Originally posted by Ralphy:
Rat Rods used to be cool a few years back.
Now they are turning into White Trash rods.
No offense intended, just a generality.
It's my opinion that rat rods were white trash rods in the very beginning. They've come full circle.
But anything can become a fad and get totally outta control. Look at cruisers. A few years ago there weren't a whole lotta cars at cruises in this area. Now they're mobbed by guys who buy resto-rods from clone shops at outrageous prices and then expect to (and sometimes do) take home the trophies...without ever turning a wrench.
But then I doubt that Robert Hirohata ever turned a wrench on the Mercury that the Barris brothers built for him and it collected a fair abount of hardware. I guess some things never change.
