I suppose it only figures that guys set out specifically to build a rat rod. I have always viewed tham as something that just kind of grew. Found a wrecked truck with a hemi? Cool, stuff it in the old DeSoto. Can't afford bodywork? Sand it all down and give it a rattle-can paint job.

Don't lose your head to save a minute,
You need your head, your brains are in it.
Burma-Shave (1947)