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Cleaned and installed the other ram. Started building the adapters from big block mopar to big block chevy. They came out great, but I wish I'd divided the chambers because it sounds a bit like a tractor. The adapters didn't clear standard spark plugs so I went with these shorties. They...

It's alive! Been working too hard to post anything for a while, but now I've got time! My goal has been to get this rat rolling before I exited high school, more specifically I've wanted to win (at least the rat rod section) at the Field of Dreams car show put on by the Las Cruces Rod Runners...

Thanks! Thanks for all the great stuff guys! The rear axle has the "look" i wanted but I also needed to be safe, thus the combo I created haha. I'm waiting on a guy to plasma cnc me some header flanges actually. As for the spokes, The rims are 20 inchers. I have re drilled my hubs to 6 lug so...

The tires are for show only. Also going to kick the wheels out another 3/4 of an inch to give it more turning radius. Thanks!

20 inch wheels finally! I started mounting my 20 inch spoke wheels to my axle. Used a 3/4 inch aluminum plate to make a doughnut shape then indexed the 6 lug pattern on my mill and drilled the hubs and plates to match. Currently at 1/4 inch holes so as not to totally vibrate my machine apart...

Rear End Work I had a chevy suburban axle of some kind under the rat because it was wide enough basically. I didn't like it at all, the pumpkin wasn't in the middle, the emergency brake cables were pinched, not posi, it was drum brakes, and it was modern. So I tossed it for this 60's Dodge...

More on the headers A few more pictures of the manifolds The hugeness of the pipes really sells how big the car is. It's over 6 feet wide with my new axle and it's almost longer than my whole 4 post car lift. With the big tractor tires and the sprints on the rear, it will look...

other things I keep coming back to these big block chevy headers. I've got the know how to adapt them to big block mopar, its just going to take some time to make it look right. I think they look absolutely perfect with the cross rams. They dump just under the door and can actually be ducted...

More! Been a few days since my last post but man have they been busy! Made some more progress on the Dodge, little by little. I had it up on our new lift for a while working on the steering and decided to do some maintenance. I drained over a gallon of water from the car, which would have been...

Very true. Mounted solid in that picture. It's old. And thanks!

So I've got some ideas on where some of this stuff is from, but mostly I just found it behind the shop in the yard and pieced it together. I don't know exactly what the grill shell is, (mid 30's ford looks similar). I have heard my axle called a "smiley A" and that it's Ford from the 20's but...

This is all ive got So here is where I am as of last week. I found a matching set of 3 rib 20x7.5 inch tractor tires and mounted them on my rims. It's a whole lot of tire, but I think with a white wall it would look pretty slick. I need to do some work to get them on the car but i like them a...

Up to date! I didn't finish the sprints in time to take them to the show so I just ran some dish style wheels I had lying around with white walls on them. I did a ton of structural stuff to hold the body square to the frame and I switched the BBC headers out for some fender well 383 hookers...

Some more Thanks everyone! It's really encouraging to see an interest in my work. I'm not trying to please everyone, but if you don't like it wait a while! It isn't finished! Answering some more questions. I don't have the coil overs installed yet, are they cool? I've seen some guys split a...

Tires and such Thanks guys! I'll put up some more progress in the next few days but I'll answer some questions. The tires all the way around are for show use only really. I managed to widen my key stones to take the sprint car tires, which are absolutely not practical. The tractor tires aren't...

Hour glass I plan to cut the grill she'll down so it isn't taller than the cowl. As for the tires, I want to put the 20s with the tractor ribs on. They are huge and really unique. From the top, the car should look like an hour glass. The rear slicks as wide as the front tractor tires and the...

I will post more later. I mentioned the SEMA show a while back and this year (2013) I was approached about putting the Dodge inside on a display frame machine at SEMA 2014. Rat Rod magazine is also waiting for a "finished" article on the humpback so I've got a lot lined up. Stay tuned!

Back! It's been a while! School has been tough as this is my senior year in high school and I'm trying to get my school to pay for as much of my college as I can which means lots of big long classes. The rat is coming along nicely, but progress has been slow. Since my last post here on RRR...

Yes I plan to put the doors back, I just havnt chopped them to fit the new frame. Thanks for the reply!

Now Heres how she sits right now. The steering wheel is out of a 37 pontiac. nearly 18" in diameter. Seats out of a '74 Corvette. The thickness was perfect to see out of the 5 inch windshield. Check out the headers in this picture. Really looking good. Kicked the tires away from the body...