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Picking up steam, or a fading fad?
If you wanna build a rod, you use what you can find. Out in the midwest, they're really fucking BROKE!
But they'll spend 3 grand on a motor, yet 500 bucks on a chassis. They usually forego paint and chrome - unlike the previous ratrod fad of the early-to-mid 60's these cool cats are trying to emulate.
But why so many punk rockers? They're do-it-yourselfer types, thats about it far as I can see. Pretty cool, rockers with rocker chicks and their ugly machines.
They're even taking to stripping the paint, then flashing the bare metal with etching acid and primers to uglify everything but the chrome on the motor, or wheels.
I think it's fantastic, but I'm in LA where on the weekends you could see a few of 'em on Hollywood Blvd or Sunset driving back to the freeways late at night - I'd swear I once or twice saw Dave's sled heading back towards town one night.. but I'm seeing more and more of 'em.
Stock painted steel wheels, opened fabric or no fabric roofs, Zee'd chassisuses.. welding supplies have never been cheaper, too anyone could chop, channel and cut Z's in frames and coils..
Is this fad taking off in yer neck of the woods> see any of this where you are?
Picking up steam, or a fading fad?
If you wanna build a rod, you use what you can find. Out in the midwest, they're really fucking BROKE!
But they'll spend 3 grand on a motor, yet 500 bucks on a chassis. They usually forego paint and chrome - unlike the previous ratrod fad of the early-to-mid 60's these cool cats are trying to emulate.
But why so many punk rockers? They're do-it-yourselfer types, thats about it far as I can see. Pretty cool, rockers with rocker chicks and their ugly machines.
They're even taking to stripping the paint, then flashing the bare metal with etching acid and primers to uglify everything but the chrome on the motor, or wheels.
I think it's fantastic, but I'm in LA where on the weekends you could see a few of 'em on Hollywood Blvd or Sunset driving back to the freeways late at night - I'd swear I once or twice saw Dave's sled heading back towards town one night.. but I'm seeing more and more of 'em.
Stock painted steel wheels, opened fabric or no fabric roofs, Zee'd chassisuses.. welding supplies have never been cheaper, too anyone could chop, channel and cut Z's in frames and coils..
Is this fad taking off in yer neck of the woods> see any of this where you are?
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