CONTEST! Rat Rod Poetry

[Bonehead]

RUsT! ( bongo thump)
FlAmEs ( bongo thumP)
NoisE ( double bongo thump)

MetAl, ToOls, ToYs.

2X3 Rails, Grease under my Nails.
Late nights, car show fights.

arms, shafts, gear.
axle, chop, beer.

Spilt the oil, radiator is a boil,
Wiring fire, split in my tire.

Parts, e-bay, paid
Swap, sale, trade

Fired up, taking a cruise
Hell on wheels, I can’t loose.

(38.5 second bongo solo)

 

[rainman]

Since I was a boy,
maybe 10 or 11.

I always had wanted,
A clean 57.

I've had 54's,
55's, and 5 six's.

some fords, and some chevy's,
even some where mixes.

and now that I've found it,
I know what to do.

Build a clean 57,
thats a gasser too!

 

[Tim...Ok]

can't believe I'm even posting this but...


I'm trading some welding for this 48 ford
gotta have enough projects that I'll never be bored

gonna build my own frame,suspension and all
when it's all finished I'll be standing tall

it's gettin a nasty small block with a 292 cam
a gear drive and two fours on a tunnel ram

can't wait to start on the 5 inch chop
thats gonna make the ol truck really pop

gonna take some sheetmetal and make my own bed
at least thats the silly idea floatin around in my head

it's gonna get a positrac nine inch out back
to make sure it lays two marks of black

ya know it's gotta have a suicide front end
sure hope my home made hair pins don't bend

so if you see a guy in a rusty ol truck a grinnin
it'll just be me with the back tires a spinnin..

 

[Lightning]

Bongo thump

RUsT! ( bongo thump)
FlAmEs ( bongo thumP)
NoisE ( double bongo thump)

MetAl, ToOls, ToYs.

2X3 Rails, Grease under my Nails.
Late nights, car show fights.

arms, shafts, gear.
axle, chop, beer.

Spilt the oil, radiator is a boil,
Wiring fire, split in my tire.

Parts, e-bay, paid
Swap, sale, trade

Fired up, taking a cruise
Hell on wheels, I can’t loose.

(38.5 second bongo solo)

Gee Bonehead - this made me think I was in a little dark, smoke filled room with people snapping their fingers and I was sitting next to a guy named Maynard

 

[bob w]

Two Days To Go

Two more days to go.
Til the end of the poetry show.

Sixteen people have come to the fore.
Will there be a couple more?

It's easy to write about love and lust.
Not so about bloody knuckles and rust.

Although it is a difficult mission.
Give it a try, make a submission.

So put on your thinking cap.
And come up with a poem or rap.

(with, or without bongos)

 

[Bonehead]

 

[bob w]

I vote for Bovine Freedom![cl

 

[Sam_Fear]

RUsT! ( bongo thump)
FlAmEs ( bongo thumP)
NoisE ( double bongo thump)

MetAl, ToOls, ToYs.

2X3 Rails, Grease under my Nails.
Late nights, car show fights.

arms, shafts, gear.
axle, chop, beer.

Spilt the oil, radiator is a boil,
Wiring fire, split in my tire.

Parts, e-bay, paid
Swap, sale, trade

Fired up, taking a cruise
Hell on wheels, I can’t loose.

(38.5 second bongo solo)

No offense, but that's a real slow time for a bongo solo! Might need to tune those things. You should be down into the low 17's easy. With a little money, maybe 13 second solos.

 

[donsrods]

Oh, the hot rodders life is full of drama,

I could use a bailout, please Mr. Obama!

The money I had saved to go to the races
had to go to the Kids for their new shiny braces.

My Wife doesn't seem to really understand my car

and thinks I spend way too much time on R R R.

But if I didn't have my buds here I would surely go crazy

and it doesn't have anything to do with me being lazy.

No, I'm just a poor blue collar 9 to 5 guy

who has a long list of parts I need to buy.

So I sneak a buck here and a 10 spot there

and never go to bars, so why should she care.

Lord knows I really hate lying and deceit

but I'll be in the doghouse if she finds one receipt!!!!!!


Don

 

[Mr.Gussett]

Oh yea!!!

Oh, the hot rodders life is full of drama,

I could use a bailout, please Mr. Obama!

The money I had saved to go to the races
had to go to the Kids for their new shiny braces.

My Wife doesn't seem to really understand my car

and thinks I spend way too much time on R R R.

But if I didn't have my buds here I would surely go crazy

and it doesn't have anything to do with me being lazy.

No, I'm just a poor blue collar 9 to 5 guy

who has a long list of parts I need to buy.

So I sneak a buck here and a 10 spot there

and never go to bars, so why should she care.

Lord knows I really hate lying and deceit

but I'll be in the doghouse if she finds one receipt!!!!!!


Don

OMG I read this Don [cl(outloud) and my wife said WOW that fits you(me) to a TEEEEEEE ! You have my vote for the BEST poem on here!

