More pics are coming....fired the thing up on teh weekend! It dosen't have brakes yet, butthat didn't stop me putting the family in the back for a ride around the back garden[88][88][88][88]

The roof has grown a surfboard, the dash is finished and now has a covert CD player installed, there's some old school space speakers going in and I found a period correct round Ram Flo for the engine!

I hope to have the scallop painted on the side soon, then there's the custom rear air-shock set up, the reversed leaf springs, wheel spats and white walls....oh and a venetian and sunvisor to go on....and the best bit is how much I've spent.

NOTHING SO FAR!!!!!! HAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHA I never new ratting was so much fun.

Oh and the Mk 1 Cortina is in the shed collecting dust for a while, and the Mk 1 Escort has been sold to a dude here in SA.

Cheers,

RJ

Love it...

Every time I see a rat style car I always think that I need to give that a go. Seems an appropriate style to go for give everyones apparent lack of cash...

Jason, Your enthusiasm in the way you attack your builds, (and of course the fabulous write ups) is always contagious... Somehow I always seem to get stuck into my car again after reading your builds.

Glad you stuck around...

Keep it up, Shaun

Here's a family shot of us cruising around the backyard!



Here's a virtual photochop of what I hope to achieve....should be easy even for a bone head like me!



Cheers,

RJ

P.S. - Reversed the springs on the driver side tonight....and down she goes!

that looks cool, Have you thopught about some old school scroll pinstripes for the leading edge of the boot and bonnet? I cant wait to see more mods done to it. Owen

i think that pinstripping they do on the rat rods, and impalas and stuff, the freehand kind of tribal pintstripping would look mad on it, woodnt have to pay someone to do it either, just a thin brush a steal a design off the net,keen to see the finished outcome

Hehe.... I'm having an "I Hate Work" moment and thought I'd have a quick look at some of the forums I used to haunt when I seemed to have so much more time.

What can I say..... will be great to welcome a ratter Mk2 Sporty to the streets of Ideal-Aid (Adelaide for those more sane than I).

Gotta say that the rat look is a hell of a lot of fun. You can pretty much look at anyhting off an old car and think.... can I adapt that to my project? Or, you go for the period accessory route...... or a nice mix of both.

Good to see the front mudflaps in play. They are cool and not hugely embraced, even among the accessory gurus. Big fan of the look you have invisioned. The single silver scallop would look mad.

My two cents so far...... not too sure about the idea of laying lines in the celtic style on this ride. I think the scallop would look awesome and the pinstripping might be overkill........ also I think it's that style of pinstripping is getting a bit played out, but thats just my opinion (Of course if you can get the Doggy to do something for you then all bets are off.... that would be unreal). I would be yanking the window tint too..... but again thats just my style.... I don't like tint on classics...... so 80's.

You need a leather stitch on steering wheel cover too. Should be able to grab one off eBay.

Some things I love about this car - It's a column auto....... that's so freakin cool! Low line bucket seats...... sweeeeeet! Over-riders for front and back...... DAMN YOU.... I only have rear ones..... [8~2] Good natural progression to crappy paint.... very important in the rat world not to fake this look.....front side mudflaps..... awesome... love 'em except due to lowness they start to rip off as mine have done......and thank god you took that "Select" sticker off the windscreen.

Also..... just a tip..... be careful calling this a rat rod in certain circles. I simply call mine a ratter because rat rod has certain connotations and on hot rod forums they ger very "flamey" about what a rat rod is. Anyhow I don't want you to cop a shot in the back with a musket. [B)]

hey racin jason, i have a sterring wheel cover you can for the postage, is a black fake leather ( very 70's ) if your keen. i can post pics if you like. Owen

Sweeeeeet dude, post a pic and fire me an email...I might have something to trade you for it!

I'm glad you guys like the car, as I was originally going to bung on a set of Lotus Steels, lower it an flog it off. The alure of the Rat was too hard to ignore, and the opportunity to live out an auto passion too hard to pass up...so THE GREEN HORNET was born.

I was/am thinking about some Rat Rod stripping, and I feel some grey/red/black striped around the boot lock and centre of the bonnet will be a good and correct addition to the car.

One thing I am being careful about is not 'overdoing' the car. I guess it's all a test and try scenario and you never know what works until it's fitted.....so I'm testing the waters with a few items.

I really need the following;

1 - rear window ventitian
2 - Front screen sunvisor
3 - Head light eye brows
4 - a good set of 13 inch radial tyres

I'm hoping to crank hard on it this weekend and have my home made wheel spats in place! As Bauldrick would say.....'I have a cunning plan'

Stay tuned more rat updates as they happen.

RJ

here's the pic, it fits a mk1 capri wheel, witch im sure is the same size as a mk1 esky. O. pm me if ur keen

Don't forget the fluffy dice off the rear vision mirror & dice caps for the tyre valve (try a push bike shop).

What about a couple of dabs of 'primer'?

Hot Dog exhaust?