Snake Farm
Ol school snake charmer!
....doing some cleaning and organizing in preparation for (read that "in hopes of") building my first Rat Rod this winter. And speaking of winter, is it really that time again As I was shoveling a path to the wood shed this evening through 10" of snow (our first significant snowfall this year) I thought where did the summer of 2010 go? It somehow slipped by without me making any real progress on my automotive projects but that's water under the bridge and here I am again with 3-4 month of winter build time to hopefully put a Rat on the road in the summer of 2011.
I've been lurking here at RRR for some time and finally joined recently when I became seriously bitten by the Rat Rod bug due to a casual remark my brother-in-law made. He and my sister are into Caramos as is my nephew (see the May issue of Muscle Car Review)
But the current project at their house is my nephew's '46 Dodge PU Rat Rod. I was visiting them recently and checking out the progress on the Dodge when my brother-in-law said "you know, you should build a Rat Rod. Heck you have one that is almost finished if you'd just dig it out and hit it hard this winter you could be driving it this summer".....and I've been fired up ever since because he's right........especially about the DIGGING! LOL So that's where I am Rat Rod wise, hopefully I will soon get to the bottom of nine years worth of throwing stuff on top of said "near finished Rat Rod" and see if it is indeed Rat material? When I see it you'll see it....hope to post some pics soon and maybe start a build thread.
Oh, and me....I hail from just south of the Mason Dixon Line, married 31 years, have a 26 year old daughter and an awesome son-in-law who's eager to help me with my Rat Rod build. I am a carpenter by trade and a car nut the rest of the time so keep an eye on me......I'm liable to be welding 2X4's [ and nailing on fenders
Wish me luck and you can call me "Ray"
I've been lurking here at RRR for some time and finally joined recently when I became seriously bitten by the Rat Rod bug due to a casual remark my brother-in-law made. He and my sister are into Caramos as is my nephew (see the May issue of Muscle Car Review)
But the current project at their house is my nephew's '46 Dodge PU Rat Rod. I was visiting them recently and checking out the progress on the Dodge when my brother-in-law said "you know, you should build a Rat Rod. Heck you have one that is almost finished if you'd just dig it out and hit it hard this winter you could be driving it this summer".....and I've been fired up ever since because he's right........especially about the DIGGING! LOL So that's where I am Rat Rod wise, hopefully I will soon get to the bottom of nine years worth of throwing stuff on top of said "near finished Rat Rod" and see if it is indeed Rat material? When I see it you'll see it....hope to post some pics soon and maybe start a build thread.
Oh, and me....I hail from just south of the Mason Dixon Line, married 31 years, have a 26 year old daughter and an awesome son-in-law who's eager to help me with my Rat Rod build. I am a carpenter by trade and a car nut the rest of the time so keep an eye on me......I'm liable to be welding 2X4's [ and nailing on fenders
Wish me luck and you can call me "Ray"