TommyZ Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 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 creativeI'm getting ready to chop a Cruiseliner down with a V-8...Has a perfect working heater in it too...man, it'll bake you right out on low. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-236995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ws721 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Jealousy will bet you nowhere. lol. There aren't to many E9 powered Cruiseliners with 196,000 original miles. 1 Quote Remember if it's got a hood it's no good! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-236999 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 ha ha yup a Hells angel. he actually bought that A model almost done, he just did little things like mount the fifth wheel, and other odds and ends. it did have a little fender bender tho and recently got fixed. I believe the Deckleman boys pull their green B model pulling truck with that yellow B or they at least pull the camper Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-237099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 That's cool,Dan. Bob was certainly a great builder,for sure! Gone but not forgotten! 2 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/page/2/#findComment-237108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyZ Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 ha ha yup a Hells angel. he actually bought that A model almost done, he just did little things like mount the fifth wheel, and other odds and ends. it did have a little fender bender tho and recently got fixed. I believe the Deckleman boys pull their green B model pulling truck with that yellow B or they at least pull the camperYeah, I saw the yellow B hooked to the camper at the W. Spfld. ATHS show where I talked to him. I later ran into him in Maybrook, NY at an asphalt plant and was trying to market a Flowboy I was selling, but he was with a bunch of guys and was pretty rude compared to being at the show; so I went away thinking something different.Oh, I thought the A Model mack was all apart and he built it...well, it's still pretty unique anyways, as is the driver, lol. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-237115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 yup definatey unique. hes a good ole boy. drove truck and rode motorcycle all his life and even owned a bar room. his name is 'Little Joe' I know he bought the A model mostly done. I know he did little things on it tho. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-237200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 They can be creative. But I have a Massey Ferguson 35 and a 65 that my family bought new and both had the hoods, grills and seats stolen. Found one set on a rat rod at a local cruise night. Paul Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-237275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post miketturbo Posted December 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2015 My 57 B85-RAT. before & after.sitting on a dodge chassis.12 valve cummins. 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-315929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 The very first Rat Rod is used in a Five Finger Death Punch video along with some other cool rat rods. I suppose there arenot to many FFDP fans on this forum so just go to 1.24 to see the Mack. Later on in the video there looks to be an anotherMack with a flatbed in the background of the card game. It's pretty hard rock, so turn volume down if you do not like. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-315938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZB755V8 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I am opinionated about this subject. I do hate rat rods. I love an original Mack truck or a top notch restoration, Personal expression is OK but why screw up a perfectly good Mack to express yourself??? I have looked a rat rods as just that a vehicle that is something that is just "something" and not really anything. If you take all the parts and time to put "something" together should it be "something" and not just your personal expression? The Best that anyone can say is "that is something" but what is the point? It takes a lot of everything, time, money, respect and research to have a correct truck and a rat rod is just a wish it could be... Just my 2 cents. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-315941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outbehindthebarn Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 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?That thing is TITTIES! and its a 5.9 cumminslove it Quote Fun is what they fine you for!My name is Bob Buckman sir,. . . and I hate truckers. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-315942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Underdog Posted December 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2015 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.How many do you see rotting away in a farm field for years that the owner won't restore or sell to someone who will? I'd rather see it at a show or going down the road. Nice to see someone take otherwise neglected sheet metal and make something of it with artistic license.I also don't understand the point of having a perfectly restored $$$ big buck trailer queen that never gets driven, used or touched.I suppose after all it is up to the owner to do whatever he wishes since he is paying the bills..02 GreggSent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-315956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I am opinionated about this subject. I do hate rat rods. I love an original Mack truck or a top notch restoration, Personal expression is OK but why screw up a perfectly good Mack to express yourself??? I have looked a rat rods as just that a vehicle that is something that is just "something" and not really anything. If you take all the parts and time to put "something" together should it be "something" and not just your personal expression? The Best that anyone can say is "that is something" but what is the point? It takes a lot of everything, time, money, respect and research to have a correct truck and a rat rod is just a wish it could be... Just my 2 cents.Not everyone wants or needs a "correct" truck. I started modifying my brand new CX the day I brought it home from the dealer. And I have made use of modern technology to make my 1963 F work better for me than 50 year old designs. One of the most famous Macks, Joe Mustang's H-model, is basically a rat rod. Constantly modified and improved by its owner over its lifetime to be something completely different than what it started out. