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I know there is one (R53) currently being built in Colorado.

 

Yup, either go old or complete blingy. I prefer old, like steel wheel old.

 

This one just surfaced on FB...



I'm giving mine another year or so before I change it again... [emoji6]

 

Yep, you must be talking about me... I am putting up a build thread on it later today, having one heck of a time getting the daily fixed right now though.

 

meh...almost all of these are just a mini shell on some other frame with a v8 stuffed in it... show me something like Dick's R53... original body, original or other A series engine... show me something more interesting than what people do with RX-7's by stuffing a LS7 in them

 

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.

 

Now I know what you're building! For the life of me I was thinking what is a rat-rod? something you hit rats with?

 

Looks like your standard trailer fenders to me... I like the look better without them, but local laws in a lot of places don't.

 

That side sill definitely helps the look a bit... He still has to do something with those wheels though. Either go with a more vintage style, or make them look old. [emoji2]

 

2 Years ago a guy in CO Springs was giving away (yes FREE) an R50 shell, that was totally gutted... Thoughts crossed my mind of going to pick it up, and do something like that! [emoji12]

 

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. [emoji12]

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! [emoji12] 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. [emoji6]

 

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. [emoji6] Copy that shift with vinyl or PlastiCrap! [emoji12]

 

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,

before


after


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.

 

I just thought it was funny that someone did it to a F56