A body Rat rod

bamacuda said
my understanding of a rat rod is that you took whatever old car you had, enhanced the performance on the cheap, steel wheels with cheap dog dish or trim rings and chrome nuts, unify the look with primer while waiting for paint, "rigged" any thing needed like junk parts to use for mirrors, bumpers, or grills, that started to build up to an " I did it with what I could find" look.
This became a way to fix up a beater that grew into a stylized look that is driven by now overdoing and stereotyping.
Each type of resto has diverged with its look such as lead sleds, t-buckets, street rods, etc.

That's what i always figured it was. mostly about little to no money function over cosmetic. my rear floor boards were actually boards lol. i think the only real cost on that car was the licensing. most people lump it into a look now like only certain cars or trucks done a certain way. and ya i flat blacked my car because it only cost me 20 bucks and flames and pin stripes cost nothing done with left over paint i got from my father inlaw. heck my shifter knob was made from the bottom of a chair leg rofl.