Taking kustom in a new direction... it's sorta 60's car show scene over the top, but primer and unconventional mods

One of my favorite instrument clusters, the other is also a Plymouth: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3r5Bx4ZhfMqQKVwtCYGNaD9S9zksaBuKgA-zu_b7Wi_aVpAiHKmNkZZQ9DMV9JlBz6a8wh40k4IN7PgAAvHf0CyIx_8DkZxkDkJBzRhGlEj5Ltg5CH_IyJi2jnyAbJ0EJBZJPychmWZP/s1600/DSCN3685.JPG

breaking the paradigm of what a hot rod dash looks like

Cool steering wheel (it says Studebaker on the center button), cool shifter knob, nice grill under the gauges... this is a well thought out and finished look!

What a cool custom, I've never seen anyone make a steering wheel out of a rim! Great key, and, have you ever seen a B&M shifter on a firewall?

Cool business card too.

Cool tailgate handles

Some cool rat rods, from the dedicated Tumbler... Rat Rods Rule!

Doesn't that make you smile?

Must be owned by a diver, or a really innovative customizer

What better way to show pedestrians where the bus stop is?

See a gallery of the above South carolina prison bus rat rod at John's: http://oleragtop.blogspot.com/2009/11/yeah-turkey-rod-run-is-coming-this.html

The above green car... looks like a new idea in rat rods, take a newer than 1960 vehicle and made a rat rod from it by getting rid of all the body work forward of the firewall. This one looks like a Buick, but I can't recall the model

I don't think I've ever seen a rod quite like this, unless you count the early dragsters from the 50's that were using a long wheel base chassis to set back the body for weight transfer to aid traction.

Wow. I think I posted a photo of this one before, I think it's a Seagrave roadster ... how cool are the various cans to the back of the gas tank?!

via: http://ratrodsrule.tumblr.com/

A second look at the So Cal Suspension rat rod

Nice touch to put a glkass pack muffler on the exhaust

How cool is the shifter handle? A 3 foot long 1/2 inch drive socket wrench extension with any socket they like for a handle

The above knife switch, I learned was from a Texas electric chair. No kidding.



great trunk lid handle
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/07/cool-rat-rods-at-el-cajons-season.html

This is about as cool as your trailer will get

via: http://slammedsixty.blogspot.com/

Someone in Illinois has a cool rat rod made from a postal delivery Jeep.. bitchin!

Via: http://ohmygoditsthefunkyshit.tumblr.com

cool rat rods at El Cajon's season opener car cruise, the Frankenstein from Rickybobbyrodshop, and a former British Taxi

this one is from http://www.socal-suspension.com/ a local El Cajon busniess, and the saw blades on the front airbags are a cool touch

Here's the image of what it started life as... and for a good article on London Taxis showing up at car shows: http://www.classicaldrives.com/50226711/londons_iconic_taxicabs_spotted_in_classic_car_shows.php

The shifter is particularly cool, looks like a 3 or 4 foot long socket wrench extension with a 1 1/2" short impact socket. That is somethign I don't remember seeing used as a shifter in a rat rod or custom before... my compliments!

For a full gallery of the Frankenstein rat rod made by Rickybobbysrodshop:

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/04/garrett-and-sons-rod-shop-rat-rod-i-dig.html