Anyone looking for a Waspolet

50C8DAN

Here is an interesting project. Not my cup of tea but hey it is different. At least he left i Hudson powered.

http://nh.craigslist.org/cto/4150979424.html

super-six

I'll be glad when this "ratrod" (and motorcycle "bobber") craze ends.

raidmagic

That could be a cool car if someone would buy it and love it. I kinda like the grill.

Kdancy

Why take that much time and effort converting a hudson into a 53 Chevy?
I like some customs, but this is more of a "conversion".

40indianssgmailcom

isn't it possible or even likely that this was begun as a car without a lot of the original parts still useable thus the alternative was to make do with what was available by the way bobbers have been around since before ww2 trends come and go

MikeWA

The "ratrod" thing isn't going away. Customizers and hot rodders have been around since the '40's- In the early days, it was largely "do it yourself", but of late, guys are paying 100K plus to get a "1-800-Streetrod" done by the pros, and unaffordable by the masses. So the do-it-yourselfers are calling their stuff "rat rods", and its just basically a low budget outfit, with enough similar ones around that they have carved out a niche for themselves. I'm not real thrilled with them either (many seem to go out of their way to look "rustic"), but its the only way some guys can be in the car hobby. They want stuff that's different (not necessarily better), and it will always be such. They can't see the fun in restoring something or having it "dead stock"- what would there be to talk about?

super-six

The car in question has a '53 Chevy grille, frenched headlights and a flat black paint job! It certainly is not "a car without a lot of the original parts still useable thus the alternative was to make do with what was available". The rest of the car looks totally original. Most of the time, money is spent to try to make the car look like junk, or "patinaed". On other forums that I frequent, I'm always seeing threads on "How can I preserve surface rust" or "How can I preserve patina". I saw a original '61 Chevy Impala for sale at a swap meet that someone had brushed a thinned brownish paint on the original red paint to add to the patina. Some of the ratrods are downright unsafe. Once I noticed had an exposed driveshaft between the seats, about arms-length from a rotating u-joint. You never used to see ratrods at car shows or cruise-ins a few years ago. I know the motorcycle "bobber" has been around for years but it is still a recent fad. Twenty years ago you wouldn't have seen one mentioned in classified ads or in magazines. Checkout the motorcycle ads now. The chopper fad is being overtaken. Another recent fad is "gassers", and I know they have been around awhile also. Yes, trends do come and go.