Rat Rod Minis

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    That's actually a fairly typical treatment. Many rat rods (I think most?) have big engines stuffed in them. They're also often cobbled together from multiple cars, shells, or even just parts of shells, on frames that don't fit, with little or nothing done to hide the fact...and on purpose!

    All things considered, these cars fit the category very well.

    That said, I don't mean to take anything away from the work Dick has done. But I've not seen a lot of others, particularly Minis/MINIs, taken down the type of rat rod road Dick went down. Have you, Dick?
     
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    I've seen a couple online, but not many... It takes a different kind of person to want a rust bucket for a weekend hot rod.

    Though there aren't many people trying to copy the look I went for, it's enough for me to want to change it up again. So like I hinted at earlier in this thread, in 2017 I'm going to turn things up a notch or six, go full Re Re again, and create a semi military themed rusty paint job that's going to do more than grab attention and turn heads! I'm not posting what the plan is anywhere yet, but you can count on it stealing shows and snapping necks when it's done! Some subtle hints of what Isobell is getting next might be casually dropped into my paint thread as practice and test pieces, but I'm not saying anything on the webs yet.
     
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    Hmmmm...a semi military themed paint job...sounds like Silk Green in a Rat motif!:ihih:
     
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    Nope sorry Jeff... Getting away from MINI specific colors this time. But in all actuality the colors will be a ghosted image over top of a mind boggling base layer. Copy that shift with vinyl or PlastiCrap!
     
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    I noticed the Fuchs when this was posted back in May, but I didn't realize it was turbo Porsche powered too. :drool
     
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    Thing about rat rods is that most of these cars range from the 30's to the 40's and finding original parts is either expensive or impossible. So what do you do to get these beasts back on the road? A little imagination, some ingenuity and usually a lot of fabrication to get something somewhat road worthy. Not a huge fan of rat rods but I can appreciate the craftsmanship.

    Taking a car that is essentially new and making it a rat rod I find a little weird,

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    Mind you, this is a fiberglass car.

    I like chrome, candy apple paint jobs, pinstripping and custom leather interiors, but I found Dick's build very interesting. The time and effort to make it look like something you wont find sitting along Route 66 for another 30or 40 years was pretty impressive. I think the rust effect that Dick laid out on Isobell visually is pretty amazing but I found the physical, texture effect above and beyond.
     
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    "Tight fit" would be a gross understatement. :biggrin5:

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    There is no reason at all to promote rust on a classic Mini. They work quite well all by themselves to return to ferric oxide without any outside help needed.
     
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    Not being critical but the polished wheels just seem out of place to me. The red ones on the magazine cover seem to be better but hard to tell from the little bit you can see.
     
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    You can see that car earlier in the thread, can't remember when exactly it ran across my feed, but I remember posting about it. Thats the one that is done with the PlastiDip that actually rusts. Those wheels are on for the sale of the car only, he had a red set on in the earlier pictures, and normally had it on red steelies with white walls.
     
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    Found a new one...

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    So, a bit more like this.

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    I've picked up another follower! Been watching him on the FB groups (not LXMORONS) for a couple weeks and kinda like his project. The rust on this is real, done by sanding and acid washing... personally I don't recommend going that route, but it's not my car. If I was doing it this way though I would have feathered the layers of paint/primer, sealer, and the galvanizing out a little more than he did.

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    Those wheels are a HUGE No.
     
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    Agreed they are an ugly wheel, and way too big! Now, if you could get the same wheel in a 15" leave the center polished and paint the lip and veins red, they might not be so bad... Especially with wide whites on the tires.


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    Not the most attractive Rat rod I have ever seen but it is a Mini and its for sale, or was

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    I have seen a lot of rat rods I like, and this is not one of them.
     

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