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Rat rod. A rat rod, as usually known today, is a custom car with a deliberately worn-down, unfinished appearance, typically lacking paint, showing rust, and made from cheap or cast-off parts. [1] These parts can include non-automotive items that have been repurposed, such as a rifle used as a gear shifter, wrenches as door handles, or hand saws ...
Ala Kart is a custom car, a customized 1929 Ford Model A roadster pickup, built by George Barris, Richard Peters, and Mike "Blackie" Gejeian in 1957. [1] Originally owned by Peters, it is a two-time winner of the Grand National Roadster Show "America's Most Beautiful Roadster" (AMBR) trophy (1958 and 1959) and Hot Rod cover car in October 1958. [2]
Gun-powered mousetrap. Drawing from US Patent 269766, "Animal trap". In 1882 on August 21, a man by the name of James Alexander Williams from San Saba County, Texas was filed a United States patent No.269,766. for a mousetrap incorporating a handgun, "by which animals which burrow in the ground can be destroyed". [1]
Movement. Kustom Kulture. Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (March 4, 1932 – April 4, 2001) was an American artist, cartoonist, illustrator, pinstriper and custom car designer and builder who created the hot rod icon Rat Fink and other characters. Roth was a key figure in Southern California 's Kustom Kulture and hot rod movement of the late 1950s and 1960s.
It features lake headers, dog dish hubcaps, dropped "I" beam axle, narrow rubber, and single 4-barrel, but non-traditional disc brakes. Detail view of the air inlet. A T-bucket (or Bucket T) is a hot rod, based on a Ford Model T [1] built from 1915 to 1927, but extensively modified. T-buckets were favorites for greasers. [citation needed]
Street Machine contains many sections, from letters sent in by readers, to articles on feature cars and technical issues. The feature cars are mostly Australian and American muscle cars from the 1960s to the 2000s, while occasionally a hot rod or rat rod will feature. Cars such as a Datsun 1600 or an Austin A30 also make rare appearances.
The Red Baron is a custom t-bucket hot rod built in 1969 by Chuck Miller of Styline Customs [1] The project was designed by model designer Tom Daniel in 1967 for the Monogram Company, inspired the trend of west coast surfers wearing German WW-I helmets. After being displayed at the 1967 Chicago Toy Fair [2] the popular model kit hit the shelves ...
Ol' Skool Rodz was a bimonthly magazine [ 1] that was published from 2003 to 2023, [ 2] first by Geno DiPol and Koolhouse Publications, and then by Murphos Publishing in Buda, Texas since 2019. [ 3] The magazine features topics such as Kustom Kulture lifestyles, pin-ups, rat rods, custom cars, and artwork. Its articles are often written in a ...