That a lot to fit into a Saturday morning. I joined a new car club that offers shared tools and workspace. For a monthly fee you get access to the “shop”. On my first day I learned to use the plasma cutter and mig welder. Cool!
This little motor was sitting in the corner waiting for some blessed frame on which to unleash its inner demons!
I found a 49 nash listed on our local craigslist. I thought it might make a cool looking lowrider rod. So i did a search for nash rat rod. That lead me to the photo below, which lead me to a bunch of cool photos. Here is the link.
Here he is getting it done back in the day. No bolt ons, No Ebay. Make it all yourself. I don’t know enough about George Barris to write a real article, so ill let you do some research and learn on your own. What I do know is that he was THE “King of the Kustomizers”. In his career of hot rod fabrication, Barris built some of the most famous rides of all time. The General Lee, Bat Mobile and Munsters Coach. You can check them out at his website. http://www.barris.com/
Wouldn’t it be great to go to hot rod school and spend some time learning how they did it back before everything was bolted on. I’m really envious of the these guys and how ambitious and fearless they were. They would cut, weld and torch anything without hesitation. Very cool.
I stumbled on this site after poking around on the garage site.
Billetproof – “World’s Least Important Car Show”
Take time to check out the show poster art, great stuff.
If there is anyone left who doesn’t know that this magazine is available, here ya go.
There are a few others mags out there that are focused on rats and minimize the trailer queens including “car culture deluxe” (its made by the same guys as ol skool) and a new one I found while I was in kc last week “garage“