View Full Version : Rat Rod City here we come !........


1scalevolvo
11-26-2006, 03:52 PM
:wave: Greetings all;


Once again the Mad Scientist has been in the basement too long !
& now is working on a song ! :
( With apologies to Jan & Dean ! )
'
"A lot of people think we're nuts !
but we know that in our guts,
That they are just full of it !
& we do not really give a $--T !

Rat Rod city,here we come !
Rat Rod city, here we come !
Rat Rod city here we come !
We are coming to race at Rat Rod City !

We may be down but we're not out !
'cause we know what its all about !
Dented ,bent up our cars still roar,
& we're still coming back for more !

Rat Rod City ,here we come !
Rat Rod city, here we come !
Rat Rod city ,here we come!
We are coming to race at Rat Rod City !

No matter how fast that we move,
We can keep it in the groove !
our cars they may not look too keen,
But there are no trailer queens !

Rat Rod city ,here we come!
Rat Rod City here we come !
Rat Rod City,here we come !
We're coming to race at Rat Rod City !


Now that we got that out of the way, (I promise not to torture you guys with any more amateurish Jan & Dean-type Hot Rod songs for a long while) Here is my latest creation ! More dents,rust,missing & improperly substituited parts than before but a lot more heart ! Notice the front hood is ajar for more cooling (No Fooling !)

joez870
11-26-2006, 04:53 PM
Brilliant! Man! I just love these! You keep taking them to a whole new level, mate!
I can almost see the 100MPH tape holding the Pass-side glass in place! Keep on building these thrashed, trashed, well-used and well-loved beasts! :thumbsup:

micyou03
11-26-2006, 05:58 PM
Great job. I love it.

WesJY
11-26-2006, 06:39 PM
Awesome job man!! :thumbsup:

Wes

clausheupel
11-27-2006, 02:59 AM
Hi Neal,

I really love that »slightly abused« look of this SLR!!! If only she could tell us the story of her life...!? :thumbsup:

Hmm, maybe it´s contest time again? Here´s my entry: :p

http://www.aus-dem-rahmen-gefallen.de/slotcars/ch_fiat850_rusty_07.jpg

Best regards and greetings from Germany,

Claus

www.c-jet500.de.vu

1scalevolvo
11-27-2006, 09:17 AM
Hi Neal,

I really love that »slightly abused« look of this SLR!!! If only she could tell us the story of her life...!? :thumbsup:

Hmm, maybe it´s contest time again? Here´s my entry: :p

http://www.aus-dem-rahmen-gefallen.de/slotcars/ch_fiat850_rusty_07.jpg

Best regards and greetings from Germany,

Claus

www.c-jet500.de.vu
Not too shabby Claus but as FIAT's go there is not enough rust ! LOL !
BTW is that a Diecast ? I think its the FIAT 850 from the late 60's.

Neal

clausheupel
11-27-2006, 09:33 AM
Hi Neal,

you´re right: Most Italian cars of that era were rusting away faster than they were running (especially Fiats)! :rolleyes: But I once owned a nice 1969 Fiat 238 (one of the first "mobile homes" over here) I had much fun with. She was all original and never needed any welding - unfortunately I had to sell her about 10 years ago when I met my wife who´s not too keen on camping... :drunk:

http://www.aus-dem-rahmen-gefallen.de/slotcars/c_fiat238_01hp.jpg

BTW: My Fiat 850 slotcar isn´t a diecast (although I developed it from a vintage SIKU model) but a resin cast. I did quite a lot of different liveries...

Here´s my favorite:

http://www.aus-dem-rahmen-gefallen.de/slotcars/ch_fiat850_green_05.jpg

Greetings from Germany,

Claus

www.c-jet500.de.vu

roadrner
11-27-2006, 09:47 AM
Neal,
Another winner! :thumbsup: rr

boss9
11-27-2006, 08:32 PM
Hey Neal-

I like the direction you're taking with these!

Definitely a different approach! (What? No number three? :tongue :tongue: )

It looks as either someone blew a motor right in front of him and he got the "backwash" or he has one major oil leak!


I love it! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:


On Fiat's:

I had a 600 given to me many, many years ago. What a dog!
It was one scarey ride--kinda' like an oversized go-kart that was waay too top heavy!

I eventually tried to see if it would swim- it didn't and it ended up parked in the stream... :freak:


No, it wouldn't float, either...:rolleyes:



Cheers..

tjd241
11-28-2006, 09:12 AM
Reminds me of a Bonneville car too. I could also see this snaking through the desert scattering tumbleweeds everywhere it went. :thumbsup: dave

1scalevolvo
11-28-2006, 02:57 PM
i'm a very proud wife! God bless & love eternally my love, stasiface

1scalevolvo
11-30-2006, 12:58 AM
:wave: Hey Boss !

There actually is a "# 3" car that I built 3 years ago after I first bought the prototype. All of the MBz 300SLR's I built are numbered in sequence.That why the 2 recent RatRods are # 15 & # 16 respectively.


Regards, Neal :dude:

scratch
12-03-2006, 03:22 AM
volvo1:1,

Very nice go on the old cobbled together ride. You're quite good with these . . .

Cheers,
Jas