother nature gave it. I feel that slapping a coat of bondo and primer over that beautiful finish would be sacraligous. Who am I to change what God and Mother earth did to this truck. Most people who encounter it LOVE IT. Only those without vision or appreciation for the sublime are scared.

Thirdly it is slightly uncomfortable but that's my mistake. I went for form over function on the seating arrangement. Easy fix.

So you my friend are the ignorant one...by having a closed minded opinion you have shown your true colors.

Get back to your four door and buff the paint and chrome till your arms fall off.......guess what? All the paint and chrome in the world will never make a 4 door look valiant good. Load it up with 3 old ladies and thats a different story.

G'day grandma.