r/machinesinaction • u/Bodzio1981 • 16d ago
I'm loving the rat rods!🔥
This genre of machines are so cool, and the creativity behind them are top notch. Love seeing this stuff! Great job to all!
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u/SchoopDaWhoopWhoop 16d ago
There better be some rats inside this vehicle or I will be VERY disappointed.
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u/Poopy_McPoopings 16d ago
How can these be street legal? It just seems completely irrational to drive one of these death race/Madmax machines filled with blind spots and spikes…
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u/NTDLS 16d ago
They aren’t. These are hobby vehicles.
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u/TwoWheels1Clutch 16d ago
It doesn't take much to be street legal in a lot of US states. They usually only have to meet emissions regs have brakes, lights, and, turn signals.
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u/PraiseTalos66012 15d ago
And many states don't have inspections, so you can still get it registered and get a plate even without that stuff.
In my state getting a trailer(even homemade) registered requires only a verbal declaration of weight(commercial) or scale ticket(non-commercial). Obv a little bit different for an actual vehicle but I think it says a lot that I could slap some casters and a hitch on a single 2x4 and the BMV would have no problem with me registering that and getting a plate for it(would also be street legal in my state due to low weight and size negating any other requirements).
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u/TwoWheels1Clutch 15d ago
Yep! My state doesn't have inspections either. We don't have to register trailers too. It's smart to do though. Fuckers steal those things all the time out here. I had a brand new one stolen out my driveway while my neighbor was watching. She figured it was a friend of mine till she saw the bolt cutters. That sack of fuck tried to run her over when she tried to stop him.
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u/Poopy_McPoopings 16d ago
People still drive them on public roads with no repercussions. Imagine being hit with that POS
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u/wthulhu 16d ago
These people pour their heart, souls, free time, and money into these vehicles. They aren't out there getting into wrecks. They are generally better drivers than most and basically only drive them to shows and meet ups.
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u/JackTheBehemothKillr 16d ago
Eh. Accidents happen no matter how good of a driver the owner is. All it takes is one idiot and unfortunately we have many of them
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u/Confident-Balance-45 16d ago
Imagine coming in to work ... only to have your whiney ass to sit next to all. day. long.
Fuck.
Sip your Starbucks latte quietly.
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u/Poopy_McPoopings 16d ago
Omg such a burn! I’m so offended by a person that cannot even see the merit in reason!
You really destroyed me with your gEnIoUs…
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u/WerewolfFeeling4194 13d ago
This was during cruising the coast on the Mississippi Gulf Coast (largest classic car event in the US). These aren’t as crazy as some of what you see there. There is literally a giant shopping cart there from Texas that doesn’t get pulled over.
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u/Fleshburn1 16d ago edited 16d ago
In place i come from, you would be sentenced to deth, if you hit road in one of these.
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u/Confident-Balance-45 16d ago
Where you come from ... Do they make complete sentences... ?
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u/Fleshburn1 16d ago
Im from Latvia, we have strict road laws here.
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u/FzZyP 12d ago
haha sorry brother, i thought you were commenting on the style not the legitimate road safety of these death traps
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u/Fleshburn1 12d ago
Everything that's not original count's here as death trap on roads, latvian laws - hate them, love them.
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u/Designer_Situation85 15d ago
I love rat rods as well. I kinda think it's funny people hate on the rear squated trucks for low visibility, but love the which often have almost no front visibility. As long as people just cruise and pay attention both are fine.
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u/trik1guy 16d ago
some of these are cool, but the rust as patina is just lazy. and that battery just laying on top...
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u/SmackinGoobers 15d ago
"The rusty aesthetic which is the whole point of the rusty aesthetic is lazy" well ok then
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u/iommiworshipper 16d ago
Rat rods are for people who can’t build a real car
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u/Confident-Balance-45 16d ago
Some people like brown chicks. Some don't.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
STFU
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u/bicyclewhoa17 16d ago
That one with the big marine diesel (or a highway diesel? Old detroit?) is awesome