Cruising down the highway.....

[Junior Highmark]

What are these?



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[SLEDBUNNYRACING]

Justin, great photos, are you on he way to re lakes?

 

[teeroy]

sweet is what those are.....love the rat rod

 

[TROLLCAT]

rat rod is the first one
like like a merc the second car

 

[Griz-L-Bar]

rat rod is the first one
like like a merc the second car

x2
rat rod can be anyhting just has to be rusty and chopped/hacked together with what ever was laying around.

 

[Stompin Tom]

The 2nd one is what we used to refer to as a "lead sled". Im not sure if they still do or not.

 

[kbrunlees]

Looks like a 49 merc, very poplular to chop and channel.

 

[SLAYERMIKE]

those guys hate when you call them rat rods! it's a traditional rod, looks like a 29 T-bucket not much that's ratty about it just the paint, and a 49 Merc, I think lead sled still works! now does any body know why it's called a lead sled? :d

 

[TROLLCAT]

those guys hate when you call them rat rods! it's a traditional rod, looks like a 29 T-bucket not much that's ratty about it just the paint, and a 49 Merc, I think lead sled still works! now does any body know why it's called a lead sled? :d

they did not have bondo back in the day they used lead

 

[SLAYERMIKE]

they did not have bondo back in the day they used lead

ahhh nice! you get a cookie! not many people know that any more even fewer know how to use lead as filler

 

[underdog]

They call them lead sleds, cause before bondo and other such fillers came along, they would use lead to fill.

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[underdog]

they did not have bondo back in the day they used lead

Dang.. your answer was shorter and I was typing slow.

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[TROLLCAT]

Dang.. your answer was shorter and I was typing slow.

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I type slow make short answers lol

 

[Redturbo]

There was a ratrod/bike show in westend of edm today, north of the yellowhead. Some bike shop had open house, then the ratrod groups were displaying there vehicles also.

 

[zeebs]

Some of those rat rods are pretty sweet. I like them more with the tops though

 

[Junior Highmark]

I think that no roof rat rod was pretty friggen cool looking! They both said " the unlucky ones" on the wind shields. that windshield was super low to.. some one will be brushing their teeth for a while.


Oh, and both had 'for sale' signs


PS. Sorry Curtis! Couldn't make it out today. I wish I did though.

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[Cant_Catch_Me]

those guys hate when you call them rat rods! it's a traditional rod, looks like a 29 T-bucket not much that's ratty about it just the paint, and a 49 Merc, I think lead sled still works! now does any body know why it's called a lead sled? :d

ha ha the lead body filler they used, hence lead sled.

 

[Cant_Catch_Me]

ahhh nice! you get a cookie! not many people know that any more even fewer know how to use lead as filler

im only 25, did a bunch of lead filling a few years ago with a old skool hot rodder, fun stuff to do. he was keepin it real old skool.

 

[Rucky]

ahhh nice! you get a cookie! not many people know that any more even fewer know how to use lead as filler

Fewer are stupid enough to use lead as a filler***. There's some hardcore after effects the old body guru's are suffering from now. Plus it's longevity kind of sucks... Seen lots of cars come in for their second restoration or with lead filler from previous collisions and you can always point out where the lead is. Either way it's a cool part of automotive history and I love the look of both of these masterpieces.

 

[gotboost]

i seen the same rat rod on sat morning on highway 2 looks good :d:d:d