Mean Old Rat Rod Truck: MORRT

[grob23]

that last picture is SICK

all the parts that are mocked up in that pic look awesome, hella good together

good luck with the build, I'll be watching for sure"thumbsup"

 

[SGTHopkins]

A "Ratler"....rat rod + crawler..... I like it bunches

 

[nickvig]

Neat build. If I can make one comment.....channeling would have been sinking the frame rails into the body "body drop" not reducing the height of the door/cab. It might have looked proportionally correct if you channeled the interior so the whole body sat lower on the frame rather than changing the height. Just my two pennies.

 

[ecoli]

Wow, that looks great! With the amount of time spent on the body, I'd be afraid to run it for fear of wrecking it !

So is the only suspension the leaf springs across the axles?

 

[danielk]

Thanks everyone for the comments.

In reverse order:

Ecoli, as of right now, I am actually looking at bolting the front axle directly to the frame and having my buggyspring setup in the rear. That will give it a fun rake.

Nickvig, I got mixed up. What I did was sectioning. Channeling wouldn't have worked with how I built the truck anyways. Also, I like the squished height. That's what makes a ratrod for me.

SGTHopkins, The name is actually RAtlas Z based on a made up Make and Model of extinct car company. I like making entire stories for my dreamt rigs.

more progress.

 

[danielk]

This is the official rideheight because it looks sicktastic and it absolutely the rattiest.

It's amazing the uses you will find for OG bruiser parts...

 

[chevycrawlerSD]

truly a ratrod if i've ever seen one, very nice work, im kinda wanting to build one now

 

[ugly duck]

Very cool!

Needs a straight six.

 

[Tommy R]

Very cool!

Needs a straight six.

Or at least a flathead V8.

 

[danielk]

Straight 6 is the plan.

Here is more mockup. I got the rear axle finished finally(its been months in the making)