Lightning
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 11:30 AM |
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Not sure if i like this or not
What d'ya think?
1936 morris 8 hot rod ratrod v8 tvr powered 5ltr | eBay UK
Steve
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Davegtst
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 11:48 AM |
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Looks a right piece of crap. Don't get rats at all.
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coozer
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 11:55 AM |
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I like it.. a LOT!
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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r1_pete
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 12:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Davegtst
Looks a right piece of crap. Don't get rats at all.
Me neither, in that state its just a rozzer magnet, why build a car that looks something belonging to the Clampits.....
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Litemoth
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 12:06 PM |
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Interesting to look at but i wouldn't want to own one...Especially at eight and a half fahsand phands.
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Liam
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 12:10 PM |
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Really like that. It looks like a genuine proper hot rod/beater and not the sort of tacky trying-too-hard self-parody that a lot of these 'rat
rods' tend to look like.
Love it actually. Want!
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scudderfish
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 12:16 PM |
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Waste of a nice engine.
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nige
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 01:07 PM |
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i like it
but , is rat the new word for chucked together
81/2k seems a bit steep
when you start this journey
you think it will be done in " no " time but then " no " turns into a " bloody " long time
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wylliezx9r
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 01:35 PM |
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Quite like it but alot of money.
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
George Best
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 01:40 PM |
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Love it!
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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blakep82
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 01:43 PM |
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yes yes yes yes
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Humbug
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 02:35 PM |
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Not for me... btw how do "reworked jago chassis" and "correct v5c as 1936" tally? 
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myke pocock
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 02:45 PM |
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Have a look at the one in the latest issue of PPC.
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Liam
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 03:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nige
i like it
but , is rat the new word for chucked together
81/2k seems a bit steep
It's an aesthetic style really - you'll most likely find the mechanical engineering underneath is spot on. Rat rods started almost as a
protest against expensive, shiny never driven show hot-rods and was a throwback to the roots of hot-rodding, but the term rat-rod is to me more
recently associated with cars that have massively exaggerated, tacky, blatantly fake patina, and stupid stick on tat like fake luggage etc etc. I
think they look crap - like I said above sort of a self-parody. This on the other hand is really tastefully done and looks genuine - so perhaps it
really should be called a 'beater' which is a traditional term for a 'locost' budget hot rod, or even just a traditional
hot-rod, though the non-period engine probably rules that out technically. Having said that the style of this is certainly a deliberate aesthetic
decision and nowt to do with lack of funding or desire to make it all shiny, so maybe rat-rod is right. Ah heck who cares - I like it 
[Edited on 8/7/11 by Liam]
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Lightning
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 04:17 PM |
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As i thought ..Bit like Marmite.....which I love BTW
Steve
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 04:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Davegtst
Looks a right piece of crap. Don't get rats at all.
That's the point, it looks like it's 70 years old as opposed to Malcolm doing a nut and bolt restoration in his garage (no offence to any
Malcolms on here!)
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Alan B
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 06:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Liam
quote:
Originally posted by nige
i like it
but , is rat the new word for chucked together
81/2k seems a bit steep
It's an aesthetic style really - you'll most likely find the mechanical engineering underneath is spot on. Rat rods started almost as a
protest against expensive, shiny never driven show hot-rods and was a throwback to the roots of hot-rodding, but the term rat-rod is to me more
recently associated with cars that have massively exaggerated, tacky, blatantly fake patina, and stupid stick on tat like fake luggage etc etc. I
think they look crap - like I said above sort of a self-parody. This on the other hand is really tastefully done and looks genuine - so perhaps it
really should be called a 'beater' which is a traditional term for a 'locost' budget hot rod, or even just a traditional
hot-rod, though the non-period engine probably rules that out technically. Having said that the style of this is certainly a deliberate aesthetic
decision and nowt to do with lack of funding or desire to make it all shiny, so maybe rat-rod is right. Ah heck who cares - I like it
[Edited on 8/7/11 by Liam]
+1
Agree 100% with what Liam says.
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Liam
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 06:26 PM |
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Well what do they say about great minds? . I must say I'm glad a near-american could understand my hot-rodese. I learnt it (and dragsterese)
from an ex colleague who's obsessed with rods and dragsters (and has both), but I wouldn't consider myself fluent .
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steve m
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 06:59 PM |
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"agreed insurance valuation of £12500 via the NASC"
agreed by who Stevie wonder?
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Alan B
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 07:01 PM |
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Liam,
I especially picked up on "shiny, never driven". There are vast numbers of enthusiasts over here (and maybe in the UK) where all that
seems to matter is paint and external finish..........on the speed channel (fairly decent, 75% car oriented TV channel) I'd say that 1/2 the ads
are for wax, polish car shampoo etc.
I like a nicely painted car as much as anyone, but to me it's very superficial (duh)...I like the engineering, styling, construction, novel
ideas etc. and find that the shiny paint is just a distraction.
Just my two penny worth..
Alan
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 07:09 PM |
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I saw this one at a show in RAF Lakenheath in 2009.
It was an impressive piece of work, nicely put together under the grotty panels, but what really caught my attention were the scorch marks up each
door from the open exhausts!
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