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-315958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 41chevy Posted December 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2015 Than by definition this is "a wish it could be'' ? I restored built it with a 1953 3:54 power glide rear instead of the 1941 4:11 ratio, I built the engine with aluminum pistons in place of cast iron, insert rod bearings instead of the correct Babbitt bearings, aluminum timing gears in place of OEM correct fiber gears, a 6 volt alternator instead of generator and Perlux ignition instead of points, 15 inch 1953 chevy wheels instead of 16 inch and last two items, a Chevs of the 40's dual chamber master cylinder conversion and electric wipers. We also had no second thoughts of taking a 6800 mile trip from L.I.N.Y. to California and back, At interste speeds when we had to.Yes it was a low production one owner low mileage car when I bought it, almost a trailer queen. No matter what anyone thoughts were, we made it to be a dependable driver that pleased us.I would never criticize any bodies choice of build be it a 100 point show pony or a rusty mismatched pile of parts. 3 Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-315965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hobert62 Posted December 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2015 [quote name="41chevy" post="315965" timestamp=I would never criticize any bodies choice of build be it a 100 point show pony or a rusty mismatched pile of parts. That's the best part about all this. Weather you build something yourself or pay someone to do it for you, it come down to one thing. "It's all about you." There are many beautifully restored to original trucks out there, but they lose the personal touch. There are also rat rods out there that just leave me with the question "why?" My B-67 contains parts from a dodge minivan, sterling, international, 2 Pete's, and 2 freightliners. I pretty sure there will be people that don't like what I'm doing. I also know that I've had people stop in and look at my progress and compliment on how it's turning out. I'm building it for me to the image that I have in my head, and I'm the one that has to be happy with it. Just like the purests and the rat rodders. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-315969 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I personally think that is the best thing you could do with a old fire truck. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-315996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post j hancock Posted December 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2015 Not everything is my cup of tea. My motto is your money and your truck, do what you want. 3 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-316002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorback11 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Most art baffles me. Artists tell me about their thoughts when they created a painting or sculpture but I have a really hard time figuring out what the hell I am looking at. My local government spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on several stainless steel monstrosities that they placed at various places around town and told everyone they would brighten up the city. Frankly, I think they should have saved the money! One looks very much like a stainless steel "turd". However, I find myself intrigued with these Rat Rods. It is one art form where I can often see right off what the builder had in mind as he or she put the thing together. I must admit that these dudes and gals are fairly clever and very talented in most cases and I find that the finished product is a one-off that often makes sense to me. After all, Rat Rods don't come with instructions and although I have never attempted the construction of one, I pretty much think they must be an absolute problem solving event from start to finish. I am sure that is why these "Auto Artists" take them on. I suspect that most of these builders change there mind a hundred times while they piece together a project and when finished, it may not resemble the original idea in any form or fashion. That is probably part of the fun. I often study these pieces of rolling art and think about what I would have done different and that is a bit of fun for me. I do also understand the comments in this thread however. I would freak out just thinking about cutting up decent vintage trucks parts to produce a Rat Rod...but then I am not an artist either. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-316007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outbehindthebarn Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 This one was at the ATHS Colfax NC show last NovemberWhite farm tractor grill. White cab too? Quote Fun is what they fine you for!My name is Bob Buckman sir,. . . and I hate truckers. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-316010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHfred Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Yes, that was a White 9000 cab. He had that at our White Bash in Richmond, VA and I talked to him quite a bit. It has Cummins MVT (?) engine and sits on air bags all around. It has very little ground clearance when the bags are aired up. He said he had to put smaller rear tires on it to it slow down but it still cruised real good at 80 MPH !!! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-316013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post miketturbo Posted December 16, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2015 Thnx.dirtymilkman.I wanted to build something I could use anytime any day.not just shows or parades.it drives nice and handles very well.not overweight.same length as my gmc pickup.I drive it a lot. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-316039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketturbo Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 By the way.trucks get modified all the time.tractors into dumptrucks.straight jobs into fifthwheels. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-316040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdog Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I watched part of a TV show the when I was in hospital called Vegas Rat Rods,they were building a D series IH for a customer,but in the background they had a really decent looking EF or EG Mack. 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-316049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvam Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 yeah, I saw that as well. I think one of the Vegas Rat rod trucks was built for someone near me. I have to look it up Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-316052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdogtrucker Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I watched part of a TV show the when I was in hospital called Vegas Rat Rods,they were building a D series IH for a customer,but in the background they had a really decent looking EF or EG Mack.Yes, that E does look cool. Not like that "1938" L model rod lol. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/34980-rat-rods/page/2/#findComment-316055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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