335windowchevy
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I was doing some research on building a era correct rat/patina/retro rod and found that there arent many resources out there for era correct roddng out there. The only info about 40s and 50s rodding is from a few old diehards I have met in my life, one of which was a so-cal rodder in the 50s and said modern "Raters" as he called us know little to nothing about the way they were built back then. and said alot of the standard "accepted" ideas for building supension in ratrod culture today would have been laughed at back then and most of what we build and call a traditional style rod is more of a parody of what was built way back when. Im only 29 so i really have no idea whats proper and whats not.
Personaly my goal is to build a rod my grandpa would have picked my grandma up to go to the movies in, and somthing I can be proud to call my own.
Any thoughts?
Personaly my goal is to build a rod my grandpa would have picked my grandma up to go to the movies in, and somthing I can be proud to call my own.
Any thoughts?
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