Rat Rods

Get A Sneaker For Your Squeaker When choosing the correct tire for your project, you need to keep in mind a few things: 1. Comfort Are you doing a lot of driving? If you are, then you might want to keep a taller tire with moderate air pressure. This is no problem for a Rat Rod or some Muscle Cars. A tire with a wide sidewall has some give to it, giving you a gentle ride . Plus most Rat Rods have fat whitewalls and need a taller tire to be able to show it off. Smaller sidewalls or...Read Full Story

Now that everything is ready to go in, lets assemble our engine and trans. Engine Our Chevy 350 came complete from oil pan to carb and was even broken in. Distributor was also installed so we need to be careful not to hit the firewall when installing. Now is the time to install our block hugger headers and spark plugs. Wires can go on after the engine is in. We installed our flywheel with new grade 8 bolts. Transmission Our trans came with a 1500-1800 stall converter as this is...Read Full Story

The time has come for your to decide what will make your Rat Rod move, and while doing this, keep in mind a couple of basic things. Will this be driven on a regular basis or is this a bar hopper/track car? Will it have a mild Flathead Ford or a Blown Big Block Chevy? First things first. Lets choose and engine that will suit our Rat Rod ’s needs. The obvious easy engine is either a small block Chevy or small block Ford. Chevy’s are readily available and commonly used since there were so...Read Full Story

Rat Rods A rat rod is a style of  “hot rod” or “custom car”  that exaggerates the early hot rods of the 40s, 50s, and 60s. It is not to be confused with the “traditional” hot rod. Most rat rods appear “unfinished” with just the bare essentials to be driven. These cars fall into the classic car categories for some people. The rat rod is seeing the idea of function over form. Rat rods are meant to be driven,  with classic car parts dispersed throughout their body. Sometimes the...Read Full Story

What Makes a Rat Rod Authority Rat Rod, Hot Rod Or Muscle Car? I’ve read many blogs on “How to build a Rat Rod ” and have wondered if any of them have any truth over others. The truth is in fact that many beginners as well as seasoned veterans build these cars and the only “rule” should be, how cool can you make it. Now, be sure that you don’t confuse them with Hot Rods , which are generally classic hot rods that are pretty and shiny lots of chrome. And don’t confuse them with Muscle...Read Full Story