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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 as sun ...
The first streamliner powered by a Flathead Ford to go over 200 mph (320 km/h) is the Edelbrock-equipped Bachelor-Xydias SoCal Special; [4] it was featured on the cover of the January 1949 issue of Hot Rod magazine. [5] Bill Burke of the So-Cal Speed Shop was the first to attempt to convert a P-51 Mustang belly drop tank to a hot rod roadster. [6]
Cover from Ol Skool Rodz featuring custom car builder Bo Huff. 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]
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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. However a book was ...
Vegas Rat Rods (known as Sin City Motors in some regions) [1] is an American reality television series. The series premiered on April 17, 2014, on Discovery Channel . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Season 5 due for release summer 2020.
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Custom car based on a 1951 Ford Victoria Hardtop, created by Joe Bailon in 1956. Joe Bailon (March 18, 1923 – September 25, 2017) was an American car customizer credited with creating the paint color Candy Apple Red, which eventually led to a full spectrum of candy paint colors, each with a metallic base-coat, a transparent color coat, and a final clear coat.