mackdaddy Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I have seen some cars but this is the first truck and a Mack at that. I have no idea what engine that is? A friend sent me the pics and I assume he got them off the internet? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I don't see a pic? But TommyZ took these for me at a show he took his trucks to.Cool Mack Ratrod _2.bmpCool Mack Ratrod _1.bmpCool Mack Ratrod _3.bmp Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236538 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Sorry....was my computer......I see your pics now after I posted. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackdaddy Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 I like the saying on the back of the cab of your post.......real trucks don't have spark plugs! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Just my personal opinion and observation,but I REALLY don't like this "rat-rod" trend in cars or trucks,while I can and do appreacieate all the work that goes into building a car or truck from scratch,but why have it look like this? Not trying to piss anybody off,just my .02..............................Mark 2 Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236549 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Just my personal opinion and observation,but I REALLY don't like this "rat-rod" trend in cars or trucks,while I can and do appreacieate all the work that goes into building a car or truck from scratch,but why have it look like this? Not trying to piss anybody off,just my .02..............................Mark I agree. Same with that yellow B model that was at that show TommyZ took those pics.....my pics are on my other computer....but it was stretched with giant black stacks that look like woodstove pipes......why would you do that to a B Model?????? 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I'm right with ya,Mark. Some people are using/butchering some nice original sheet metal to make these vehicles. I guess its just personal preference. I do like some of them. Dan, that motor looks like a 6BT Cummins from here. Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 There is a guy in my area running around with some type 1940's 4-door sedan (un-identifiable) chopped so low your hand would barely fit through the window "slot" powered by (get this) a Big Cam 400 Cummins! damn thing looks dangerous to me,there is no way you could see past that engine while driving the way this thing sits!..............................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236564 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I like the saying on the back of the cab of your post.......real trucks don't have spark plugs!Real trucks have DUAL spark plugs!!!! 2 Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Here's a few I've seen on the internet. Most I don't like the looks of and I sure hope a really good truck wasn't chopped up to make them,but I do appreciate the work and talent it took to put them together . If junkyard bound parts can be used to put an old Mack back on the road,at least in part,that's a good thing . 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I don't mind it if you have some scrap parts laying around, but don't destroy a good truck. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleclutchinweasel Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 What I like about a rat rod is that all the effort goes into functionality, not into appearance. I once read that, "Anyone can restore one; it takes a real man to cut one up."That being said, I can't see cutting up a classic Mack. There just aren't enough of them left. 1 Quote "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 looks like someone cut up a nice LT cab to make that first one. im with you guys, better than getting scrapped but I hate seeing good sheetmetal used for rat rods. this is a friend of mines. drove B models and R model all his life and rode all kinds of Harleys and is a Hells Angel so this truck kinda fits him. he is also about 4'9'' and recently bought a B65 Mack. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Yep that's sum 6BT Cummins power in a few of those. The last one Mike posted is a Mid TN truck, that thing is freakin awesome. The engineering in the suspension is pretty awesome,it was a junk truck and now it's back at shows so I'm cool with it. That truck has a tiny 290 sitting in the frame crooked and some great details all over. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ws721 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I agree with you folks. Seems like a real shame. At least I wont have to cry over a Cabover being turned into a Ratrod. Guess there not worth doing that to. Quote Remember if it's got a hood it's no good! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2stacksuperdog Posted March 10, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2014 3 Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ws721 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 OH NO!! Quote Remember if it's got a hood it's no good! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 never say never 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ws721 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Yes that's true. Kinda like the kids with their hotrod Honda's and other Fast & Furious cars. Why? But at least their doing something creative Quote Remember if it's got a hood it's no good! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 This one was at the ATHS Colfax NC show last November Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 And this one at Lincolnton NC the last couple years Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 The late Bob Brown had a hand in this one.Not really "Rat-Rodded" by definition,but tastefully done like the last few trucks he built. It had belonged to his nephew last I heard. Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackdaddy Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Bob Brown was an American original. He had a knack for putting a little personal twist to a rig. On the 29 Mack I bought from him I have scripted...........Bob Brown the Greatest Name in Trucks! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyZ Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 looks like someone cut up a nice LT cab to make that first one. im with you guys, better than getting scrapped but I hate seeing good sheetmetal used for rat rods. this is a friend of mines. drove B models and R model all his life and rode all kinds of Harleys and is a Hells Angel so this truck kinda fits him. he is also about 4'9'' and recently bought a B65 Mack.This thing caught my eye at the Ballston Spa show last fall. As I was getting ready to leave, this guy pulled behind me and I had to go snoop around this thing.Think it's a 1940. I agree to an extent...chopping up an old truck that could have been restored is a cardinal sin, but if it was in tough shape and a guy could resurrect it within his means and budget, then what the heck. Either way, he's showing it and people enjoy it.I was tickled talking to this guy...he is about 4' 9" tall. A Hell's Angel??? Huh, must not have any height restrictions.He's an old-school rat-rodder through & through. He leaded the sheet metal like they used to do. He used actual Craftsman wrenches for brackets here and there, like to mount the visor. Just welded them to whatever, and never even wiped the arc flash off the welds, lol.At the end of the day, you can't deny the effort put in, the engineering, craftsmanship, etc. to stay traditional. Not a Tackaberry piece by any means....but still cool. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyZ Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I agree. Same with that yellow B model that was at that show TommyZ took those pics.....my pics are on my other computer....but it was stretched with giant black stacks that look like woodstove pipes......why would you do that to a B Model??????Yeah, that yellow B is uncalled for. 10" stovepipes, must be 300" long...but the owner's as unique as the truck, so..... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/#findComment-236993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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