 

[goose-em]

52 years in a Kansas barn
Nobody to love her she was left all alone
Her owner was old, alas he had gone
Streaks of rust from the tears, she made on her own

Leaf springs were broken
with engine valves stuck
Her tires were sunk way down in the muck
The sound of a Ford from 400 miles away
Could it be, someone was coming to take her away

Out of the muck and onto a trailer
The wind in her face, things were getting better

The people were smiling and gave her a thumbs up
She felt like a rock star that little rusted truck

Under the knife her metal was shaved
Rusty tears were removed but not all the way
A reminder of death while a new life was made

Her heart was rebuilt, no modern solution
A little more power and a few revolutions
She smiles at 80 on the new interstate

Once cast aside and left to her fate
The wind through her grill such a small thrill
after 52 years of just sitting still

 

[bob w]

Donsrods Wins Poetry Contest!

First, a huge thankyou to to everyone who contributed.[cl

I was greatly worried it would be a big bust. Who knew Rat Rodders were also
literary geniuses?

The very difficult job of deciding the winner and runners-up was skillfully handled by a celebrity judge who prefers to remain anonymous.


Here are the results:

First Place Donsrods post # 49

Runners-up Four of them

Sniper post # 5

Bonehead post # 41

Tim...Ok post # 43

As a reader, I found a lot of humor, creativity and heartfelt appreciation for our hobby and the people involved.

Again, thankyou to the 20 or so people that took the time and effort to contribute.

Here's the was the prize deal is going to work: Don gets first choice of 2 of the books shown on page 1, or a tee shirt from Cornfield Customs.

Once Don makes his selection, I'll PM the runners-up to determine which books remain and who wants what.

 

[cantwell.colton]

First, a huge thankyou to to everyone who contributed.[cl

I was greatly worried it would be a big bust. Who knew Rat Rodders were also
literary geniuses?

The very difficult job of deciding the winner and runners-up was skillfully handled by a celebrity judge who prefers to remain anonymous.


Here are the results:

First Place Donsrods post # 49

Runners-up Four of them

Sniper post # 5

Bonehead post # 41

Tim...Ok post # 43

As a reader, I found a lot of humor, creativity and heartfelt appreciation for our hobby and the people involved.

Again, thankyou to the 20 or so people that took the time and effort to contribute.

Here's the was the prize deal is going to work: Don gets first choice of 2 of the books shown on page 1, or a tee shirt from Cornfield Customs.

Once Don makes his selection, I'll PM the runners-up to determine which books remain and who wants what.

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[Z.Z.Rat]

Bobw, Thank you for the idea! To all the poets,KUDOS! Put a BIG smile on my face reading these.

It was fun & now it needs to be an annual event.

 

[Bonehead]

Great job Don!
I didn't expect to place, and I am guessing the bongos helped there.

 

[donsrods]

Wow, that's very cool. I'm honored to be picked and frankly a little surprised as I had a couple of beers in me when I wrote those.

I actually enjoyed the other guys poems a lot and thought they were much better than mine, so tell you what I'd like to do, if you don't mind, Bob. Please divide the 5 books up among the 5 guys who came in next. I would like that to be my little gift to some people I respect and consider good friends. Do it however you feel appropriate.

Thanks again for picking mine, and thanks for starting this contest........it was fun.

Don

 

[Sniper]

Holy smokes!! After reading all of the submissions I'm surprised to have been picked, I'm honored.

 

[donsrods]

Haha, what is funny is that if you look at the time I composed that little poem in post 49 it was at 3am. Dan and I had just gotten in from a long session working on his car and I was enjoying a beer to help me sleep.

When we were working at the shop that night he and I were talking about how married guys have to sometimes "hide" their little purchases to keep peace at home. He reminded me of when we went one time to buy some project car that I had paid $ 100 for and I told them on the way home (they were about 6 at the time) "Ok guys, remember to tell Mom we paid $ 25.00 for this car." Dan said to me "But Dad, you aren't going to lie to Mom, are you?" I told him "Yep!! Some day you will be married and will understand!" [ddev

That is what gave me the idea for that little poem. I think we have all been there at one time or another.


Don

 

[goose-em]

Yep,

How much did you pay for those carbs? $200. Oh that's not bad.

(I meant $200 each, should I have clarified????? Not my fault she can't add).

 

[hotsy1968]

I found them on craigslist,thought they were cool
Three old dodge trucks,very old school.
I had a vision of what they could be
So i took a chance and purchased all three.
AAA towed them home,i could not believe
yes thats right,all three tows were free.
The 48 was stripped,parts in the bed
when i got it home,my wife was shaking her head.
Then along came the 52,Yes another one dear
then a 49 and all three titles were clear.
More then enough parts to start with my build
Iam glad to have saved them all from the field.
The top will be chopped four inches or more
350 smallblock,automatic on the floor.
sitting on a set of cragger ss wheels
Guarenteed to scream up and down hills.
Lots of work ahead,I know it wont be easy
But iam up for the challenge,Now lets go get greasey

it took me aprox 5 minutes to come up with this,and its all true,cant wait to get started with my build.....JIM