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FadedMullet

(996 posts) Tue Apr 28, 2026, 07:42 PM Apr 28

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I became enamoured with "rat rods" and "steam punk" when these cars came out a few years ago as a reaction.....

......against hugely expensive restorations of cars and "trailer queen" collector cars that never got driven on public roads. Their "yeah, we don't care" attitude and the wildly creative of hardware, industrial and household parts in such artistic ways had real appeal. There aren't many examples where I live in Eastern Washington, so I'm going to wait for a while to see anything like this old Peterbilt tractor-trailer as the next generation.

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I became enamoured with "rat rods" and "steam punk" when these cars came out a few years ago as a reaction..... (Original Post) FadedMullet Apr 28 OP

Not a rat rod guy as far as wanting one.. Permanut Apr 28 #1

Not me; many of them are trying too hard to be clever MichMan Apr 28 #2

Permanut

(8,527 posts)

1. Not a rat rod guy as far as wanting one..

Reply to FadedMullet (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 07:53 PM

Apr 28

but some of them are insanely cool.

Check out Steve Darnell and his Welderup shop in Vegas and online.

MichMan

(17,325 posts)

2. Not me; many of them are trying too hard to be clever

Reply to FadedMullet (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 11:28 PM

Apr 28

End up just looking ridiculous

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