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Hot Rod finally published some cool rat rods and hot rods, 2 months after I posted this photo, you can read about it in this months issue of Hot Rod Magazine

Here is the 1936 IH truck bodied, Mark Sax owned, but built by Chris Watkins of CNA Performance from Oct 8th http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/10/rat-rod-with-50s-coronet-tailfins-cool.html

Look at pages 30 through 33, Feb 2012 Hot Rod

Cool photos from Saint of Los Angeles, who found them everywhere (sources not cited)

http://saints-of-la.blogspot.com/ and you can see that some photos have watermarks from their sources, but not all, and if you go to Saints, you won't find these images unless you click on the "Read More" after every post photo

Best custom idea for pedals in a rat rod that I've come across

Rat rod with 50's Coronet tailfins... cool look

found on http://blinddragonmetalart.tumblr.com/

Rat rodding has gone mainstream, but not in a good way, Orkin pest control commercial has this

see the whole commercial at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYxhhVjuatw

That scream you just heard? New Camaro owner or Camaro fanatic who saw what was done to this new Camaro, deliberately.

Found on http://alexandremachado.blogspot.com/2011/05/camaro-rat-rod.html

who found it on Jalopnik who had this article from Justin Hyde:

There are hot rods. There are rat rods. Then there's this: A new Camaro SS that's been speed-rusted and deglossed into junkyard condition while getting a 1,000-hp supercharged engine — and it only cost $150,000.
Long Island hot rodders Dave Sherer and Anthony Musilli often show off their well-restored rides during Hot Rod magazine's annual Power Tour. For this year tour with the 2010 Camaro's owner Bill Rombauts, Sherer said they wanted something no one would expect.

"Because no one else has the balls to do it," Sherer told Jalopnik. "Everyone else is making them clean."

The exterior took about a week of non-stop labor to transform from showcar state to Craigslist concours. Beyond just grinding off paint, the team rubbed salt on the open metal to speed rust, repainted and sanded some areas for better colors, and kicked dents into the trim for that put-away-wet look. The hood is slightly misaligned, the badges are off and the grille's broken.

http://jalopnik.com/5800415/the-brand+new-150000-camaro-rat+rod

Dennis has made a very unusual 1964 Volksrod - rat rod

Appears to be two tone horn on the near fender, and a klaxon or ooga on the far fender

Great multiuse wrench inside the spare

Never see tire pumps anymore

Flashlight and flyswatter... have you ever seen a car with a flyswatter?

Skeleton keys and a beer can opener

Cool floor panels and map holder

Nice luggage, but in the above you see on the right hand area in front of the round Blatz you'll see a rusted tin can... it's the communications microphone to the rear passengers on the rumble seat, it's connected with twine to another can 3 photographs below

Above: The turn signal
Below, the passenger tin can telephone, on the top is the hinge that allows the flap to be lifted so the passengers can talk into it